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Dec. 2, 1969 A 90 percent increase in undergraduate application numbers due to the introduction of coeducation forces the review committee to reconsider application standards.

By the Numbers

1,981

Total number of students who voted in the USG election, about 38 percent of the undergraduate student body.

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News & Notes Lawrence company hopes to ferment U. food waste

twenty tons of food waste from University dining halls could be sent to a plant in Lawrence Township, N.J., each week to be cycled through a new waste handling process involving mass fermentation, The Times of Trenton reported on Friday.

Local startup company AgriArk has made a deal with the University to use University food waste in the development phase of its efforts to establish a food waste processing plant in Lawrence, according to a proposal AgriArk has filed with Mercer County.

Using Japanese fermentation technology that decomposes food waste in an acidic, anaerobic process similar to that used to make kimchi and other pickled vegetables, AgriArk’s industrial homestead would turn food waste into solid and liquid fertilizers that could be sold back to the University.

AgriArk hopes to have permits by the end of January and a functional site up and running by the spring, the Times reported.

STUDENT LIFE

Students discuss Arts & Transit

ALL THE LIGHTS ARE SHINING

By Jean-Carlos Arenas & Jacob Donnelly staff writers

Construction of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood has caused small inconveniences for the day-to-day lives of students living in Forbes College, according to several residents of Forbes.

The intersection of Alexander Street and University Place was closed to vehicular traffic in October, resulting in changes to pedestrian and bike paths from Forbes College to the main campus.

The changes have added approximately 30 seconds of travel time to the commute traveling to and from Forbes, College Master Michael Hecht told the Forbes community in an email announcing the road closure, which is expected to last until February.

“They did get a lot done during the summer, but they could only get done a certain amount,” Forbes College Council Co-Chair Wardah Bari ’16 said. “I heard that the roundabout construction could be done

by February, but the entire project will be done after we graduate, and so none of us will ever see the good part of it, but we’ve been here through the entire pain of it.”

Bari added that Casino Night turnout was smaller than last year and attributed See FORBES page 4

MONICA CHON :: PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

The 65-foot tall Norwegian spruce tree in Palmer Square was lit on Friday. The Christmas tree is adorned with over 32,000 colored lights.

STUDENT LIFE

Jackson ’15 wins reelection bid

By Anna Mazarakis senior writer

USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 won his bid for reelection, chief elections manager Rachel Nam ’15 announced in an email sent by Jackson to the undergraduate student body last Friday afternoon.

Jackson received 68.36 percent of the vote, with 1,303 students voting in his favor. His opponent, Class of 2015 senator Zach Ogle, received 603 votes.

“I’m very excited that I was reelect-

ed and I’m looking forward to another year,” Jackson said.

Jackson originally entered the race uncontested, as Ogle was initially disqualified for neglecting to hand in a third registration document on time.

Ogle was later permitted to run after a vote by the USG Senate to allow his candidacy.

“Obviously, I am disappointed that I won’t get the chance to put my ideas into practice,” Ogle said of his loss. When asked if he thought his late entry into the race had affected the outcome of the

race, Ogle said that he did not know, and that he did not know if it was necessarily useful to speculate on that.

Jackson received a majority of the votes in all four classes, though the breakdown was closest in the Class of 2015.

Logan Roth ’15 will serve as Social Committee chair. He received 57.05 percent of the vote, while opponent and current Class of 2016 senator Eduardo Lima received 42.95 percent. The race was split along class year lines, with See USG page 3

STUDENT LIFE

STUDENT LIFE

CDC approves meningitis vaccination campaign

USG debates separating existing Senate structure

By Emily Tseng Managing Editor

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given final approval for a meningitis vaccination campaign to commence at Princeton, the University announced in an email last week.

The vaccine will be made available to all undergraduate students, graduate students living in undergraduate dormitories, the Graduate College and annexes and other mem-

bers of the University community with medical conditions predisposing them to meningococcal disease. It will only be available to these groups.

Two doses will be required for maximum protection. The first dose of the vaccine will be available Dec. 9 to 12 from noon to 8 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room of Frist Campus Center. The second dose will be made available in February, although no specific dates have been announced.

The vaccine, Bexsero, is

made by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis. It has not been licensed for use in the United States, although it has been approved for use in the European Union and Australia. It protects against meningococcal B, the type of bacteria responsible for the eight University-associated cases of meningococcal disease since March.

Separate arrangements will be made for students leaving or returning from study See BEXSERO page 5

PAINTING WITHOUT CANVAS

By Anna Mazarakis senior writer

Members of the Senate debated a proposed constitutional amendment to split the existing USG structure into two separate bodies at their Monday evening meeting. They may vote at their Dec. 8 meeting on whether to separate class governments from the Senate, replacing the current model under which the class governments report to the Senate.

Several members of the Senate expressed concern about how the class governments would be held accountable and

how the two sections of the USG would be able to work effectively.

While USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, who helped to draft the proposed revisions, questioned why the class councils should be held accountable to the Senate rather than to the student body, others argued that the hierarchy was necessary to avoid conflict.

“I don’t think that a twoheaded USG is really a wise course to take in the future,” Undergraduate Student Life Committee chair Greg Smith ’15 said. “The problem is that See REVISIONS page 2

ACADEMICS

In beginner language classes, prior exposure not an issue

By Paul Phillips staff writer

JASMINE RACE :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Student work from an introductory painting course was exhibited at the Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau Street. Students were encouraged to use experimental materials and techniques.

More than half of the students who take SPA 101: Beginner’s Spanish I, a class for students with no previous background in the language, have studied Spanish before enrolling in the class, according to a survey conducted by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese in spring 2012.

The survey, which received 106 responses, also revealed that 29 percent of the students surveyed had taken at least three years of Spanish before beginning the introductory course.

“Language teaching is very different in different institutions,” Spanish Senior Lecturer Alberto Bruzos Moro ex-

plained. “For some students, high school is enough to place them off the foreign language requirement, but for others it is not enough to be placed out of 101.”

He added that he was glad language placement was determined by a placement test system rather than by high school experience.

But the fact that some students taking introductory Spanish have background in the language is not limited to just Spanish.

Joe Yan ’14 and Shawn Du ’14, who are both enrolled in KOR 101: Elementary Korean I, said their class contains some heritage speakers, or students who have picked up some of the language from hearing See INTRO page 5

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MONICA CHON :: PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

A child gets a better view and the tree is finally lit at the annual holiday tree-lighting ceremony on Friday evening in Palmer Square.

it doesn’t deal with problems of disagreements between the two; it merely makes it so there’s zero mechanisms for dealing with it.”

Likewise, members debated whether it was necessary to detail in the constitution that the class council officers would have to have weekly meetings and that they would be accountable to their respective classes.

“We should create a constitution that lays out what ought to be done and let people figure out how it can happen,” UCouncil chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 argued.

The Senate did not vote on the package of amendments affecting the class governments, but it could potentially do so at its next meeting on Dec. 8.

Another set of amendments, consisting mostly of technical changes, passed unanimously with 22 Senate members voting in favor. The amendments will go into effect if they are passed when the Senate votes on them for the second time at its next meeting, in accordance with regular Senate procedure.

Of these amendments, the only debate centered around proposals to change the titles of the U-Council chair and the U-Council executive committee representative, positions currently held by Kugelmass and Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15, respectively. The amendments propose to rename their positions Council of the Princeton University Committee chair and CPUC executive committee representative.

Because the title of CPUC chair belongs to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, the Senate voted to maintain the U-Council chair title but change Okuda-Lim’s title.

U-Councilor Azza Cohen ’16

presented an update on ongoing work on “The Happiness Project.” She presented ideas like a campus mentoring project pairing seniors and freshmen, an open art studio and a mix-up dinner for students to meet new people.

Elizabeth Dolan ’16, a member of the Campus and Community Affairs committee who spoke on behalf of committee chair Trap Yates ’14, presented an overview of Restaurant Week, which occurred the week of Nov. 10.

Yates is also a former associate editor for Street, and Dolan is a copy editor for The Daily Princetonian.

Eleven restaurants offered discounted dinners through the program this year, and three offered lunch. The exact number of student participants is not yet available, as Dolan said an online survey to ask about student experiences during Restaurant Week is in the works.

Class of 2015 Senator Mariana Bagneris presented a recap of the “Beat YaleGate” tailgate, which took place on Frist Campus Center’s South Lawn before the football game against Yale. Members discussed how the tailgate related to the work of the USG’s former Tiger Universe committee, which worked to increase school spirit and student attendance at athletic events.

“I do think that, going forward, there’s a lot of worth to having someone just always thinking about projects related to athletics,” Class of 2014 Senator Charissa Shen said.

During executive session, the Senate voted to approve Joseph Obiajulu ’17 as the freshman member of the Honor Committee. His term will begin effective immediately, Jackson said.

The Monday meeting was rescheduled due to Sunday evening’s celebratory bonfire.

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juniors and seniors voting overwhelmingly for Roth, while Lima received the majority of support from the freshman and sophomore classes.

Jimmy Baase ’15 won the position of Academics Committee chair with 62.27 percent of votes. Baase had a wide lead among each of the classes except the freshman class, in which his opponent, Richard Peay ’17, led by a small margin of 29 votes.

Paul Riley ’15 will serve as Campus and Community Affairs chair, having received 66.62 percent of the vote. Riley, who has served in USG as a U-Councilor for the past year and a half, led his opponents, Raina Sun ’16 and Julie Chong ’17, in a landslide in each of the classes.

Ella Cheng ’16, who ran unopposed for University Student Life Committee chair, received 100 percent of votes cast for the position. Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

Chris Shin and Kishan Bhatt were elected as the Class of 2017 senators with 185 and 179 votes, respectively. Twelve students ran for the two positions, but none of the other candidates except the victors were able to garner at least 12 percent of the freshman vote.

Yoni Benyamini and Michael Cho were elected as the Class of 2016 senators, receiving 259 and 176 votes, respectively. Of the four students who ran for the two positions, the other two candidates came just a few votes short of the votes received by Cho. Current projects manager George Jian ’16 received 170 votes and Macy Manning ’16 received 167 votes.

Class of 2015 senator Mari-

ana Bagneris won her bid for reelection. As Bagneris was the only student who ran to represent the Class of 2015 in the Senate, the second senator will be selected by an appointment process.

“I think that’s a pretty low percentage of the student body that turned out to vote, and it would be nice to see more students taking an interest in who the student government leadership is.”

Zach Ogle ’15,

candidate for USG presidency

Ogle, who currently serves as a Class of 2015 senator, said he’ll “have to see” whether he would be interested in being considered for the second senator position next year.

Molly Stoneman ’16 was elected as vice president and Regina Cai ’15 was elected as treasurer. Both candidates ran in uncontested elections.

“I just wanted to congratulate all the other candidates that were elected,” Jackson said. “I wanted to thank all the candidates that did run in the election because it’s im-

portant for the student body to have options.”

According to Nam, 1,981 students voted in total — approximately 38 percent of the undergraduate student body.

By class, 389 seniors voted, 511 juniors voted, 529 sophomores voted and 552 freshmen voted.

This year’s turnout was down among all classes from last year’s. A year ago, a total of 2,351 students voted. Of these, 453 were seniors, 628 were juniors, 626 were sophomores and 644 were freshmen.

“I think that’s a pretty low percentage of the student body that turned out to vote, and it would be nice to see more students taking an interest in who the student government leadership is,” Ogle said. “Do I think that more could have been done? I don’t necessarily know that it’s something that could have been done differently in an election season. I think that it’s just USG as a whole needs to be a bit more responsive to the student body and then maybe the student body will pay a little more attention in voting in the elections.”

Nam, on the other hand, said that she thinks “it’s a good turnout,” adding that she believes that “having more candidates for the vice president position would have helped increase the voter turnout.”

In the future, Nam said USG will work on outreach projects to different groups on campus or will individually reach out to students to garner interest in the elected positions. She said that with greater transparency about what each position does, students will have a more accurate understanding of what USG is and will “hopefully get more excited about the work that USG does.”

Firestone is illegally leaked online

By Patience Haggin News Editor

A previously unpublished J.D. Salinger story housed in the University’s Firestone Library was illegally made public online on Wednesday, The New York Times reported.

Salinger’s story, “The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls,” provides the backstory to his famous 1951 novel “The Catcher in the Rye” by recounting the death of Kenneth Caulfield, the older brother of the novel’s protagonist. It was one of three unpublished Salinger stories held by the University’s library.

The stories were not allowed to be photographed or reproduced in any way. Salinger donated the story with strict terms that they not be published until 50 years after his death. He died in 2010.

The manuscript may have been illegally obtained by a patron who consulted the

stories in the University library, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

“The story is probably an unauthorized version transcribed longhand in our reading room. It’s also possible that it came from photocopies of the typescript probably made before the mid-1980s when we decided that we would no longer allow photo-duplication of any work by Salinger,” Mbugua said.

The story, along with two other previously unpublished short stories, “Birthday Boy” and “Paula,” were posted on the members-only file-sharing site What.cd on Nov. 27. They were later copied across other web platforms, including Reddit.

The leak claimed that the three stories had been published in a run of only 25 copies titled “Three Stories” in London in 1999 and that “The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls”

was photocopied from one of the rare copies. The two other stories said to be included in this collection were held by the University of Texas at Austin under similar restrictions.

The University’s Salinger collection also includes the unpublished stories “The Magic Foxhole” and “The Last and Best of the Peter Pans,” which features the character Holden Caulfield, the protagonist of “The Catcher in the Rye.” The story may have been nearing publication even without the online leak.

Shane Salerno, the filmmaker who directed the featurelength documentary “Salinger” and wrote its companion biography released earlier this year, said that five new books of Salinger’s work would be published between 2015 and 2020, according to instructions given by Salinger himself, The New York Times reported.

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Construction reroutes foot traffic to Forbes College, adding time to students’ commutes.

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the decline to ongoing construction.

“I don’t think as many people came as last year, but it was good. I think a lot of it was due to construction,” she said. “A lot of people get lost and kind of get intimidated by the construction. It even took me a while to get

used to it.”

Yesenia Arroyo ’15, who lives in the “Pink House” at 99 Alexander Street next to Forbes College, noted the construction had some drawbacks.

“It’s a little bit depressing to look at, and it also makes the walk just that much longer, which sucks because we’re in Forbes and it’s far anyway,” Arroyo said. “But I think the noise is the worst

part. I’m in the Pink House, so I live right on top of [the construction], and my window kind of faces the construction, so when I wake up, I’ll wake up at like 7:00 to the sound of, like, a bulldozer.”

Although Bari said she approved of the University’s willingness to take students’ opinions into account and noted that the signs providing directions to the Forbes Main Inn and other campus locations were helpful, she explained that the University could do more to minimize the inconvenience caused by the construction.

“I think a lot of people have been [complaining],” Bari said. “[The construction is] not really affecting them, but it’s hard to come back to Forbes. It’s all chained up — there are fences everywhere.

People have more reason to stay outside all day then come back when everything is done.”

Some students pointed out unexpected benefits of the project.

“I actually like that Alexander Street isn’t open [to vehicular traffic] because we have a guard now near McCarter who stops cars for us so we don’t have to wait for a light, which is really nice,“ Forbes resident Sharim Estevez ’16 said.

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it spoken in their home, who start out on a better footing than the rest of the class and that the curve is on the difficult side. Both Yan and Du said they had some exposure to Korean before taking the class, but had never studied it or spoken it.

Robert Kaster, who is teaching LAT 101: Beginner’s Latin this fall, noted that in his class of 12 students, two have had prior experience with Latin.

But students with language background won’t necessarily be getting the best grades, language professors say.

Several professors said that there is no strong correlation between performance in language classes and prior experience with the language. Kaster noted that although some students who had prior exposure

to Latin find the 101 course easy, others who fit this description struggle.

Bruzos Moro noted that the allocation of grades can often have more to do with study habits than with students’ prior exposure to the language.

While slightly overqualified students may not have to study as hard at first, he explained, the course eventually becomes more difficult, favoring the students who have established good study habits.

“Motivation is just as valuable as proficiency,” Bruzos Moro noted.

Departments have created various options to address the issue of potential proficiency imbalances in introductory language classes.

Some language departments, professors explained, have now created 103-level courses to provide an introductory language track for heritage speakers.

Furthermore, professors noted that even if students do not perform well on a given placement exam, they may speak to their professor and move up. If a student seems overqualified but does not approach their professor, the professor can approach them and make a determination about their placement. Interviewing provides another option: East Asian Studies Senior Lecturer Jing Wang explained that in the Chinese program, the placement test is followed by a separate interview with each student, as the test only addresses the written aspects of Chinese.

Everett Zhang, departmental representative for East Asian Studies, explained that he is not concerned that overqualified language students may intentionally enroll in classes below their skill level. Beginning a language on a higher-than-introductory

level can be a great benefit to a student, he explained, as it saves time and allows students to start pursuing other interests.

Both Bruzos Moro and French Senior Lecturer Christine Sagnier said they believe the Princeton language programs are very strong. Sagnier noted that Princeton’s French students are often able to pursue internships in France after three semesters in the French language program, which she believes would not be possible for a student who had studied French for three semesters in high school.

“Although [students] start at a lower level, we try and push them to question their own culture,” Sagnier said.

“We really try to build a University program that leads them to discover and think and be intellectually challenged. Otherwise, no one would continue.”

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abroad to receive the vaccine.

The University is covering the full cost of the vaccine. Vaccination will not be mandatory, CDC spokeswoman Alison Patti said.

Of 259 students interviewed

by The Daily Princetonian in November, 76 percent said they planned to get the vaccine.

Reports that the University’s trustees were considering the importation of Bexsero surfaced on Nov. 15, following the University’s announcement of the seventh case of meningitis. After this announcement, the meningitis outbreak became national news, appearing on several national broadcasts.

The first case in the menin-

gococcal outbreak occurred on campus in March, when a female student who was returning from spring break became ill. The New Jersey Department of Health declared the resulting series of cases an “outbreak” after the fourth student fell ill in May. The disease can be spread through close contact and sharing of saliva, including such actions as sharing cups or eating utensils, kissing, coughing or sneezing. Symptoms of the disease include a sudden onset of fever, a headache and a stiff neck.

New Jersey state law requires all college students living in dormitories to receive a licensed meningococcal vaccination before matriculation.

Current FDA-licensed vaccines protect against serogroups A, C, Y and W-135, but not B.

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olorado and Washington state legalized marijuana for recreational use just over one year ago. Opponents warned that voters had created the new Sodom and Gomorrah. Yet both states are miraculously still standing and are implementing regulatory regimes to tax the drug and govern its distribution and use. To many residents, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in states that allow its medicinal use must not have seemed remarkable. Reported cases of migraines, anxiety and sleep apnea among 20-somethings may plummet. But other than that, as time passes, it’s hard to fathom what had opponents of legalization in such a tizzy.

The medical case for continuing prohibition is more nebulous than smoke from a joint.

Marijuana is less harmful to people’s health than tobacco. A 2012 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association compared the long-term affects of weed and cigarettes.

Habitual tobacco smokers, the study found, suffered greater lung damage than marijuana users over 20 years. In fact, the study actually downplayed the dangers of taking an infrequent toke. “Our findings suggest that occasional use of marijuana ... may not be associated with adverse consequences on pulmonary function,” Dr. Mark Pletcher, the paper’s main author, said.

The discrepancy between the two substances’ health effects has to do in part with the different ways in which they are used. Smokers take many fewer puffs of joints than drags of cigarettes.

Opponents of legalization correctly note that if weed were smoked as frequently as tobacco, it would cause significant pulmonary damage.

But there is nothing compelling or unique about this argument for continuing marijuana’s prohibition. Legalization may lure more people into trying weed, but there is no evidence to suggest that it will cause those individuals to abuse the drug grossly and habitually.

In addition to medical arguments, proponents of prohibition frequently rely on a favorite scare tactic: the “gateway drug” fallacy. In 1999, Congress called on the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies to draft a report on whether marijuana leads to the use of hard drugs. The Institute found, “There is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit drugs.” With health concerns allayed, states should legalize, tax and regulate weed to generate revenue and ensure its safe use by those who are of age.

Legalizing marijuana would be an important step toward ending the ballooning incarceration rates in America brought on, in part, by the drug war. The pernicious, racially disparate impacts of America’s drug laws extend well beyond statutes pertaining to weed. But marijuana laws are indicative of the broader inequities ingrained in the criminal justice system. Blacks and whites use weed at roughly the same rates.

Yet blacks are four times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession. These arrests, charges and convictions hamper applicants’ job prospects by forming a ceiling above which it is difficult to rise.

There are also strong financial incentives to legalize marijuana. Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron estimates that ending weed’s prohibition would save the country $7.7 billion in enforcement annually. There are broader social costs to keeping marijuana illegal, in addition to direct government spending on enforcement.

Tax revenue garnered from selling marijuana would also help alleviate states’ budgetary constraints. For example, Washington state projects that weed sales will yield up to $1.9 billion over five years. That money could go toward reducing a deficit, revitalizing a school system, rebuilding a road or any other shortage facing a state.

But legalization’s benefits aren’t only domestic.

The billions in potential revenue come with an added national security benefit. The Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, a highly respected Mexican think tank, estimated that legalizing marijuana would cost the Mexican cartels 30 percent of their earnings from trafficking.

Legalization wouldn’t bring down the cartels overnight, as they generate profits from a slew of horrid ventures; when faced with diminished revenue, the cartels spawn new cash streams like the Hydra sprouts heads. Ending weed’s prohibition is only one important component of a broader strategy beat the cartels.

With no medical or fiscal case left to make, prohibition advocates peddle conflicting stereotypes about pot. It’s hard to argue that legalizing marijuana will both subdue a generation into scarfing Cheetos on the couch and be a ruinous social ill. Well, Americans are seeing through the charade in record numbers.

For the first time, a majority of Americans — 58 percent, to be exact — favor legalizing the drug. The unprecedented support for ending prohibition evidences millenials’ undeniable independent streak. Whether it’s marijuana or gay marriage, young people today are asking their parents one simple question in increasing numbers: What’s the big deal?

David Will is a religion major from Chevy Chase, Md. He can be reached at dwill@princeton.edu.

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Transparency in bonfire decisionmaking

uring the preparations for the recent bonfire,

there was significant debate in the student body concerning the decision not to burn the effigies that had been included in the bonfire the previous year. The rationale given for the decision was that the burning of effigies offended certain members of the community because of the ugly racial and ethnic histories associated with effigy burning. The Board does not want to take a side in this debate because the full extent of the objections that were made and the full rationale for the decision not to burn the effigies are not known. However, the Board feels that the lack of information given about the decision and the failure to consult the student body in a timely and systematic fashion on the decision represents a failure on the part of USG, ODUS and the class councils that were involved in making the decision.

The Board does not mean to criticize the students that objected to the effigies — these objections might have been deeply personal, and the students who made them may have been unwilling to make them in a public forum. However, this should not have prevented USG or the class councils from soliciting other input. As bodies that exist to represent the opinion of the entire student body, USG and the class councils have a responsibility to make an effort to include all opinions in the process. There was ample time to arrange campus focus groups or to conduct an informal poll of the student body on the issue after last year’s bonfire. It is troubling that a USG that constantly promises accessibility and transparency upheld neither of these values during its recent decision-making process.

The lack of transparency about the decision process is also troubling. While the petition that was circulated in response to the decision to remove the effigies was ultimately based on incorrect information, the responsibility for providing this information ultimately belongs to the elected representatives of the student body. Though the student body has delegated some of its decision-making power to them, it does not mean that they are no longer obligated to inform students of the rationale for their choices in a timely and effective fashion.

Fundamentally, the Board thinks it is disappointing that only those voices that spoke the loudest were represented in a decision that affected the entire student body. Those who dissent are often loudest and most visible in debates over campus

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practice, but this does not mean that those who approve of the status quo do not exist; nor does it mean that their quiet assent is not important. The Board believes the burning of effigies is not such an offensive act that it precludes campus debate on the issue. It is the job of our governing bodies to consider all perspectives, but that cannot happen when no effort is made to reach out to all students.

All of the organizations involved in this decision failed to provide the transparency and accessibility they promised to the student body. This is especially true of those bodies that were elected by the student body and appear to have responded to only the wishes of a vocal minority. The Board recognizes that this event is especially important for the varsity football team and that, consequently, organizers of the event were right to attempt to proactively include representatives of the Athletic Department and football team in the planning process. But this does not preclude our elected representatives from carefully considering the views of the entire student body. As the campus prepares to welcome a new USG administration, we hope that when it comes to future decisions that affect the whole student body, more of an effort will be made to reach out to all students.

Dylan Ackerman is recused due to his position as vice president of 2014 Class Council.

DISSENT

By Lily Offit ’15, Eve Levin ’14, Cara Eckholm ’14 and Brandon Holt ’15 The majority can’t understand the “full rationale for the decision not to burn the effigies,” and it faults our elected representatives’ failure to follow a political process. We understand the USG rationale. But bonfires should build a sense of community, not threaten it. The symbolism of the act of burning — not what was being burned — was at issue. Think of lynching, guillotining or crucifixion. Such reenactments could be painful to descendants of the recipients of these historical punishments. College communities should discourage behavior perceived as offensive to specific groups. As John F. Kennedy illustrated in “Profiles in Courage,” sometimes we entrust elected officials to do the right thing. Here, it’s a question of sensitivity, not procedure.

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23andMe vs. the FDA Katherine Zhao

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or $99, a customer can spit into a tube and receive a detailed report on their ancestry and inherited risk factors for diseases such as diabetes, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. 23andMe is a firm that provides such personal genetic testing. There are many benefits of ordering a test, such as knowing which medical conditions one is more likely to develop and being able to take preventative measures against the diseases that one has an increased likelihood of developing. The test can also reveal any adverse reactions one may have to certain drugs, help plan for a family by revealing carrier status for genetically inherited diseases and help one understand health risks. DNA tells us a lot about our health. This is the first time customers are able to have their DNA sequenced and receive a personal report. This is a major advancement in healthcare, as doctors can now help customers take personalized preventative measures and extend lifespans.

However, on Nov. 22, the Food and Drug Administration threw a wrench into the genetic information revolution underway in the U.S. Alberto Gutierrez, the head of the FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health, wrote a stern letter to 23andme, a genetic testing company, ordering it

to stop marketing its service on the grounds that the service constitutes “medical advice,” which should only be released to the customer through a doctor. The FDA has concerns that people may misinterpret their results and overreact to prevent a condition for which the risk is actually negligible, potentially decreasing their health by taking inordinately extreme measures. For example, a woman with an increased risk for breast cancer may push her doctor to order a mastectomy that she may not necessarily need. The FDA holds that since people may make life-changing medical decisions based on the test results, the firm needs to verify that its data is accurate.

The FDA’s letter aimed at halting 23andMe advertising is not completely unwarranted, though. There are some requests from the FDA that the company did not follow up on, which prompted the letter. After the firm applied for FDA approval in 2012, the agency requested information on ensuring the accuracy of test results, which the company provided little of. In fact, there has been no communication between the two since May of this year. The company should pick up the ball and provide the information the FDA requested instead of ignoring the letter and continuing to market their $99 personal testing service. Though the company has until Dec. 13 to respond, all attempts should

be made to resolve the dispute with the FDA. 23andMe is the largest of the genome test providers and is therefore a crucial player in the personal genetictesting phenomenon that has the ability to revolutionize the medical field. The genetic data collected from the 400,000 customers so far create a rich source of medical information for important research. As more people’s genetic information is added to the database, research and advancement in medical biotechnology can progress even further. But the FDA’s disapproval could halt this groundbreaking revolution in personal genomics.

While there is merit to the FDA’s claim that unnecessary medical procedures could be made from test results, founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki maintains that people have the right to know their own medical information. Preventing people from being able to access their genetic information takes away their ability to take potentially life-saving measures to protect themselves against the diseases they are at increased risk for. If the agency is required to verify genetic markers as precursors for disease, this may mean the end of direct company-to-customer flow of genetic information. While there is no way for the company to be able to ensure 100 percent accuracy for results, perhaps a rule could be put into place to let people

access their results through a doctor to help them interpret the results and make informed medical decisions. Such a solution seems to be to the benefit of everyone involved.

College students like us should be aware of the options modern biotechnology has provided for us to care for our health. Personal genomic testing is very likely to become a staple in healthcare in the future, in which everyone gets their DNA analyzed to know the conditions they are prone to so they can make better lifestyle decisions. It is the government’s role to regulate new technology and promote the welfare of the people, but this is a revolution for medicine, biotechnology and personal genomics, and it is not worth halting a revolution because of a simple lack of communication between the company and the FDA. There is a great deal of information in our DNA, and there is the technology to know it. All that stands between us and enlightenment is a petty dispute between health-service providers and health-service regulators. They should take whatever measures necessary to end this spat if they are both truly committed to the common goal of promoting optimal health in the U.S. Katherine Zhao is a freshman from East Brunswick, N.J. She can be reached at kz2@ princeton.edu.

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The men’s hockey team struggled over Thanksgiving break, dropping two straight games against Michigan State in East Lansing.

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Minnesota (17-1, 11-1 WCHA), Princeton lost in a shutout 6-0. The Gophers led the Tigers from the first period and held on to the lead throughout the game. Not only did Minnesota outscore

Princeton 6-0, but the former outshot the latter 48-11.

The second game against Minnesota brought another loss to the Tigers, who managed to narrowly avoid a repeat of Saturday’s shutout with a final score of 9-1.

Junior forward Brianna Leahy was able to get the puck to meet the back of

the net 12:23 into the second period, bringing the score at that point to 5-1. Despite nearly doubling the number of shots the team was able to put on goal compared to Saturday, Princeton was unable to get another goal for the rest of the game. Again, the Gophers outshot the Tigers, this time 53-20.

Despite the losses, sophomore goalie Kimberly Newell had 113 saves over the course of the three games — 44 against Minnesota on Sunday, 35 on Saturday and 34 saves against Quinnipiac on Tuesday.

The Tigers will take on Rensselaer at home in Baker Rink on Friday at 4 p.m.

the night, denying all but one Princeton try. The Tigers also went 0-4 on power play opportunities, despite killing four of five penalties on defense. Princeton will need to capitalize on these opportunities if the team hopes to turn its season around.

“We snapped it around relatively well on the power play and had some good looks, but we will need more traffic at the net to win on Sunday,” Prier said.

Friday night’s loss came on the heels of the Tigers’ enormous upset of No. 4 Quinnipiac (13-2-2, 6-1-1 ECAC) on the Saturday before. Despite losing to the Bobcats at home on Nov. 22 in the first game of a home-and-home set, Princeton defeated Quinnipiac 4-3 on the road the following evening. The victory boosted the Tigers’ morale in what has been a difficult early season, but was not enough to spur Princeton over Michigan State the following weekend.

“The win only helped our mindset,” Prier said. “We simply ran into a goalie who brought his A-game, even though we played pretty well and had many good scoring opportunities.”

In Sunday’s game, Princeton doubled the number of Friday’s goals, but so did Michigan State, and Princeton fell 8-2 to the Trojans.

Once again, Michigan State built up an early lead, scoring three uncontested goals in the first period. The Trojans found the net twice more in the second before Princeton finally netted its first goal of the contest. Junior forward Aaron Kesselman intercepted a Trojan pass to center it to senior forward

Jack Berger, who scored just nine minutes into the second period. Michigan State converted on a power play before the period was over, putting the Trojans ahead 6-1 before the final period.

Michigan State scored twice more in the last frame before junior defenseman Aaron Ave found the net for the third time this season with just under a minute left in the game. Skrbich’s attempt ricocheted off the boards after a save by the Michigan State goalie, and Ave scooped it up and took a quick shot to score Princeton’s second and final goal of the game.

“We simply ran into a goalie who brought his A-game, even though we played pretty well...”

Head Coach Bob Prier

The Tigers struggled with penalties, taking 11 throughout the course of the game to collect a total of 41 penalty minutes. The time that Princeton spent in the penalty box seriously limited the Tigers’ offense, with Michigan State outshooting Princeton 40-24. Senior goalie Sean Bonar added 32 saves, while the Trojans’ Jake Hildebrand stopped 22 shots.

Princeton will continue its play on the road as the team heads to upstate New York this weekend to face off in league play against Union on Friday and Rensselaer on Saturday.

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Underclassmen shine as Tigers win 2

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The wrestling team picked up a pair of wins on Sunday to sweep the “Grapple at the Garden” tournament in Madison Square Garden. The Tigers, now 2-0 this season, earned a 21-14 win over Drexel in the morning before defeating Army 21-15.

Underclassmen carried the Princeton squad to the victory over the Dragons, earning all six of the wins in the match victory. At 133 pounds, rookie Jordan Laster scraped by in his first match with a 4-3 victory, and sophomore Christopher Perez

made a notable comeback, earning a first-period pin over his opponent in his first match back a year after an ACL injury.

Sophomore Judd Ziegler rallied to pick up a last-second victory at 165 pounds to stop Drexel from building a larger lead after the Dragons picked up two wins, and freshman Brett Harner earned a win as well to put Princeton ahead 15-11. Sophomore Scott Gibbons, who led Princeton in wins last season, won at 184 pounds in an easy 8-2, but a Tiger loss at 197 pounds put Drexel in position to make a comeback.

It was sophomore Cole Lampman, wrestling at heavyweight,

who sealed the victory for Princeton, taking down his opponent in a close 4-3 win.

Against the Midshipmen, senior Dan Santoro was the lone upperclassman to earn a victory, dropping his opponent 6-4 at 197 pounds to break a 15-15 tie and put the Tigers ahead 18-15.

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Laster, sophomore Kevin Moylan, freshman Matt Gancayco, Harner and Lampman all earned victories over Navy as well.

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in scoring with 15 points apiece, while Bray almost had his second double-double in as many games, as he also record-

ed nine rebounds on the night.

Brase was perfect from beyond the arc, hitting all three threepoint field goals he attempted.

With one additional assist on Saturday, Bray is now four assists away from tying Armond Hill ’85 for 10th place on the

Princeton career list with 260 career assists.

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Tigers drop 2 after tie with No. 8 Quinnipiac

Princeton off to best start since 1997

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The women’s hockey team tied No. 8 Quinnipiac just before Thanksgiving break on TuesPRINCETON 0 day, beMINNESOTA 6 fore losing twice PRINCETON 1 against MINNESOTA 9 the University of Minnesota on Saturday and Sunday after the holiday.

The Tigers (5-6-2 overall, 4-4-1 ECAC) began the weekend playing against the Bobcats (12-2-5, 3-2-4) at home on Tuesday evening. After 65 minutes of play that included an overtime, the Bobcats and the Tigers found themselves in a 1-1 tie.

Quinnipiac scored in the first period and held the one-point lead for most of the game. Princeton’s sophomore forward Cristin Shanahan was able to tie up the game 12:55 into the third period, and the Tigers held the tie until the end of regulation play and into the overtime.

In the first game of the doubleheader against No. 1

With 71-66 and 66-53 wins over George Mason and Bucknell, respectively, over Thanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team has opened their season with a 5-1 mark for the first time since current head coach Mitch Henderson ’98’s team did so during Henderson’s senior season.

The Tigers have now won five in a row over Patriot League schools and seven of the last eight, with their last loss coming in November of 2011 at Bucknell (3-4). Senior guard T.J. Bray led the Tigers to victory over George Mason (5-2) on Tuesday, earning his first career double-double with 10 assists and 18 points and becoming the first Tiger since 2003 to record 10 assists without a turnover. After missing the first three games due to injury, the senior guard has returned to the Tigers to add key minutes and points off the bench in only his second game back.

“Its great having T.J. back,” junior guard Ben Hazel said.

“The kid does so much for us offensively and defensively.”

Hazel led the team in min-

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Senior guard T.J. Bray recorded his first career double-double as the Tigers defeated George Mason.

utes played against George Mason with 35 and was second on the team in points scored with 14. Hazel and Bray each made two three-pointers, a shot that has become key to the Princeton offense over the past couple of years.

In Saturday’s win over Bucknell, the Tigers scored 30 of their 66 points from beyond the arc.

“The three-pointer has naturally become a major part of our success this year,” Hazel said. “It’s not intentional — we just have a lot of guys who can consistently make an open shot.”

The Tigers shot 40 percent from beyond the arc on Saturday, compared to a total field goal percentage of only 38.5 percent for the night. After an 8-0 run toward the end of the half sent them into halftime with a 30-27 lead, they started off slow again during the opening minutes of the second half, allowing Bucknell the first five points of the period. However, another 8-0 run built the lead back up and the Tigers would not trail again for the rest of the game.

Bray and sophomore forward Hans Brase led the team See M. B-BALL page 9

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Tigers see mixed results on Oregon trip

By Jack Rogers senior writer

After suffering a two-game skid before Thanksgiving, the women’s basketball team saw mixed results this weekend in Oregon. The Tigers (3-4) started strong in the Pacific Northwest with a solid 94-76 win over Portland State on Saturday, but fell 110-90 against a relentless Oregon offense on Sunday.

The Tigers jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead on Saturday afternoon in Portland but were unable to control possession or pace as the first half went back and forth between both sides. The game’s first 20 minutes saw five separate lead changes and four periods at which it was tied.

Princeton struggled against Portland State’s (23) dominant possession and was down 44-42 at the half.

A different Princeton squad emerged from the locker room for the second half, however, as the Tigers’ reenergized offense gained fluidity to roll over the Vikings. The Tigers scored 11 of their 13 second-chance points in the game’s final

20 minutes and simultaneously intensified their defense to force off-angle shots from Portland State’s offense. The Tigers had a 55-50 lead after going on a 9-0 rally just minutes into the second half, and they did not relinquish the lead for the rest of the game.

The Tigers’ 50-point second half came from a variety of contributors. Junior guard Blake Dietrick made seven of 10 shots from the field and made all four of her three-point attempts to lead the Tigers with 19 points. Freshman guard Vanessa Smith continued to impress with a careerbest 17 points, 11 of which came during the second half. Sophomore guard Michelle Miller and sophomore forward Taylor Williams each put up 12 points, and senior forward Kristen Helmstetter and sophomore forward Alex Wheatley had 10 points to round out the six separate players who scored double digits for Princeton.

Moving from Portland on Saturday to Eugene on Sunday, the Tigers peaked early rather than late in a 20-point loss to Oregon (4-2). The Tigers came out swinging early, as Dietrick continued to thrive out in the Beaver State with 21 points

in the first half. Making all eight shots from the field and all five attempts from behind the arc in the first half, Dietrick finished with a careerbest 26 points that rallied her teammates to a hot first-half start. The Tigers ultimately made 20 of 37 shots in the first half, good for a 55-46 lead going into the locker room at halftime.

But the Ducks’ second-half surge proved to be too much for the Tigers to handle. After maintaining a double-digit lead early in the second frame, the Tigers lost their lead when Oregon went on an 11-0 run to tie it up as the game headed south of the 14-minute mark.

The Ducks took their first lead of the game with 10:21 remaining, and what had been an 11-5 run for Oregon ultimately became a 29-10 rally that put the Tigers behind by 18 with less than four minutes in regulation. Ducks forward Jillian Alleyne had a game-high 27 points, and guard Katelyn Loper added 24 to solidify the Ducks’ victory.

The Tigers continue their four-game road stretch this week, when they take on Navy in a 7 p.m. matchup on Friday night in Annapolis.

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The women’s basketball team split its twogame road trip to Oregon over the break.

MEN’S ICE HOCKEY

Michigan State sweeps Princeton in East Lansing

By Mark Stein senior writer

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The Tigers managed only three goals to Michigan State’s 12 in East Lansing.

The men’s hockey team fell 4-1 to Michigan State before 4,744 fans in East Lansing on Friday night, in the first contest of a two-game series against the Big Ten opponent. With anPRINCETON 1 other loss SunMICH ST. 4 day, Princeton (3-10 overall, PRINCETON 2 2-6 ECAC) fell MICH ST. 8 to 1-4 in its last five games and 2-10 in its last 12.

Michigan State (4-7, 0-0 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak with the victory, winning for the first time since early November.

The Trojans scored early and often, capitalizing on several op-

portunities to open a 4-0 margin before the Tigers netted the final goal of the game in the third period. Forward Joe Cox opened the scoring only 4:02 after the opening faceoff, beating Princeton’s freshman goaltender Colton Phinney to give Michigan State an early 1-0 lead. Although the Trojans would not find the net for the remainder of the first period, they would not relent, tallying a second goal in the middle frame before notching two more goals in the third period. Four different players scored for Michigan State.

Freshman forward Garrett Skrbich scored the Tigers’ only goal during the final frame, collecting his first career goal when he found the net with 3:11 remain-

ing in the game. Senior forward Andrew Ammon brought the puck behind the net and fed it to Skrbich, who received the puck out in front and calmly put it away.

“It was great to see Garrett score late in the game,” head coach Bob Prier said. “It was a nice goal on a great feed from Ammon. Garrett did a good job of getting it off quickly.”

Despite falling by a threegoal margin, Princeton did create many scoring opportunities throughout the matchup. The Tigers outshot Michigan State 32-27 on the evening, and even outshot the Trojans in every period. Michigan State goaltender Jake Hildebrand made 31 saves on See M. HOCKEY page 7

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