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By Emily Tseng managing editor

Today on Campus 7 p.m.: The Fall 2013 Film Forum will screen ‘Like Someone in Love’ by Abbas Klarostami. RockyMathey Theater.

The Archives

Nov. 11, 1994 Princeton physicists discover a new method to trace the paths of nuclear particles near the speed of light.

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$23,000 The total value of the prize awarded to the winning software HackPrinceton team, David Bieber ’14 and Harvest Zhang ’14; their prize was made up of a $20,000 Start Engine opportunity and $3,000 in Amazon credit.

News & Notes U.S. Treasurer visits campus, signs dollar bills

treasurer of the United States Rosa Gumataotao Rios spoke on campus Sunday in the inaugural lecture of the Class of 2014’s Last Lectures series.

Rios gave an off-the-record talk in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber at 4:30 p.m.

Rios spoke on education, women in finance and the status of the economic recovery, according to publicity material for the event. At a wine and cheese reception for the Class of 2014 after the event, she signed dollar bills that bear her official signature.

Rios previously worked as an economic development consultant and as a director of economic development for the city of Oakland, Calif. She worked for President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign for president and was nominated to the office of U.S. treasurer in 2009.

The Princeton Highsteppers perform at ‘Hit ‘Em With the Beats,’ a stepping competition hosted at Princeton featuring Howard University, Drexel University, University at Albany and Temple University.

A male student was diagnosed with meningitis Sunday morning in the seventh case of the disease associated with the University since March.

The student sought treatment at University Health Services Saturday for symptoms of acute illness, according to a health advisory email sent to all undergraduate students Sunday evening. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

The University is working with local, regional and state health authorities along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify ways to limit the spread of the disease, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.

Health officials are currently working to identify the strain of bacteria responsible for the student’s illness and individuals who may have come into close contact with him, Mbu-

gua said. In each previous case, individuals who had come into close contact with the sick individual were identified and given preventive treatment, including antibiotics.

The strain of bacteria responsible for all six previous cases was identified as N. meningitidis serotype B. State law requires all college students living in dorms to receive a licensed meningococcal vaccine, which protects against many strains of the bacteria but does not protect against serogroup B. The bacteria responsible for the disease is contagious and can be spread through close contact between human beings, such as coughing, sneezing and sharing utensils. It is estimated that five to 25 percent of the general population carries the bacteria without developing symptoms of illness, the most recent health advisory said.

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ORFE changes submission policy

HackPrinceton draws Meeting over 500 competitors discusses

By Sohee Khim

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senior writer

The Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering has implemented a new homework and exam submission and distribution system. The new system will better protect the privacy of students and comply with the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, according to an email sent to students in ORFE courses on Nov. 1.

Passed in 1974, FERPA protects the privacy of student education records and applies to all schools that receive federal funding, according to the U.S. Department of Education website.

Under FERPA, students and parents have the right to “inspect and review” the student’s education records and the right to request that

the school correct school records that they believe to be “inaccurate or misleading.

Under the new policy, students submit their homework into the corresponding course’s locked boxes in the undergraduate lounge with slots labeled “IN/OUT” and retrieve graded assignments from individually-labeled folders. Assignments not submitted through Blackboard now also require cover sheets with students’ names, course number and assignment title. Extra cover sheets are provided in the undergraduate lounge for students who forget to bring their own.

The ORFE department, when reviewing the department’s policies, came to the “realization that we were not … as discreet as we could be with the return of See FERPA page 3

By Joe Sheehan HackPrinceton, the semiannual hackathon hosted by the Entrepreneurship Club, experienced a jump in participation this past weekend, drawing over 500 Princeton and non-University students who spent 48 hours creating a hardware or software project of their choice. Previous HackPrinceton hackathons hosted just over 100 students.

The weekend included presentations on a range of subjects from open-source licensing to web development, as well as lectures by HuffingtonPost Chief Technology Officer John Pavley and Director of Center for Information Technology Policy Edward Felten. Groups of student hackers spent this time spread throughout the Friend Center working on

STUDENT LIFE

USG debates proposal to separate Senate and class councils into two equal bodies

By Anna Mazarakis staff writer

A proposed amendment to the USG constitution would change the relationship between the class councils and the Senate. The USG Senate debated the amendment, which would create a separation between the class governments and the Senate, making the two into separate and equal bodies, at its meeting on Sunday evening.

The proposed amendment would also mandate that the class governments be more transparent with their classmates.

“We want our classmates to know how their money is being spent, and we want to ensure that we as class governments are always going to be accountable to our classmates,” Class of 2014 president Luchi Mmegwa, who

helped draft the amendment said.

“We want our classmates to have final say on what we’re doing.”

Senate members debated whether the amendment was necessary. According to USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, the proposed constitutional changes would not force the class governments to do anything. Instead, he said, they would institutionalize a best practice for all classes.

“I see a section about accountability, and then I see a section about structure, and to me they’re not related at all,” U-Council chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 said of the proposed text of the amendment. “For me, it doesn’t make sense why the class governments need a specific instruction in the article effecting them to be doing something they should have been doing all along.”

In order to be more transpar-

ent and accountable, Class of 2015 president Jon Ma explained that the class governments would disclose budget reports and semester reports of projects that the class governments are working on. The class governments would also host regular meetings where their classmates could give feedback.

“What I don’t understand is the necessity for a divorce between class governments and the Senate, and I don’t understand how this would improve the way things are done,” U-Councilor Mallory Banks ’16 said.

Mmegwa responded that the split in governmental power is a way of reflecting the fact that the class governments and the Senate represent the student body in different ways. Jackson added that it would get rid of the hiSee MEETING page 5

LOCAL NEWS

their projects.

Hansen Qian ’16 and Stephanie He ’15, the directors of HackPrinceton, said they saw the growth in attendance as a ref lection of the hackathon’s past success.

“We’ve always had a lot of companies work with us, and it’s kind of been a thing where once we work a little bit more, we’ll get a better hackathon and a better turnout, which in turn encourages more companies to work with us,” He said. “It’s a beneficial cycle, so we’re definitely getting more participants and sponsors each year.”

The event, now in its fourth year, drew sponsorship from major companies like Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon and Microsoft, according to the HackPrinceton website.

Qian said the higher attendance was matched by orSee E-CLUB page 3

Dinky substitute

By Anna Windemuth contributor

A Saturday morning task force meeting on the Princeton community’s transit needs presented preliminary possibilities for replacing the Dinky Line — Princeton’s 173-year-old artery to New Jersey Transit’s Northeast Corridor — with a more modern transit system in the long-term future.

The train line has been the subject of contentious community debate over the past few years.

Should the Dinky ever be replaced by a more modern transit system, it could be converted into a streetcar or a light rail line, according to the study team. This line could run all See TRANSIT page 5

HACKPRESENTATION

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Hoofar Pourzand presents his team’s hack, ‘Beautiful Wave.’

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HackPrinceton offers chance to work on real-world projects

Sponsored by the Entrepreneurship Club, HackPrinceton awarded prizes to competitors in software and hardware competitions, including the ‘Biggest Fail,’ which was given to a group who accidentally deleted their program 20 minutes before their demo. The software winners created Teach Everyone, a Khan Academy-style instructional video platform. The winners in the hardware category created Dorm Control, which gives users remote control of appliances in their dorm rooms by controlling outlets on a power strip. Photographs by Contributing Photographer Lu Lu.

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homework,” ORFE professor Alain Kornhauser said, although he emphasized that there were no specific problems with the process in the past.

Before the change, students would turn homework into open boxes, according to ORFE concentrator Will Harrel ’13.

“We were cleaning things up, and we decided, might as well clean this one [policy] up too,” Kornhauser said.

Despite student specula-

“We were cleaning things up, and we decided, might as well clean this one [policy] up too.”

Alain Kornhauser orfe professor

tion that the policy change was brought on by students looking through their peers’ grades or taking others’ work when submitting homework, ORFE concentrator Michelle Scharfstein ’15 said she has not noticed any problems. “I think with the Princeton Honor Code, it seems unlikely,” she said.

Her other classes, and other departments like computer science, hand back assignments in a pile, but Scharfstein said she has never noticed students looking through others’ grades.

The additional requirement of a cover sheet does not add any inconvenience to students, Scharfstein noted. “I feel bad for the preceptors who are going to have to return [and] put everyone’s homework and exam into each person’s file,” she added.

Harrel noted that while he has never had his assignments or exams stolen, he has heard stories of an assignment or exam being taken, used or copied.

“Given that they are changing the policy, there must have been an issue that some people were aware of. I never thought of it as an issue, but if they’re changing it there must be a reason, then it’s probably a good thing,” he said.

“I got the sense that Princeton tends to be pretty trusting, and students tend to handle that trust very well,” Harrel noted.

Student rights under FERPA forbid the University from disclosing students’ “educational records” except to certain University officials. FERPA also allows students to review their own records.

According to the University’s “Rights, Rules and Responsibilities,” Princeton students have “the right to inspect and review the student’s education records within 45 days of the day the University receives a written request for access,” “the right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the student believes are inaccurate or misleading” and “the right to consent to disclosures of personally identifiable information contained in the student’s education records, except to the extent that FERPA authorizes disclosures without consent.”

Neither FERPA nor the Rights, Rules and Responsibilities defines what the scope of “education records” includes, but excludes medical records, personal files of the faculty members and administration, security files, employment records, financial status of parents, confidential letters of recommendation submitted before 1974 or to which students have waived access. Medical records are protected separately under the Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

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ganizational growth behind the scenes and a larger national focus on hacking.

“Last year we had one director and three organizers, and this year we have two directors and a larger team of five organizers,” Qian said.

“We are focusing more on making the hackathon really great, and at the same time, hackathons are becoming a household name.”

John Graham, a representative from HackPrinceton’s main sponsor, e-commerce company Venmo, acknowledged the event’s rapid growth at the final awards ceremony. “Venmo was here two years ago,” Graham told the audience, “and it was just a handful of people in a room.”

While many hackathons are often solely for software development using a specific programming language or a specific client like Twitter or Facebook, HackPrinceton did not limit participants to programming in a specific language or even to software hacks, as a significant minority of hackers built hardware hacks.

Bonnie Eisenman ’14, who has been to HackPrinceton

once before as well as other hackathons, said that she noticed more programmers than hardware hackers, but overall, thought HackPrinceton was one of the biggest hackathons she’d seen.

Eisenman was a member of a team of hardware hackers that turned a staircase into a keyboard that played notes when someone stepped on each stair.

Eisenman’s piano stairs hack, which was accomplished using laser pointers and light sensors, won the second place prize for hardware hacks.

“We aren’t angling to win a prize,” Eisenman said. “We just want to have fun. I was like, ‘what silly things can I do for fun at HackPrinceton?’ so that’s what this [project] is.”

HackPrinceton awarded prizes to hardware and software hacks separately, along with a number of sponsored prizes. One award, titled “Biggest Fail,” went to a group who accidentally deleted its program 20 minutes before their demo.

Michael Iberkleid Szainrok ’15, Adam Klosowiak ’15 and Max Shatkhin ’15 won the hardware competition with Dorm Control, a hack that combined hardware and software expertise.

Dorm Control was a power strip where each individual outlet could be switched on and off from a phone, giving users remote control of the appliances in their dorm rooms.

David Bieber ’14 and Harvest Zhang ’14 were awarded the first place prize for software for their hack, Teach Everyone. The hack, which Bieber said was a lot harder than it looked, allows teachers to make instructional videos in the style of Khan Academy, a nonprofit educational website. The prize comes with a $20,000 Start Engine opportunity, which is a chance to work with a start-up accelerator, and a $3,000 in Amazon credit.

Bieber said the idea for Teach Everyone came from a real problem he faced. “For a couple of weeks I’ve been saying I want to make videos teaching computer vision,” he said. “So Harvest and I, two weeks ago, had this idea to make it easier to make these types of videos. So, we made the app, and now I’m going to actually make my computer vision lessons.”

Zhang said one of the most appealing things about the hackathon was being able to use the hack he had made.

Bieber agreed, commenting that “one of the coolest

things is not just creating the app, but getting to use it in the future.”

The appeal of working on a useful project outside of class is one of the reasons He said she organized HackPrinceton.

“You do a lot of projects in class, but on a day-to-day basis, you don’t have much time to work on side projects,” He said. “So HackPrinceton gives students the time because it is 48 hours blocked out in their schedule where everyone else is doing the same thing, so there’s motivation to work on something different that you normally do. That’s the big draw.”

Qian said he thought a hackathon was particularly suited to the University’s curriculum.

“It’s a good supplement to Princeton’s computer science program because Princeton is a largely theoretical school and hackathons give you a chance to apply the knowledge they have and get a cool portfolio,” he said.

Despite its growth, HackPrinceton still offered an enjoyable experience for hackers, Pat Fogarty, a senior at the University of Rhode Island said.

“HackPrinceton is a great hackathon,” Fogarty said.

“I’m really enjoying it.”

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Winners of the step competition ‘Hit ‘Em With the Beats’, Temple University’s Ladies of Elegance, perform in Richardson Auditorium.

sity-associated cases this year, reported on March 25 and April 12, involved a female student and a male visitor to campus, respectively. In total, 10 people who were considered to have been in close contact with the affected individuals were given prophylactic treatment by UHS. The third and fourth cases, reported May 7 and May 20, both involved male students. In the third case, nineteen individuals were identified as close contacts and given prophylactic treatment. In the fourth case, which occurred near the end of the University’s spring examinations period, the student developed symptoms while traveling from campus to his home state, where he was hospitalized.

The New Jersey Department of Health designated the cases as an outbreak after the fourth case.

The fifth case involved a male University student hospitalized abroad on June 30 after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis during an academic trip.

Fourteen other students who were on the trip received prophylactic treatment.

The sixth case involved a female University student treated at a local hospital for meningococcal disease on Oct. 2. She reported to University Health Services with a high fever and was referred to the hospital for treatment. In her case, the bacteria did not infect her brain and spinal cord but instead resided in her bloodstream, according to an email sent to residential college advisers by Dr. Peter Johnsen, director of medical services at UHS, and obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

All six individuals have since recovered, according to the lat-

est health advisory.

With each case in the outbreak, the University has issued health advisory emails reminding students to pay increased attention to personal hygiene practices. The health advisories urge all students who experience symptoms of bacterial meningitis, including a high fever, headache or stiff neck, to report to UHS. The most recent health advisory recommends that any student with a high fever should report to UHS. It reminds students that they may become ill with meningitis even if they have not been in contact with someone who is sick, since most cases of meningitis occur through exposure to an asymptomatic carrier. Students are also reminded to prevent the spread of disease by increasing hygienic practices and not sharing drinking glasses, eating utensils, smoking materials and other items.

The University has also posted reminders with information on meningococcal disease in bathrooms and dining halls, in addition to providing alcoholbased hand sanitizer and tissues at all event headquarters and meal sites. Alumni and visitors returning to campus for reunions weekend in May received hygiene reminders in their welcome materials.

In order to combat the spread of the disease on campus, the Student Health Advisory Board distributed reusable drinking cups to the student body at the start of the semester in September. The red cups said “Mine. Not Yours.” and were intended to remind students not to share cups with other students.

“Right now, with meningitis on campus, the best way to stay safe is to only drink from your own cup,” Kathy Wagner, senior health educator for UHS, told The Daily Princetonian in September.

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the way from Princeton Junction to Nassau Street, as allowed under an agreement that the University made with the town in 2011.

A study committee co-funded by the University and the town of Princeton has hired URS to evaluate the most effective possibilities for a “one-seat ride” — a direct rail or bus connection from Princeton Junction to Nassau Street — as well as the possibility of a more expansive circulator service with more stops.

A streetcar or light-rail car are two of several possibilities on the table, according to Stephen Gazillo, director of transportation planning at the engineering firm URS Corporation, which has been contracted to work on study. Gazillo presented the company’s preliminary findings at a community presentation on Saturday morning.

“Most of the infrastructure, including the track, the overhead wire, all of that could remain in place and be used,” Gazillo said, but a separate maintenance facility would be needed to account for voltage differences.

Although an ultimate decision about the most appropriate transit option has not yet been reached, the bus rapid transit system, or BRT, “works best,” according to Gazillo, as it in-

corporates off-board fare collection, facilitates transportation for the disabled and can be equipped with a priority signal that would reduce delays at intersections.

However, the bus system will most likely not replace the Dinky, as numerous members of the public, as well as citizens’ groups, have objected to previous proposals to remove it, citing the historical and cultural value of the 173-year-old rail line.

The University owns the Dinky station, Gazillo said, and 50 percent of its passengers are University-affiliated.

The school is currently in the process of relocating it 460 feet south to make room for the $330 million Arts and Transit Neighborhood being developed in the Alexander Corridor. The local citizen group Save the Dinky has filed a suit challenging the University’s decision to move the Dinky station, which will be decided by a judge later this month.

“Looks like they can’t win in court, so they’re going to try PR,” Tom Coughlin, one of the 82 members of the “Save the Princeton Dinky” Facebook group, wrote on the group’s Facebook page in response to Saturday’s meeting.

The Alexander Street University Place Traffic and Transit Task Force formed in 2011, when the University made an agreement to split the costs of its assessment with the town.

The agreement was negotiated

as the University was seeking legal approvals for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

In that agreement, the University guaranteed that, if a new transit system were created within the next 65 years, it would grant a public rightof-way as far north as Nassau Street. The document mapped a route for the line that would skirt the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

In addition to the transit study by URS, development consulting firm AECOM Technology Corporation conducted a study of local traffic needs.

Both studies have been continuously monitored by a task force of six residents since 2011, including two from the University, director of community and regional affairs Kristin Appelget and director of transportation and parking services Kim Jackson.

According to AECOM’s data, traffic on Alexander Street will more than double by 2027, leading to possible delays of over 17 minutes per vehicle in only five years, AECOM representative Mayuresh Khare explained at the meeting.

“Building your way out of the problem is not going to work in Princeton. You have to figure out context-sensitive solutions,” Khare said, referring to the town’s historically sensitive landmarks and limited space.

“There are problems [of congestion] today. With more traffic, those problems are just going to become worse.”

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Khare presented four possible “improvement packages” to alleviate particularly congested areas such as Mercer Street, where he suggested creating a pedestrian plaza and limiting certain areas to local traffic.

Task force member Patrick Simon noted that all of the current solutions come with tradeoffs.

“There is no free lunch here,” Simon said, noting that the proposed solutions will only recirculate traffic, not eliminate it.

Citizens present at the gathering raised concerns about government spending, the transportation of luggage and the conversion of car owners to transit users.

“The only way you’re going to get people out of their cars with public transit is to have a system that works so well, that so approximates what a car would do, that people will say it’s just not worth having a car,” Chip Crider ’79, an engineer and local resident, said at the meeting. He said he supports the development of a personal rapid transit system, which uses separate, automated vehicles to carry up to six passengers to locations on demand.

“The problem is that we’ve got a large faction in town that’s strictly worried about the Dinky as they perceive it now,” Crider said. “The fanciest Dinky in the world isn’t going to make two to three times as many people take it out to Princeton Junction.”

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erarchy between the Senate and councils.

The Senate will continue to discuss the issue at its next meeting on Nov. 17, when it may vote on the issue.

According to U-Councilor Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15, the other constitutional changes under consideration did not propose drastic changes, but would merely clear away some bureaucratic red tape by reflecting current USG practices.

Acknowledging the low number of students who have shown an interest in running for the USG executive offices in recent years, USG Senate members brainstormed ways to encourage more students to run in the upcoming elections. Interest was gauged by the number of students who attended an elections open house, chief elections manager Rachel Nam ’15 said.

According to the meeting agenda, one student has shown interest in running for president, two for vice president, one for treasurer, one for University Student Life

Committee chair, two for Campus and Community Affairs chair, three for academics chair, one for social chair, one for Class of 2015 senator, two for Class of 2016 senator and 15 for Class of 2017 senator.

Three students who attended the open houses didn’t specify which position interested them.

The official list of candidates will be released on Tuesday, Nam said.

The USG also discussed the “Beat YaleGate,” a tailgate it will host before next Saturday’s football game against Yale. The University Band and cheerleaders will perform, and students will be given body paint, temporary tattoos and other spirit items. Food will not be served.

Students will also be able to submit their names in a halftime competition with the opportunity to win $10,000.

The Student Groups Recognition Committee approved four new groups, committee chair Benny Wagstaff ’14 said. These include: Y&F Magazine, a new literary and artistic publication; Princeton Makers Collective, a hardware club; Princeton Steel Band, a steelpan playing group; and Princeton Robotics Club.

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fourth consecutive year on a 13-1 Ivy record last season.

They averaged a plus-18.2 scoring margin during the 201213 season, but fell to Florida

“Overall it was a good first efford and lots of room to improve.” junior guard blake dietrick

State during the first round of the NCAA tournament.

However, this year Princeton is without Niveen Rasheed

‘13, who scored 1,617 points in her four years as a Tiger — the fourth most in Princeton history — and was the program’s first AP All-America honorable mention recipient. Rasheed was unanimously selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year for her performance last season, leading the Tigers to an unprecedented fourth straight NCAA tournament berth.

Rasheed’s absence was felt early, as the Tigers struggled to score in the first half. Starting guard junior Blake Dietrick tried to take up the burden, scoring eight points in the first half.

However, the Tigers shot only 29.2 percent from the field in the first half and went into the locker room at halftime trailing 2825 after finishing the half with an 8-2 run.

Despite improving to 44.1 percent from the field in the second half and shooting 70 percent from the free-throw line, the Ti-

gers were not able to contain the Rutgers offense, allowing them 51 second-half points as the Scarlet Knights shot 69 percent from the field. Rutgers also dominated fast break points, outscoring the Tigers 18-2, and points in the paint, where they had 42 points as compared to the Tigers’ 32 points.

“We didn’t shoot very well,” Dietrick said. “But the primary thing we need to improve is our defense.”

Dietrick led the Tigers in scoring with 20 points, including three three-pointers, marking a career-high in points for Dietrick. Sophomore forward Alex Wheatley added 14 points and a career-best 10 rebounds.

“Overall it was a good first effort and lots of room to improve,” Dietrick added.

The Tigers host Marist on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. in Jadwin Gymnasium in their home season opener.

Sports Shorts Women’s soccer: Lussi ties Princeton record in season finale

Freshman forward Tyler Lussi scored both of Princeton’s goals in its final match of the season, which it lost to Penn in Philadelphia. She found the net just three minutes in and did so again much later, scoring in literally the last second of Princeton’s (76-4 overall, 1-5-1 Ivy League) season. The second goal was her 10th of the season, making her the highest-scoring Princeton freshman since Linda DeBoer ‘86 scored 10 in 1982. Between her two goals, however, the Quakers (12-14, 5-1-1) scored three times, winning 3-2.

Women’s hockey: Tigers win third straight

Princeton took down two Ivy opponents to improve

to 4-2 overall and 4-2 in the ECAC over the weekend. After squeaking past Yale 3-2 on a third-period goal from sophomore forward Jaimie McDonell, the Tigers roared past Brown 5-2, taking a one-point lead into the third quarter and netting three goals in the final period. Senior defender Rose Alleva, last week’s ECAC Player of the Week, scored twice, and senior defender Gabie Figueroa notched two assists.

Men’s hockey: Losing streak reaches five games

It was another tough weekend for the men’s hockey team, which fell to No. 9 Yale and Brown. The Bulldogs powered past the Tigers, and Brown kept the pressure on all day, outshooting the Tigers 32-25 and putting up six points despite a 26-save per-

formance from senior goalie Sean Bonar. Senior forward Andrew Ammon scored twice in the Brown match.

Women’s volleyball: Tigers outlast Dartmouth to split penultimate weekend

Princeton came close, losing the final set 25-22, but was swept by Harvard Friday. The Tigers took out their frustration on Dartmouth the next day, defeating the Big Green in Hanover in five sets. Neither team led by more than a single set at any point, and the match stayed close right up to the end — the final set was tied 13-13 before the Tigers finally finished Dartmouth off. Freshman outside hitter Cara Mattaliano had 21 kills and 18 digs while junior middle blocker Nicole Kincade hit .444 and had 15 kills, including the game winner.

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midfielder Brendan McSherry, whose shot was blocked by Penn’s senior goalkeeper Tyler Kinn. Junior forward Cameron Porter was positioned perfectly for the rebound, however, and blasted the ball in from short range for his seventh goal of the season.

Penn picked up the tempo after the Tigers’ first goal and started to threaten senior goalkeeper Seth MacMillan.

The Quakers’ persistence was rewarded as they scored the game-tying goal right before the half. It was the 43rd minute when Penn midfielder Louis Schott slipped the ball through to freshman midfielder Matt Poplawski, who beat MacMillan at the right side of the post to knot the game at one apiece going into the second half.

“We were really feeling good going into the game after having had a good week of practice,” sophomore forward Thomas Sanner said. “And we were thrilled to get the first goal. It was disappointing to give up a goal just before the

half, because if we would have been able to go into the second half with a lead, there would have been a different mentality.”

Penn’s first goal tipped the scales in its favor for the second half, as the Quakers came out strong against a sloppier Princeton side that put together sparse scoring opportunities in the half’s first 20 minutes. The inconsistent play cost the Tigers heavily, as Penn struck again in the 61st minute. The Quakers’ sophomore midfielder Forrest Clancy slipped the ball to the left side of the field, where freshman forward Sam Hayward beat MacMillan across the inside of the right post to put the Quakers ahead for good.

“Coming out in the second half, we had a bad first 20 minutes, which ended up costing us the game as we gave up a weak second goal,” Sanner said. “In the end, though, we had our chances and just couldn’t bury them, partly due to some great saves by their keeper.”

“We did not put together a complete game,” sophomore defenseman Josh Miller said.

“We were not able to dictate the game at our tempo and that really hurt us, especially at the beginning of the second half.”

The Tigers picked up the pace as the second half progressed, but could not capitalize on several scoring chances.

Penn goalkeeper Max Polkinhorne repeatedly frustrated the Tigers, as he put up four major saves and several blocks to solidify the Quakers’ victory.

As disappointing as the loss itself was for the Tigers, the team realizes that its second loss in Ivy League play now makes it impossible for the team to take the Ivy League title, therefore eliminating its chances for an NCAA berth.

“It was just a very tough loss,” Miller said. “We obviously knew we had to win, and we had a lot of pretty good chances that we weren’t able to convert.”

“It was a devastating loss, because we truly thought we were the best soccer team in the league and deserved the result,” Sanner said.

The Tigers will wrap up their regular season at home next Saturday, as they host Yale at Roberts Stadium.

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the frame, the Tigers finally recovered their offensive rhythm. Epperly and his receivers engineered a scoring drive that ended in a 10yard touchdown pass from Epperly to junior wide receiver Seth DeValve. Princeton went for two, and Epperly completed to senior wide receiver Roman Wilson, narrowing the score to 16-8.

The ensuing Penn drive was cut short when junior linebacker Mike Zeuli recovered a botched handoff to Quaker tailback Stephen Kulcsar, and the Tigers converted the turnover into a 27-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Nolan Bieck.

Penn took back over on offense and Quaker quarterback Billy Ragone drove to the Princeton 33-yard line before senior linebacker Elijah Mitchell jumped up at the line of scrimmage to swat down a Ragone pass, catching the ball squarely in his chest and holding on to it to take the interception all the way

for a touchdown. After the extra point, the Tigers, who had been reeling after a dismal first half, found themselves with the lead, 17-16 with just over a minute to go in the half.

“We blitzed on the play, and fortunately we got a good amount of pressure,” Mitchell said. “I pulled up for a little bit and that just put me in position to make a play. I caught the ball and tried to do something with it.”

But Ragone and company were not going to let Princeton keep the momentum going into the half.

Ragone quickly hit wide receiver Ty Taylor for a big 27-yard completion, and on the next play he found wide receiver Ryan Mitchell open just in front of the goal line and completed the 34-yard touchdown pass. Epperly would knee the ball after the kickoff, and the Tigers, sucker-punched after roaring back in the second quarter, were down 23-17 going into the half.

The Tigers were not fazed. The defense, having given up that late touchdown, opened up the second half by forcing the Quakers

to punt. On Princeton’s next possession, the offense worked down the field with the help of three third-down conversions and took the lead back on a two-yard run by Epperly, again on third down. The Tigers led by one, 24-23, after the extra point.

“They were awesome,” Surace said. “I didn’t have to say much at halftime. Elijah took over the halftime speech … I had chills. He had the guys rocking and rolling and bouncing off the walls as we went into the second half.”

From there, Princeton took over the game. The Tigers’ defense did not allow Penn another touchdown, giving up only a 28-yard field goal by kicker Connor Loftus in the fourth quarter. Senior defensive lineman Greg Sotereanos, senior defensive end Caraun Reid and Mitchell led the defense: Sotereanos forced a fumble, Reid had two tackles and a sack and Mitchell added a sack to his pick-six. Sophomore cornerback Anthony Gaffney also had a pick late in the game.

“We needed to play our game better,” Mitchell said. “We were

missing a lot of tackles, and guys were out of position. Once we handled that, we knew our pressure would start hitting, and we eventually got back to the win.”

Meanwhile, Princeton took care of business on the opposite side of the ball, with another rushing touchdown from Epperly to open up the fourth quarter and a 14-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Connor Kelley as an insurance touchdown late in the game.

The fourth quarter stood in stark contrast to the first. Early penalties called on the Tigers had Princeton starting its first drive at its own nine-yard line. After a Tiger three-and-out, the Princeton defense held strong and forced the Quakers to do the same, but Penn punter Max Kurucar’s punt was downed at the Tigers’ threeyard line. The ensuing two series by each team essentially replicated the first two, and after the Quakers’ second punt, Princeton started at its own four-yard line. This time, however, Penn capitalized, forcing a holding penalty by the Tigers’ in the endzone. This resulted in a

safety, and the Quakers led early, 2-0.

It was a testament to the Tigers’ defense that, despite early offensive troubles resulting in great field position for the Quakers, it managed to keep Penn from taking total control. The first quarter

“That’s the best defense we’ve played.” head coach Bob Surace ’90

had the Tigers pinned against their goal line for multiple possessions, but even with the short fields the Quakers had from a number of Princeton three-and-outs, Penn could not finish the job.

“If you would look at most defense that were put on the field

so many times after the offense going three-and-out — to give up the number of points they did was actually a testament to [the defense],” Epperly said.

“That’s the best defense we’ve played,” Surace said. “They’re really good. They really attacked us in a way that made us uncomfortable.”

Two series later, Epperly hit Wilson for 14 yards to finally lead Princeton out of its own endzone.

The Tigers were able to drive into Penn territory a few plays later with a 29-yard completion from Epperly to Kelley. Three plays later, Penn defensive end Sam Chwarzynski tipped Epperly’s pass into the air at the line, caught the ball and took the open field all the way to the endzone. After the extra point, the Quakers led 9-0, the score they would take into the second quarter.

Yale will come to Princeton Stadium to take on the Tigers for Homecoming next weekend.

With a win, Princeton can clinch a second consecutive bonfire. If Penn defeats Harvard on the same day, the Tigers can clinch the Ivy League title outright.

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Princeton will play its second-to-last game of the season against Yale on Nov. 16 for Homecoming.

Senior wide receiver Roman Wilson hauled in 12 passes for 68 yards in Sunday’s 38-26 victory.

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Katherine Zhao

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Mid-semester evaluations

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oward the beginning of this academic year, Shawon Jackson sent out an email to the class of 2017 asking if they would like to pars students prepare to choose classes for process, and their evaluations would likely be more specific and Luc Cohen ’14 ticipate in the Princeton Women’s Mentorthe spring semester, course reviews become constructive, as evaluations could now meaningfully impact the editor-in-chief ship Program, now entering its third year. Students who increasingly important. Currently, Registrarsecond semester of the course. The improved response rate and Grace Riccardi ’14 joined had the option of “pod” or “general” membership. administered course evaluations are adminhigher quality of responses would benefit future students conbusiness manager Those in the first category were sorted into small groups istered at the end of every semester, after lectures and precepts templating enrolling in the course. made up of one representative from each class year. Genhave ended. However, these evaluations have many downsides.

A third unique benefit of mid-semester course evaluaeral members receive emails that invite them to leadermanaging editor As end-of-the-semester evaluations do not affect the students tions is that they would include the feedback of students planEmily Tseng ’14 ship events, but do not commit to weekly pod meetings. writing them, they are often rushed or not completed. Addining to drop the course. For someone deciding whether or not to The idea for the pods is to meet once a week in a news editors tionally, the evaluations of the current system are likely nontake a class, reading about other students’ reasons for dropping Patience Haggin ’14 social capacity and develop strong relationships with representative because they cannot include feedback from stua course — whether it was too difficult or not interesting, for Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic ’14 other pod members that allow for mutual mentorship. dents who dropped the course and because students’ responses example — can be valuable. And with more perfect information, opinion editor Additionally, each pod is assigned a faculty member or are influenced by their expected grades. An effective solution to student demand for poorly-reviewed, highly-dropped courses Sarah Schwartz ’15 administrator to meet with at least once a semester. these problems would be the addition of an online mid-semester will decrease while demand for better-reviewed courses would This initiative is the brainchild of undergraduate sports editor course evaluation system. Aside from a few professors who ask increase, resulting in better course selection overall.

Stephen Wood ’15 women on campus in response to the 2011 Steering students for mid-term evaluations, there is no regular opportuFinally, the relative lack of certainty about grades midCommittee Report on Women’s Leadership. The most street editor nity for mid-semester student feedback. As such, the Editorial semester can result in more honest feedback; students are more Abigail Williams ’14 directly relevant observation made by the report is that Board strongly encourages the development and implementalikely to praise a course they are getting a good grade in and more women, “perhaps even more than men,” are influenced photography editors tion of a mid-semester course evaluation system that should be likely to provide negative feedback if their grades are lower. If Monica Chon ’15 by mentors in terms of academic and extracurricular accessible both to professors and students seeking to enroll in students are less confident about what their grades will be durMerrill Fabry ’14 achievement. Anecdotal evidence from faculty and the course in subsequent semesters. ing the middle of the semester as compared to the end of the students indicates that mentorship plays an important copy editors There is already significant student demand for a standardsemester, student feedback will be more independent of expectAndrea Beale ’14 role in women’s decisions to pursue leadership positions ized system for mid-semester evaluations. According to a Spring ed grades and be less affected by bias.

Erica Sollazzo ’14 and scholarships, but this mentorship can be difficult 2012 study in the Academic Life Total Assessment by the UnderAs for when the proposed mid-semester course evaluations design editor for women to access (possibly more so than for their graduate Student Government, “66 percent of students strongshould be administered, the board believes the seventh week Helen Yao ’15 male peers). The report contains another finding that is ly or somewhat support having the option to give feedback after of classes is optimal. After midterms week, students have had equally important for understanding the direction the web editors midterm week.” Questions could be taken from the existing ample time and experience in a course to provide constructive mentorship program has taken. In a survey on freshman Sarah Cen ’16 course evaluations system with anonymized responses aggregatfeedback for the professor and other students interested in the orientation, 77 percent of respondents felt that they Adrian De Smul ’14 ed and provided to professors and other students to view online. class. Additionally, the seventh week of classes occurs after fall lacked sufficient opportunities to make connections multimedia editor The first benefit of the proposed feedback system is that eval- and spring break; the week after midterms can be effectively with upperclassmen. The choice to create inter-class Christine Wang ’14 uations can have an immediate impact for students currentspent determining what a student enjoys or dislikes about his or pods is a clear response to this concern. prox editor ly enrolled in the course. Feedback for lectures, precepts, labs her courses. And midterms are often a major factor in students’ Given that opportunities to meet upperclassmen are Daniel Santoro ’14 and homework assignments, for example, could be taken into decisions to drop or pass/D/fail a course. With a week’s worth limited, the pod provides a structured environment for intersections editor account by the course professor and used to make changes for of distance between midterm exams and mid-semester evaluamembers of different years to bond. Caroline Kitchener Amy Garland ’14 the second half of the semester. On the other hand, end-of-thetions, students would be able to provide constructive and specif’14, one of the founders and current co-presidents of the associate news editor semester evaluations made after the course has ended only allow ic feedback for their professor as well as other students. mentorship initiative, asserted, “Those relationships Catherine Ku ’14 a professor to make changes for the next class, providing no benThe board suggests piloting the program within a few are really the point of the program.” The intimate group associate news editor efit for students who took the course that semester. departments before being expanded across the University. Evensetting allows freshman women to comfortably interact for enterprise This is relevant to the second advantage of the proposed tually, questions could be tailored specifically to departments with older peers who can, as Kitchener puts it, “help you Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 system: if students are likely to experience changes in a course or even individual courses. The board is confident that a midunderstand what’s going on in this place.” In the most associate opinion editors they are enrolled in, they have a greater incentive to give thorsemester evaluation program could improve students’ experisuccessful situations, students keep in touch with their Richard Daker ’15 ough feedback. This would promote two principal benefits: a ences in a course and also provide students with more accurate Tehila Wenger ‘15 pod members even after some of them have graduated. larger proportion of students would participate in the feedback feedback during the course selection process.

Peer mentorship, however, is only half the story. The associate sports editors Damir Golac ‘15 Steering Committee Report focuses on the positive Victoria Majchrzak ’15 effect that faculty can have on women’s decisions to apply for scholarships or leadership positions. While associate street editors Urvija Banerji ’15 pods are set up with a “Pod Partner” — a Princeton Catherine Bauman ’15 faculty or staff member — these individuals are only associate photography editors required to meet with the group once a semester.

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Conor Dube ’15 The meeting requirement is relatively lax in order to Lilia Xie ’14 accommodate the full schedules of the staff and faculty associate copy editors members involved. Of course, Princeton students Dana Bernstein ’15 are busy as well, which can lead to dysfunctional Jennifer Cho ’15 pod groups that don’t meet. This has been effectively associate design editor addressed in the past by creating general membership, Allison Metts ’15 which weeds out students who are interested in the associate multimedia editor program but don’t have enough time for weekly Rishi Kaneriya ’16 meetings. Other tactics for ensuring commitment editorial board chair include introducing accountability and investment by Ethan Jamnik ’15 assigning a “pod captain” and sponsoring restaurant meals for pods that do meet frequently. Through restructuring the program and offering incentives, NIGHT STAFF 11.10.13 WMP has managed to make the time commitment worthwhile for students. The program should now news focus on how to accomplish the same thing for faculty.

Night Chief: Cathy Duazo ’14 Chitra Marti ’17 The program focuses more on developing relationships between students of different classes than copy on those between students and faculty. While having a Elizabeth Bradley ’17 junior or senior friend may enhance an underclassman’s Kathleen Mulligan ’17 social life, that friendship may never reach the stage of Seth Merkin ’16 Alexander Schindele-Murayama ’16 mentorship. In contrast, a relationship developed with a professor is rarely just a friendship. Teachers have design the power to change the way students see themselves.

Christine Kyauk ’16 Making a connection with an adult who has “made Jessie Liu ’16 Katherine Gao ’15 it” — someone in a high-profile position of success and Patrick Ding ’15 authority — cannot be compared with the connections Alexis Foster ’17 we make with our peers. Both are critical for students’ social and academic development on campus, but in terms of mentorship, a relationship with a faculty member is much more effective than one with another student.

The Women’s Mentorship Program is an earnest attempt to provide women with a strong interclass network, but it is an imperfect answer to the leadership disparity pointed out in the Steering Committee Report. While the program offers several Jason Choe content, took the committee’s societal belief that a college forces students to raise their contributing columnist lectures and workshops on leadership throughout the “decision” to be factual. degree is a prerequisite for academic performance and to year, the main focus is on the pods. Isabella Lloyd Of course we laughed it future success has led to a huge strive for self-improvement.

Damnjanovic ’17, a current participant in the program off, but it got me thinking rise in the applicant pool, a Multiple studies, however, and a staff copy editor for the Daily Princetonian, ince president eis— does Princeton really have subsequent rise in the number indicate that competition said that she thinks about her fellow pod members gruber announced his such a stigma of competition of rejections doled out each can also have the detrimental “more as guides to Princeton social or academic life intention to create a that the ridiculous policies year and a drop in the overall effects of stunting creativity, than mentors.” This distinction is something Rebecca committee to re-evalproposed in the Tiger Magazine acceptance rate. These figures fostering hostility and lowering Kreutter pointed out in her column last Wednesday: uate the controversial policy article could actually seem certainly bolster a school’s self-esteem, hardly ideal Advisors are not necessarily mentors. Mentorship known as grade def lation, the legitimate? And is it possible image of selectivity and, in characteristics of a school that evokes admiration and guidance, a stronger role initial furor (or excitement, or that Princeton is too oriented turn, prestige through high is supposed to be preparing and greater influence than someone who dispenses even optimism, might be better toward academic competition? competition. But in seeking to students to be critical and helpful advice. words) among the student body After all, if TigerMag had maintain its status, Princeton constructive thinkers in the In order to create the kind of mentorship that the has largely settled down. Tipublished a phony article may have taken policies real world. Competition is Steering Report indicated is necessary, faculty and ger Magazine, though, recentabout, say, a new policy to promote a competitive undoubtedly an integral aspect staff partners in the program should be required to ly published a satirical article limiting the number of new environment worthy of its rank of human life, yet it is possible meet with their pods more than once a semester. One“announcing” that the commit- organizations that can be too far. for competition to be taken too on-one meetings between the students of a pod and tee had returned its findings formed on campus, their When the school’s far — so as to be the defining their partner would build stronger relationships and early and had recommended readership would have hardly administration focuses so aspect of an institution of might raise the faculty member’s personal investment that “no more than 10 percent of have reacted as strongly. The much of its attention on higher learning — that it in the group as a whole. Some of the workshops should the grades given in any departarticle was even re-posted making academia competitive, ceases to be a benevolent force. include the staff partners in order to build mentorship ment should be A’s.” I found the on the Class of 2017 page, in so too will the students focus Rather, we should be known ties that go beyond the student members of pods. article to be highly amusing which several students posted on adapting to the more for the achievements, past and The way that the Women’s Mentorship Program and forwarded it to my parents, comments along the lines of aggressive atmosphere, until present, already accomplished tackles the lack of social connections between thinking little of it.

“I almost had a heart attack competition becomes the and being accomplished by students of different class years is an important step Soon after, I called home (yes, there.” As soon as the issue of defining feature of the school. students and faculty alike and towards ameliorating the upper-underclassmen there are people who still do grades arises, students and A high degree of competition, for the opportunities provided divide created by eating club culture. The problem of that), only for my mom to tell parents alike are all ears. then, no longer serves as to scholars of all races, ages and faculty mentorship remains on the table, and with me “well, that’s a bummer” and Of course, it was first and an indication of a school’s creeds. Competitiveness should certain changes of programming and prioritization, for my dad to spew out words foremost the academic aspect relative reputation, but rather not be the first word that comes the Women’s Mentorship Program could be pivotal in that are, for the most part, too that catapulted Princeton to become a prerequisite to it. So to mind when you think of a closing the gap. inappropriate to be published. the No. 1 spot on the U.S. News indeed, we may be seen as “too school like Princeton.

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Tehila Wenger is a politics major from Columbus, Ohio.

She can be reached at twenger@princeton.edu. Katherine Zhao is a freshman from East Brunswick, N.J. She can be reached at kz2@princeton.edu.

Clarification revealed that my parents, reading the first paragraph or two of the article and not knowing that TigerMag regularly publishes spoof

and World Report’s annual college rankings. In recent years, the boom in the collegeage population coupled with the increasingly widespread

competitive.” The question then inevitably arises — is this a positive trend?

It has been argued, admittedly, that competition

Jason Choe is a freshman from Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. He can be reached at jasonjc@princeton. edu.

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out indefinitely, the Tigers started three players not on the team last year, accounting for half the team’s total minutes. Senior guard Jimmy Sherburne and junior guard Ben Hazel both got starting nods in their first game back after a year off, contributing 13 and 9 points, respectively, and freshman forward Spencer Weisz started the first game of his career. The team was carried, however, by its three returning members: senior forward Will Barrett, sophomore forward Hans Brase and junior forward Denton Koon. Barrett continued last season’s magnificent play from behind the arc, making four of six shots and adding a game-high three blocks, while Brase chipped in 10 rebounds. But it was Koon who stole the show, dropping a game-high 17 points and

pulling down 11 rebounds to boot, despite coming off the bench.

“It was a little different not getting the start today, but I look to contribute in any way I can,” Koon said. “We’ve got a lot of new pieces this year, and it’s important to work on playing together.”

The Tigers came out of the gates strong, jumping out to a 14-4 lead just over four minutes in, going three of five shooting from downtown.

The next eight minutes were sloppier for Princeton, which committed six fouls and turned the ball over six times as its lead shrunk to four points. However, the Tigers bounced back with six points each from Koon and Barrett to finish up the half on a 17-6 run. Princeton dominated just about all aspects of the first half, out-rebounding Florida A&M 26-13 and shooting 44.4 percent while holding the Rattlers to just 30 percent. Some first game rust was apparent, as the Tigers

coughed up nine turnovers.

The second half was shakier for Princeton, as the Tigers were less aggressive on defense and more one-dimensional on offense. A&M brought the lead down to 11 with 12:51 left and then again with 8:52 left, but Princeton held strong and rattled off 11 points in two minutes to go up 65-46, the largest lead of the game. Freshman forward Pete Miller put the icing on the cake with an emphatic dunk for the first basket of his career. The Tigers edged out the Rattlers 29-27 in the second half, but were actually out-rebounded 20-16 and outshot 45 percent to 25 percent on two point attempts.

“I would like to be more consistent on defense in the future,” Henderson commented. “On offense, I was happy with how the ball moved and our three-point shooting.”

Princeton plays next Saturday at Butler in Indianapolis in their first major test of the season.

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Princeton, the defending national champion, will play Penn State in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

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Hitti’s, propelled the Tigers to a 3-1 lead by halftime. After outshooting the Quakers 10-3 during the first half, Princeton’s attack did not relent in the second half. The Tigers took it to Penn in the second, firing 18 shots to Penn’s three, adding goals from Cesan and junior striker Allison Evans, who scored her second goal of the afternoon with under two minutes remaining.

In addition to this solid offense, Princeton also remained staunch on defense against the only team in the Ivy League with a higher scoring average than theirs.

The Tigers held their opponent to one goal or less for the third straight game, limiting the Quakers to only six shots total. Princeton’s defense ended the Ivy League season allowing only 1.56 goals per game, far and away the lowest average in the league. Penn’s defense was the second best in the Ivy League, allowing an average of 1.97 goals per game. Gersoff recorded four saves, earning her ninth win of the season.

With the victory, the Tigers completed a season sweep of the Ivy League, finishing the season a perfect 7-0 against league competition. Princeton defeated its league opponents by a combined score of 32-5, holding its opponents to two goals

or fewer and defeating them by more than two goals in every Ivy League game. As impressive as those numbers are, they are nothing unusual for Princeton, which has finished a perfect 7-0 in the Ivy League eight of the past 11 years. The Tigers have won the Ivy League championship 19 of the past 20 seasons and 22 times overall.

As the Ivy League champion, Princeton is now guaranteed a spot in the NCAA tournament this season for the tenth consecutive year.

Last season, Princeton won the national championship after entering the tournament ranked second in the country. The first round of this season’s tournament will begin Saturday, Nov. 16.

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Junior forward Denton Koon recorded his first career double-double in Sunday’s season opener.

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Tigers off to strong start as Koon scores 17

With win at Penn, Tigers near Ivy title

By Eddie Owens

By Shayan Rakhit

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assoc. sports editor emeritus

The men’s basketball team opened its season Sunday at Jadwin Gym with a comfortable 67-50 win against Florida A&M. FL A&M 50 Despite a PRINCETON 67 lackluster second half, Princeton largely dominated the Rattlers (0-2 overall), holding them to 32.7 percent shooting and just 1-11 from beyond the arc.

Though lacking a true center, the Tigers used their height advantage and outrebounded their opponents 42-33. Princeton made it rain from three-point land, making 12 out of a whopping 31 attempts, a .387 average, in line with last year’s rate of .395.

“I thought it was a nice opener. We had lots of positives, but there’s definitely stuff to work on,” head coach Mitch Henderson ’98 said.

“We played well on offense, but had a bit of a slide on defense.”

Having lost Ivy League Player of the Year Ian Hummer ’13 and with senior guard and captain T.J. Bray

In an interview at the beginning of the school year, Penn President Amy Gutmann spoke to the state of Quaker athletics. The comparison to Princeton athletics came up.

“Maybe Princeton has more wins than any of the other Ivies when you PRINCETON 38 add them PENN 26 up,” Gutmann told the Daily Pennsylvanian. “But would you trade for Princeton’s football team? I don’t think so.”

That was in August. But on a sunny afternoon this Saturday, the football team, though not perfect, was more than good enough to convert a wild back-and-forth contest into an emphatic victory as Princeton (7-1 overall, 5-0 Ivy League) defeated Penn (4-4, 3-2) 3826 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The win put the Tigers in the driver’s seat for the Ivy League title with just two games left in the season.

“Mrs. ‘I don’t think so’ should understand the heart our guys have,” head coach Bob Surace ’90 said after the game, referring to Gutmann’s comments. “I wouldn’t trade them for anything.”

Saturday’s matchup was not

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Junior quarterback Quinn Epperly threw for 268 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for two more.

as dazzling a performance as last weekend’s 53-20 victory over Cornell, which saw junior quarterback Quinn Epperly throw 29 straight completions. It was also a far cry from the Tigers’ 51-48 triple-overtime win against Harvard. Instead, Princeton had to slog against Penn and recover from sloppy first quarter to take control of the game in the second half en route to a comfortable win.

“Credit to our guys, especially the guys up front, on being able to grind some things out,” Epperly said. “I think it just shows our effort and our work ethic that it was definitely not a pretty game on the offensive side, but we were able to get a win today.”

The battle at Franklin Field was a physical one which saw seven turnovers. It was the Quakers that coughed up the ball six of those times, which contributed to the final result.

“If you play any good team and you turn the ball over five, six times, whatever the total was, it’s hard to win the game,” Penn head coach Al Bagnoli said. “To their credit, they protected the ball a lot better than we protected the ball, especially in the second half where the game really was on the line.”

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FIELD HOCKEY

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Princeton wins Ivy, heads to NCAA’s

Princeton drops season opener

By Mark Stein staff writer

The No. 5 Princeton field hockey team earned an important victory Saturday in its final match of the season, defeating Penn 5-1 in Philadelphia. The win capped off PENN 1 a strong regular PRINCETON 5 s e a s o n for the defending national champion Tigers (13-4 overall, 7-0 Ivy League), in which they finished on a sevengame win streak and won the Ivy League with a perfect record. After ending Penn’s (13-4, 5-2) five-game winning streak, Princeton will now face Penn State (13-5, 5-1 Big Ten)in the NCAA tournament on Nov. 16.

Princeton jumped ahead of the Quakers early on in the match when freshman midfielder Cat Caro capitalized on a short corner opportunity, finding the net off a rebound only two minutes, eight seconds into the game. Penn responded just over 10 minutes later, however, knotting the score at 1-1 when attacker Elizabeth Hitti recovered a shot blocked by Tiger sophomore goalkeeper Anya Gersoff, scoring at 13:08.

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By Hillary Dodyk senior writer

Princeton women’s basketball team started its season on an unconventional note, as a technical foul was PRINCETON 65 called on the Princeton RUTGERS 79 bench before the game even started due to a scorebook error, leaving the Tigers with a 2-0 deficit before the game officially began. The afternoon would not improve much for the Tigers (0-1), as they would fall to Rutgers (1-0) 79-65 in their season opener.

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Saturday’s victory over Penn marked Princeton’s ninth straight Ivy championship.

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Tigers takes 3rd at Southerns after loss to Midshipmen

By Raghav Gandotra staff writer

The men’s water polo team finished third at the Southern Division Championships this weekend, beating Mercyhurst 9-7 in the third place game on Sunday. The game was marked by an outstanding display of defensive resilience by sophomore goalkeeper Alex Gow, who, with a season-high 17 saves, played a crucial part in containing the offensive might of Mercyhurst.

The Tigers’ (19-5 overall, 7-0 Southern) semifinals game ended in a heartbreaking 12-10 loss to Navy (17-14, 2-6) on Saturday night. Prior to the defeat, the Tigers had gone on a five-game unbeaten run and were the favorites to reclaim the crown they last won in 2011. By vir-

tue of being the top seed, the Tigers got a bye in the first round of the championship and advanced to the semifinals courtesy of a 15-8 thrashing of Gannon (11-9, 4-2). The fifth seeded Navy on the other hand, had to overcome a tough challenge from No. 4 seed Johns Hopkins to seal its place in the semifinals with an 11-9 win.

Princeton started out strong, taking a 1-0 lead in the first quarter. However, the Midshipmen stormed back in the second quarter with a onslaught: four goals in response to the Tigers’ two to give Navy a slender one-goal lead into halftime. Navy extended its lead over Princeton by another point in the third quarter. The final quarter saw as many as 10 goals being shared equally by the two sides, with Princeton making a des-

perate attempt to get back into a contest that was steadily slipping away from the Tigers.

Junior Kayj Shannon scored three goals, and the trio of sophomore Thomas Nelson, junior Drew Hoffenberg and freshman utility Jovan Jeremic added two goals each. Junior Sam Butler contributed with two assists and three steals, and Gow made nine saves.

The playoff against Mercyhurst started in a somewhat similar manner, with a low-scoring first quarter producing only one goal each for the two sides.

But Princeton took off in the second quarter, scoring six goals. Mercyhurst retaliated but could only breach Gow’s defense on two occasions. At halftime, the score favored Princeton 7-3. After the third quarter ended, with Princeton

extending its lead by another point to 8-3, it seemed as if the Tigers had all but sealed their victory. The Lakers, however, fought back hard, scoring four goals and conceding just one. But the fourpoint deficit that Mercyhurst saw at halftime proved to be too much to overcome, and the Tigers came away with a victory. Nelson added three goals, Shannon added one, Hoffenberg contributed two and Jeremic scored once. Sophomore Jamie Kuprenas added two goals.

The assists tally was led by Hoffenberg, Butler and senior Kurt Buchbinder, all recording two assists each.

The Tigers now have a two-week break before the CWPA Championships at Brown from Nov. 22-24, where Princeton will play for a berth in the NCAA tournament.

Penn dashes Tigers’ Ivy title chances

By Jack Rogers staff writer

Junior forward Cameron Porter gave the men’s soccer team a promising lead that kept its hopes alive for clinching an Ivy League title. But the Tigers’ (6-9-1 overall, 3-2-1 Ivy League) lead, as well as its hopes for their first conference title in three years, slipped away from them on Saturday afternoon in a PRINCETON 1 2-1 loss at Penn. While the Tigers had a resounding PENN 2 3-0 victory over Penn (7-81, 4-1-1) in last season’s meeting, Saturday’s loss seemed to be a replay of the Tigers’ 2011 loss in Philadelphia, when they surrendered two goals after going up 1-0 on the Quakers.

The Tigers dominated the offensive game for the first 30 minutes of match, outshooting Penn six to one. Princeton continued to set up good chances on its corner kick opportunities, and the fourth one proved the charm in the 28th minute. A corner kick from junior defenseman Myles McGinley found sophomore See M. SOCCER page 6

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