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Gastroenteritis symptoms found at U., linked to Ivy

By Marcelo Rochabrun associate news editor

At least five individuals have come down with symptoms of foodborne illness apparently linked to the Ivy

Club, a local health inspector confirmed Thursday.

A total of nine individuals reported to McCosh Health Center on Thursday with symptoms of gastroenteritis, University Spokesper-

son Martin Mbugua said.

He explained that the cases all appeared to be tied to a particular location, but declined to identify it.

“It appears to be a foodborne illness and further

tests will be conducted to determine the nature of the illness,” Mbugua added.

Local health inspector Keith Levine said he was called on Thursday to the See GASTRO page 3

Some University students infected with meningitis have suffered some of the disease’s residual effects, according to Tom Clark, acting chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s meningitis and vaccine preventable diseases branch.

“I would not say all of our students have completely escaped residual effects,” Clark said at a panel on the upcoming meningitis B vaccine Thursday evening, where medical professionals from the CDC and the University fielded questions regarding the disease and the vaccine.

He referred to residual effects, like deafness and difficulty concentrating, that can be long-term consequences of the disease.

The disease has infected eight people on campus since March. The series of cases at the University was officially declared an outbreak by state See TALKS page 2

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News & Notes alla ryklin, a woman from West Windsor, was charged with two counts of computer criminal activity on Wednesday.

Ryklin, 48, allegedly accessed and damaged a University “online learning center” which was designed for use by University employees, Assistant Prosecutor Christine Petrucci said.

She allegedly deleted accounts and pages without authorization. According to Petrucci, Ryklin would have accessed the system between December 2012 and June 2013.

Petrucci said she could not provide further details on the nature of the “online learning center” Ryklin allegedly accessed. University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua deferred comment to the Prosecutor’s office.

Ryklin was arrested by the University’s Department of Public Safety. The incident was first disclosed in Thursday’s Daily Crime Log and labelled a “computer offense.”

Petrucci, who works for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office, said her office became involved a couple of weeks ago, although she said she believed the University’s DPS investigation had started a few months earlier. She credited DPS for handling most of the investigation.

- Associate News Editor for Enterprise Marcelo Rochabrun See NOTES page 1

By Chitra Marti staff writer

Between September and November, four thefts and two burglaries from the eating clubs have been reported, compared to zero in the same period last year, according to a review of police records from the same period in 2012 and 2013.

The incidents have been reported at Cap & Gown, Cottage, Terrace, Quadrangle and Tower Clubs.

Based on public records detailing the incidents as well as interviews with eating club presidents, the victims themselves and police officers, no explanation for the increase in the number of reported incidents could be determined. In fact, one eating club president was not aware that any thefts had been reported in his club at all this semester.

However, the incidents show that even when the clubs are closed to the public, their security is not always strict. Although clubs generally have security officers at the front of their buildings when they are open for events, the front door and many of the side doors remain unlocked throughout the day.

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REPORTED EATING CLUB CRIMES PROSPECT AVENUE WASHINGTON ROAD

Woman arrested for allegedly hacking into U. computer system

Thefts, burglaries recently reported at clubs

NOVEMBER 10:

SEPTEMBER 15:

THEFT AT TOWER

THEFT AT COTTAGE

SEPTEMBER 13:

NOVEMBER 9:

THEFT AT TERRACE

THEFT AT QUAD

SEPTEMBER 15:

BURGLARY AT CAP & GOWN

SEPTEMBER 15:

BURGLARY AT COTTAGE

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Several eating clubs have reported crimes, particularly theft and burglary, that have occured there over the last three months.

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U.’s voluntary payment to town budget McGraw Study Hall will be at least as much as last year’s faced with overcrowding

By Anna Windemuth staff writer

The University’s voluntary contribution to the town of Princeton’s municipal budget for next year will not be lower than last year’s contribution of $2.475 million, University officials confirmed.

Discussions of the amount will resume in January 2014,

according to University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69.

“No one feels any particular time pressures to come to agreement,” Durkee said, as the town will officially structure its budget in the spring. For the time being, the University has confirmed to town authorities that the payment will be no less than

it was last year and has encouraged them to structure the 2014 budget with the expectation that the University will contribute the same amount or higher.

The annual payment has commonly been referred to by community members and experts as a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT. However, See PILOT page 4

By Jackie Gufford staff writer

Though McGraw Study Hall remains a popular academic-help resource, with 5,800 student visits recorded by the McGraw Center in the last academic year, its popularity has also been a source of dissatisfaction for some students because of the

overcrowding and shortage of student tutors.

According to data collected by the McGraw Center, in the 2012 fall semester, 62 tutors regularly worked one shift a week, and in spring 2013, only 59 did so. On “average” nights, 80 to 100 students go to the Study Hall for free group tutoring, McGraw See STUDY page 5

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Student attendance at meningitis panel low TALKS

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health authorities after the fourth case occurred in May. Bexsero, a vaccine against the type of meningitis that has caused all the cases at the University, is not yet approved for use in the United States, but it is being imported to combat the outbreak.

The vaccine will be made available free of charge to all University undergraduates, all graduate students who live in dormitories and University community members with existing medical conditions predisposing them to meningococcal disease.

When asked whether the vaccine might cause allergic reactions, Clark explained that most allergic reactions are not caused by the vaccine itself, but instead by other factors such as the latex cap on the syringe, which can trigger allergic reactions to latex. He assured students that most allergic reactions take place in the first few minutes and that recipients of the vaccine will be closely monitored for 15 minutes.

Clark said that it is very rare to see long-term effects after the 30 to 60 day mark, and that check-ups will be held following each dose.

Students will receive information on the day of vaccination that will discuss examples of common and rare short-term effects, but even the common effects only occur once in every 10 instances, he said. The vaccine will not interfere with others meningitis vaccines students are required by state law to receive prior to matriculation.

In response to other questions, the experts explained that it is fully safe for students to get the vaccine if

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they are experiencing cold symptoms and that students will receive a record verifying they received the vaccination.

Most of the questions came not from students but from other adults in the audience, whose questions focused on possible side effects of the vaccine and other efforts the University and CDC could be taking to prevent the spread of meningitis.

One woman in the audience expressed concern that the University hasn’t been releasing the names of all the students who contracted meningitis for the sake of informing other students who have come in contact with them recently.

Clark responded that this wouldn’t help trace transmission and that the CDC has its own procedure for tracing students who may have come in contact with those who have contracted meningitis. Peter Johnsen, medical director of University Health Services, added that the University does not release student names, although four students who contracted the disease are featured in a video on the University homepage.

The University has kept detailed information on each meningitis case, yet no direct connection has been made between the cases, Clark explained.

Two panels on the subject were hosted by the CDC, UHS and Environmental Health and Safety. 11 students attended the 7:30 p.m. session held in the Rocky Common Room. There were approximately the same number of parents and other adults in attendance. 10 students attended the 9 p.m. session held in the Julian Street Library.

Staff writer Charles Min contributed reporting.

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Some members of Ivy in McCosh Health Center GASTRO Continued from page 1

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Ivy Club to investigate the source of the illness.

“When there is an outbreak, the health department is alerted,” Levine said. “It appears to be that there is a single source and that is why this is referred to as an outbreak.”

Gastroenteritis is a viral disease in which the gastrointestinal tract becomes inf lamed. Its symptoms include vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea. Outbreaks of gastroenteritis oc-

curred on campus between January and February in 2012 and 2013.

The University has notified local and state health authorities about the cases.

The Daily Princetonian independently verified Thursday night that five Ivy Club members reported symptoms of gastroenteritis and were in McCosh. One of them said she was at McCosh along with other Ivy members.

A separate Ivy member, who was interviewed outside the club and granted anonymity to freely discuss the situation, said that the

club had not officially informed members about the situation.

“There haven’t been warnings. People, like, we know that people got sick … [But] I don’t think anyone knows specifically what caused the people to get ill,” the student said. “We haven’t been told anything.”

“There are a few people from Ivy who are in McCosh,” Ivy Club president Thatcher Foster ’14 said.

In January and February of 2013, 115 students came dow n w ith gastroenteritis. The year before, 275 students came down with gastroenteritis, the larg-

est outbreak at the University recorded in the past decade.

A food inspection report filed by the Princeton Regional Health Department on Nov. 4, 2013 rated Iv y’s kitchen facilities as satisfactory and reported that it had no major violations.

The report notes that a few door handles and undersides of food prep tables showed “a lot of old dried food build-up” and that some stored pots and pans were damp while stacked.

The report also notes that good glove use and handwashing were observed in the Ivy kitchen.

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Discussions about fixing U.’s contribution for next several years may happen PILOT

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Durkee has indicated that this payment cannot be deemed a PILOT because the University pays the taxes required of a nonprofit institution, in addition to voluntary taxes on its graduate housing buildings.

“I would still use the term ‘PILOT,’” Daphne Kenyon, a visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy said.

Kenyon co-authored a 2010 report on similar agreements in which large nonprofit institutions make contributions to local municipal budgets and considers the University’s payment to fit her definition of a PILOT. The University’s PILOT is the largest of its peer institutions by percentage of the $60

million municipal budget, according to Kenyon’s research.

While most contributions make up less than one percent of the municipal budget, the University’s constitutes more than four percent. Kenyon said Princeton’s situation — in which community members allege that the University has used its PILOT as leverage to promote its interests in local politics — is very unusual.

“The typical situation is that the nonprofit feels like it could possibly be threatened by the locality,” she explained. “Princeton was the one case where we saw that flipped.”

“I’d say that, just generally, to have this voluntary payment be a very high percentage of the municipality’s budget is a bad thing,” she explained, as it can lead towns

to become dependent on the payment.

When discussions enter full swing, an agreement that would fix the University’s contribution for the next several years may come about. Between 2005 and 2011, annual payments were made according to a six-year schedule of gradually increasing amounts. In the past two years, as the former Borough and Township were undergoing the process of consolidation, the University has made its payments in single-year agreements.

An agreement of several years would be beneficial for both parties, as it would facilitate long-term planning and eliminate the need for annual meetings, Durkee said.

Several community members, including former coun-

cilman David Goldfarb, said they would like to see the University increase its contribution considerably during the University’s ongoing construction of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood in order to compensate for the disruption caused by the project. He suggested that between the project’s start and its scheduled completion in 2017, the University should make a payment between 20 and 50 percent of the total taxable value of the University’s land. This would amount to about $5.8 million to $14.5 million, based on a 2010 assessment of the value of the University’s taxexempt properties.

Bernard Miller, president of the town council, declined to comment on the negotiations.

He, along with council mem-

ber Patrick Simon and Town Administrator Robert Bruschi, represent the town in discussions with the University over the amount. Simon and Bruschi did not respond to requests for comment.

Former council member Roger Martindell said that he would like to see the town’s negotiating party make more rigorous demands of the University this year.

“There was no negotiation that was worthy of the term [last year]. It was a handout.

That may be appropriate for distributing presents at Christmas for the family, but it’s not an appropriate way to run a business. The municipal government is a business,” he said. He agreed with Goldfarb’s position that the University should make a greater contribution during the time of its construction project.

“If the University wants something badly enough, then as a municipality, we should be fairly rigorous in our negotiation because they certainly can afford it and they’re not going anywhere,” he said of the town’s response to zoning requests. “It doesn’t mean that we have to be unreasonable, but we shouldn’t just be giving away the public assets for the benefit of one of the world’s richest private education institutions. That doesn’t make any sense.”

Durkee and Director of Community and Regional Affairs Kristin Appelget have met with the town’s negotiating team twice this year.

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, who is married to a University professor, recused herself from discussions for the coming year’s budget to avoid a conflict of interest.

A lawsuit alleging that the University has in the past given its voluntary contribution in exchange for zoning rights for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood is still pending. Martindell said he suspects that University officials may have postponed the negotiations into the spring because of the suit.

“I can reasonably guess that the University would want to get a meeting from the judge in that lawsuit as to what that judge thinks regarding the alleged sale of zoning rights to the University before the University wants to commit to what it wants to do in the future, because it might make a big difference,” Martindell said.

At a public meeting in 2011, former University President Shirley Tilghman announced that the project would be relocated if a consensus could not be reached that evening.

Although this statement was later revised and the project was approved in its original location in December of that year, some community members have said they believed Tilghman had threatened to withdraw or decrease the payment if the town did not grant the University’s requested zoning.

“I know it’s frequently said, but it’s not true,” Durkee said of the allegations regarding Tilghman’s comments. “What she was saying was that the University has been very supportive of the community’s priorities, but we need you to be supportive of our priorities.”

The lawsuit has not affected discussions of the payment, Durkee said.

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McGraw trying to fix tutor shortage STUDY

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Students work on chemistry in McGraw Study Hall with a tutor in Frist Campus Center. McGraw offers tutoring for several introductory courses at Princeton, including physics, math, chemistry and economics.

Associate Director Nic Voge estimated. The center offers help for quantitative problem-solving courses such as introductory chemistry, physics, economics, mathematics and statistics, according to its website.

While Meaghan O’Neill ’17 described her McGraw experience as positive overall, she noted that tutors are inaccessible when larger numbers of students come in for help.

“The first time I went to chemistry, there were like 25 or 30 students in the room, and there were no chairs. My friends and I were standing in the back. And there were three tutors for all the students. No one was really being helped; they were kind of just working on the problem sets with their friends next to them,” she said.

O’Neill said she would suggest fixing the problem by hiring more tutors or expanding McGraw’s hours.

Study Hall currently runs from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Sunday through Wednesday.

Similarly, Hilary Bernstein ’14 noted that although the tutors at McGraw are “very good,” it was difficult for her to interact with them because of the large number of students seeking help.

“There were definitely nights where it was very crowded, and it was a struggle to get the one-on-one attention, or even any attention,” she said.

Voge acknowledged that there are an insufficient number of tutors to meet the demands of students.

“I think we have very good tutors, and I’m very happy with our training. What we lack is space for the numbers of students and the numbers of tutors,” he said.

Tutors are sometimes re-

cruited based on professor recommendations, but students can also apply if interested. Applicants must demonstrate expertise in their chosen subject, complete an interview and attend training on McGraw Study Hall’s goals, Voge said.

However, it may be student expectations of the purpose of Study Hall, and not the inadequate number of tutors, that are the source of dissatisfaction.

“The first time I went to chemistry, there were like 25 or 30 students in the room, and there were no chairs.”

Meaghan O’Neill ’17 “Some people have the misapprehension that it is designed to help them finish their homework,” Voge noted, while the intent of the program is more complex.

According to the list of McGraw Study Hall Objectives given to student tutors, the goals of the Study Hall are not to complete problem sets but to develop conceptual knowledge of the subject through group collaboration. The tutors are present to aid this process, not provide one-on-one tutelage, Voge added.

“If the students said, ‘Hey, you know what we can run our own study group — we don’t need a tutor,’ we would say, ‘Fantastic!’ Why? Because that ability to run an effective study group is far more valuable because upper-division courses don’t offer support,” he said.

Economics tutor Chris-

topher McConnell ’14 said that although he enjoys tutoring, students should not come to Study Hall expecting to be given answers. The tutors exist to lead students through the problems, not to directly tell them the answers, he added.

From McConnell’s perspective, the overcrowding may encourage group collaboration, which he said is beneficial for students.

“It’s not always a bad thing if tutors can’t help every student because students working together is often the most effective way for them to learn,” McConnell noted.

Nevertheless, the McGraw Center is attempting to address the tutor shortage, Voge said. He explained that permission was recently obtained from the Dean of the College to involve graduate students in the Study Hall for the first time. They will function as “Group Leaders” for courses with high tutor demand — such as introductory economics and chemistry classes — heading sessions similar to exam review sessions to aid students.

The McGraw Study Hall program is also considering alternative incentives to attract more undergraduate tutors, Voge said. These include increased pay, acknowledgment on student transcripts or some formal recognition through certification by McGraw or the University, similar to McGraw’s Teaching Transcript Program for graduate students.

Meanwhile, if students want personal tutoring, McConnell explained, they should contact their residential college. “The place for really one-on-one attention is through the residential college tutoring service,” McConnell said, referring to the personal Peer Tutoring Program offered to students by each college.

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ADVISORY BOARD GALA

U. graduates have some of the lowest average student debt graduates of the University have some of the lowest student debt loads in the nation, according to a report released by the Institute for College Access and Success. The average debt of graduates from the Class of 2012 was $5,096.

This amount is less than onefifth of the average student debt

nationwide, which is $29,400 among students who have debt.

The report states that seven out of 10 college seniors nationwide graduated with student loan debt last year.

The University made the report’s short list of 20 colleges and universities with notably lowdebt loads. Columbia College was the only other Ivy League institution to make the list, which

includes eight public schools.

According to the report, 24 percent of the University’s Class of 2012 had debt. Only 12 percent of the student body received Pell Grants, a federal aid program for students from low-income families, in the 2011-12 academic year.

As a state, New Jersey had the eighth-highest average student debt, with 2012 graduates owing an average amount of $29,287.

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Eating clubs have reported at least 6 instances of crime in past 3 months THEFT

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During the same period in 2012, from September to November, there were no reports of any incidents in the eating clubs, according to weekly press releases issued by the Princeton Police Department.

“I wouldn’t see six [incidents] over the course of three months as a drastic increase,” said Princeton Police Chief Capt. Nick Sutter, who authored the 2012 press releases when he was employed by the former Princeton Borough.

However, Sutter also noted that not all thefts reported to the police department are released to the press, suggesting that more could be reported.

“It wouldn’t be possible for us to put every single theft that occurs in Princeton in the press releases, or that’s all we would do,” he said. “So we try to put, without specific requests, cases that we feel are of concern or importance to the community.”

In most cases of theft, the victims said they first called the on-campus Department of Public Safety before being redirected to the municipal police. Because the eating clubs are not under University jurisdiction, any crime reported there is handled by the Princeton Police Department.

DPS Director of Operations Stefanie Karp said that DPS has no records of any of the thefts.

In two cases, the victims waited a few days before calling the police, making both cases more difficult to solve, Sutter said.

“A theft reported after the fact is that much more difficult to solve, because a lot of evidence and leads are lost in that time,” he said. “Without witnesses or other evidence from the scene, they do become difficult to solve, so we try to take, especially with theft, more of a proactive approach, advising victims of how to prevent it.”

In one case, a victim said she recovered her lost wallet after an eating club president said he had found it while unclogging a toilet. However, she said she never informed the police that she had recovered her wallet.

The victims of these thefts were granted anonymity because The Daily Princetonian generally does not publish the names of victims of crimes.

The presidents of Quad and Cap, two of the clubs where the thefts occurred, declined to comment as to whether or not their clubs maintain security cameras.

Lawnparties The day of Lawnparties, Sunday, Sept. 15, just before 7:30 p.m., two black males and one white male were allegedly seen walking around the third floor of Cap, a section of the club reserved for officer quarters.

Cap President Justin Perez ’14 said when he asked them to leave, the three men allegedly ran out of a side door. One of the black males and the white male then fled on foot, while the other black male allegedly did not run. Perez said he confronted the male, who denied stealing anything from the club, and videotaped their conversation.

A security guard at Cap, Breone Christie, also spoke to the male who did not flee, according to a police narrative of the incident, and told him they had caught one of his friends. In reality, however, the two other men were never caught.

“A theft reported after the fact is that much more difficult to solve, because a lot of evidence and leads are lost in that time.”

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The male then allegedly fled the club on foot, and Christie followed him.

A few minutes later, Christie called the Princeton Police and said he was following the male on Nassau Street. He described him as a 19-year-old black male, wearing a bluehooded sweatshirt with an Afro-style haircut. Three police officers checked the area but were unable to find him.

The police then met with Christie and Perez back at Cap and were able to identify the male from the video Perez had of their conversation.

According to the narrative, Perez said there would be “no legitimate reason for them to be in the club” unless the individuals were there to commit a theft.

“We had our doors open to our members after Lawnparties,” Perez said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian. “Every now and then we have to keep an eye out for people, and if they don’t belong here ... then we have to escort them out of the building.”

Perez also confirmed that nothing had been stolen from the club. He said the burglary incident would not change the way security is handled at Cap.

While Princeton Police Sgt. Christopher Tash was investigating the incident, he was also approached by members of Cottage, located right next door, who said they had seen the same individuals earlier that night. That incident was investigated separately by Ptl. Thomas Lagomarsino.

Earlier that evening, at about 5:39 p.m., a Cottage member was sleeping in her bedroom on the second floor of the club. When she woke up, according to a narrative of the incident, she allegedly saw two black males and one white male inside her room.

When the member addressed the alleged intruders, one of them said they were looking for a girl whose name she did not recognize.

The Cottage member was later able to provide a description of the two black males’ clothing but was unable to provide the same information in the case of the white male.

At the time, Cottage was not open to the public, although it had been opened earlier for Lawnparties attendees, according to the police report.

Because there were several security officers at the front door, the president of Cottage, John Ed McGee ’14, speculated the three came in through a side door, the narrative said.

Members of Cottage searched the club and also determined that nothing had been stolen.

McGee did not respond to requests for comment.

The Terrace Theft Since September, four thefts have been reported to the Princeton Police Department: one each in Terrace, Cottage, Tower and Quad.

The first of these occurred at Terrace on Sept. 13, the Thursday before Lawnparties. The victim, a sophomore, entered the club at approximately 2:30 a.m., leaving her coat, wallet and cell phone in the Terrace coatroom, according to the student.

Approximately 20 minutes later, when she returned to the coatroom, her coat was drenched in beer, and the phone and wallet were missing, she said.

The student spoke to the officers in Terrace that night but could not find her wallet or cell phone. After calling the police, she filled out a police report, but she never heard back from them.

However, that Sunday, the day of Lawnparties, she received a fortuitous call from Terrace president Neal Donnelly ’14, who told her he had found her wallet. “[Donnelly] was like, ‘Oh, we tried our best to clean them and dry them off for

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you,’ and I was like, ‘Okay, that’s weird,’” the sophomore student said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’

As it turns out, her wallet had been thrown into one of the men’s room toilets in Terrace, a fact Donnelly did not mention at first. “[During Lawnparties], one of the men’s toilets was clogged and wasn’t working, so they opened it up and found two wallets inside, one of which was mine,” the victim said. “My phone is still lost; it was stolen, so I had to go get a new one and everything, which sucks, but I got all my IDs back and everything — they’re just a little bit wet.”

“One of the men’s toilets was clogged ... so they opened it up and found two wallets inside, one of which was mine.” anonymous victim Donnelly recommended students not leave valuable items unattended in an eating club.

The Cottage Theft Also on the day of Lawnparties, a theft occurred at Cottage, separate from the burglary incident reported later that day. Between 2 and 5 p.m., a member of Cottage left a Longchamp bag, filled with personal items such as clothing and earrings, reportedly valued at $1,178, in the coatroom in Cottage. When she came back, the bag was gone, she reported to the police.

In this case, the victim waited about a week before

calling the police.

“I was hoping that someone would bring it back to the club,” the victim said in an interview.

The victim has not yet recovered any of her stolen property and has not been contacted by the police since she first reported the theft, she said.

The HighSteppers/Quad Theft About two months later, on Nov. 9, the HighSteppers Step Team rented out Quad for their “Hit ’Em with the Beats” after-party, attended not only by the Highsteppers, but also by members of the step teams from Howard University, Temple University and the University at Albany.

After the party, a freshman student on HighSteppers stayed back to help clean up with the other HighSteppers and some of the other teams’ members, leaving her wallet on a nearby table.

“I put my stuff down for a second to help move the couch, and I turned around and my stuff was gone,” she said in an interview.

Like most Princeton students and the other victims, her first instinct was to call DPS. However, she was redirected to the Princeton Police Department, as the eating clubs are not under University jurisdiction. She filed a report within 12 hours of the theft.

“We all searched Quad as soon as it was stolen, and we just couldn’t find it, so we concluded that someone just probably ran off with it,” the victim said, noting that she believed the thief was probably from one of the visiting schools.

A month later, she still has not recovered her wallet. The police have not contacted her since she filed the report.

Quad president Branden Lewiston ’14 said he wasn’t aware of the theft.

“I have not been contacted at all by any member or nonmember this semester regarding any thefts at Quad,” he said.

Lewiston said that the club is not responsible for security when an outside group rents space.

“Unfortunately, when a group is renting a room, they are responsible for their own security measures,” Lewiston said. “It’s not anything we can do to make sure that other groups aren’t experiencing thefts.”

“I put my stuff down for a second to help move the couch, and I turned around and my stuff was gone.” anonymous victim During open club events, Lewiston said, “We have multiple bouncers. We also have a lock on our front door that is only accessed through a pass code.”

The Tower Theft The day after the Quad theft, a member of Tower left her jacket in the club’s coatroom at 6:15 p.m., before going to dinner. When she returned 45 minutes later, the jacket and her wallet, which had been in the left pocket, were missing.

The victim waited three days before calling the police and filing a report. She has not been contacted by the police since.

The victim said she is more careful now and does not leave her belongings unattended anymore.

“I keep everything with me now at all times,” she said.

Bennet McIntosh

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aron: Before entering Princeton, I held an obscure image of what I believed to be the “ideal University student.” I imagined that once I arrived, I Luc Cohen ’14 n Dec. 8, the USG is planning to vote on a concould hypothetically influence the decisions of 2015’s class govwould be expected to participate unquestioningeditor-in-chief stitutional amendment that would formally sepaernment. This seems troubling given that there is no inherent ly in a social and academic community to which Grace Riccardi ’14 rate the class governments from the Senate on Dec. reason for class governments to be accountable to the Senate.

I was not accustomed. Some part of me imagined business manager 8. The Editorial Board supports this amendment, as Class governments should not have their class-specific projects that to be a good representative of the school, I a more formal separation of the two bodies would accurately influenced by the Senate. would need to repress my racial and economic reflect the separate roles they play and the fact that one body is While completely autonomous class governments might identity. Initially, this possibility didn’t concern not superior to the other. raise some concerns, a second package of amendments would EDITORIAL BOARD me because I suspected that my identity as an Af Currently, the class governments and Senate operate as two address autonomy and transparency issues. This amendment rican-American from a lower middle class housechair branches of USG. The Senate focuses on campus-wide social would require class governments to publish their budgets and Ethan Jamnik ’15 hold wouldn’t matter as much as the more “imporevents and policy improvements, while the class governments project reports each semester. Currently, there is no requiretant” qualities (virtue, moral sensibility, etc.) that focus on providing class programming and promoting class ment to do either of these things, which is disconcerting given would allow me to be a well-educated and useful spirit and unity. For example, the Senate focuses on events and the large sums of money spent by class governments each year.

Dylan Ackerman ’14 member of society. As time passed, I began to reissues such as Lawnparties and whether to have classes on the Formally separating the class governments from the USG Christina Campodonico ’13 alize that for many people, embracing one’s social Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Class governments, on the may also foster a greater a sense of ownership and responsibilSean Andrew Chen ’14 identifiers was just as important as fostering a love other hand, are in charge of class study breaks and class attire. ity among class government representatives. Currently, many Cara Eckholm ’14 for humanitarianism. The way I self-identified as a Occasionally, these two bodies work on projects together, and class government positions are not contested after freshman Eve Levin ’14 student and human being gradually transformed they communicate both formally and informally. year. Increasing the transparency, responsibility and politiConnor Mui ’14 while the vision I had of the “perfect” Princetonian An important aspect of the constitutional amendments is cal capabilities of the class governments may encourage more Brandon Holt ’15 dissolved into something else entirely. the formalization of USG structure; specifically, the amendstudents to get involved with their class government repreZach Horton ’15 Bennett: I hadn’t considered applying to any Ivy ment seeks to clarify the relationship between the Senate and sentatives. Such involvement would improve class governMitchell Johnston ’15 League school until my dad suggested Princeton the class governments. Currently, the Senate retains sole control ments through contested elections and increased input to Jeffrey Leibenhaut ’16 after hearing about its financial aid program. of the ability to amend the constitution. This control includes representatives.

Daphna LeGall ’15 I probably wouldn’t have applied without his Sergio Leos ’17 the ability to alter the constitutionally mandated structure of Some have argued that, because amending the constitution prodding, since I, like Aaron, just didn’t consider Lily Offit ’15 the class governments. In addition to formally separating the necessarily affects the entire student body, participating in the myself “Ivy material.” I wanted to go to a small, Varun Sharma ’15 two governing bodies, the proposed reforms would give the amendment process is beyond the purview of class governquirky school, one where the qualities which Aditya Trivedi ’16 class governments the right to alter sections of the constitution ments because their authority is limited to decisions relating defined the student body were deeper and more Andrew Tsukamoto ’15 that pertain to them, thereby limiting and clarifying Senate to their specific classes. Significantly, even under the proposed emblematic of the liberal arts than the racial, Jillian Wilkowski ’15 control of the structure of class governments. We believe these amendments, the Senate would have to give final approval to economic and, yes, familial connections which Kevin Wong ’17 measures are prudent for two reasons. First, formally separatconstitutional amendments drafted by the class governments. stereotypically defined Princeton and its peer ing the bodies will likely clarify for students the distinct role Given this check, and considering that class governments are institutions. Ironically, it was largely because these each plays in campus governance and underscore the fact that elected to best serve their specific classes, the Board does not smaller schools tend to be quite expensive and the class governments are ultimately and primarily accountable believe that allowing class governments to draft amendments unable to provide financial assistance that I ended to their respective classes. Secondly, because class governments would have adverse consequences or is particularly philosophiNIGHT STAFF 12.5.13 up, nearly by accident, at Princeton. are likely to know more than the Senate about the intricacies cally incoherent.

Aaron: After I learned that a scholarship news and difficulties of their job, it is logical to allow them to draft Ultimately, the Board believes that the proposed amendorganization had given me a generous financial Night Chief: Jean-Carlos Arenas ’16 amendments to provisions of the constitution that affect their ments would increase class governments’ transparency and Corinne Lowe ’17 aid package to attend Princeton, the news spread operation. allot them an autonomy that they deserve. We do not believe at my high school. Statistically, the match was Another issue highlighted in debates over the proposed that the separation would complicate effective governance, copy unlikely. I am a Detroit-raised, African-American MarieElise Goetzke ’16 amendments is that the Senate currently can censor class govas the two bodies could still work closely on joint projects. We male who grew up in a single mother household.

Konstantinos Koutras ’16 ernment projects and call up a class government representatherefore hope that the USG will act so as to separate its compoAngela Kim ’17 It was not uncommon for adults (usually of color) tive for review — though this right is rarely exercised. This nent branches and support the increased transparency of class Do-Hyeong Myeong ’17 to commend my “defying the odds” tale. Among means that a Senate member from one class year, say 2016, governments.

Margaret Wang ’17 my friends and teachers, my race never came up as the reason for my academic success, and I design didn’t think it defined my experiences as a human Carrie Chen ’16 Austin Lee ’16 being. My high school had once paid for me to Gerry Lerena ’16 attend a national diversity conference in tenth grade, an opportunity that allowed me to acquire an appreciation for multiculturalism. However,

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I tended to ignore my own racial identity in the process of becoming a more cosmopolitan person.

Bennett: I discovered over summer break that many suburban Coloradans can’t imagine one of their own going to Princeton. Whether the perceived divide be geographical, economic or based on intelligence or familial connection, people I meet back home will take my Princeton gear as indication that I am a visiting tourist.

So, though my white, two-parent, suburban upbringing made the statistics on my acceptance somewhat less unusual than Aaron’s, there was still a sense that I’d beaten the odds by being accepted.

I feared I would have to redefine myself in the new world Princeton represented. Since I could not expect to be defined as an achiever (as I had been in high school) among so many savvy, confident and accomplished students, I expected a single characteristic — perhaps “outdoorsy,” given my Colorado upbringing — to define my niche on campus. But rather than quash the intellectual identity that I so prized, being among so many high-achieving Princetonians allowed me to discover which particular aspects of my intellect were important to me and foster them in different aspects of my Princeton experience. The opportunity to explore my introspection through the ‘Prince,’ my craziness through the band and my scientific passion through ISC allowed me to discover divergent aspects of myself while learning from the diverse personalities I met in these communities.

Aaron: I think recognizing the diversity of Princeton’s student-led cultural organizations was the first indication that I had ignored the importance of my racial identity for much of my life. After speaking with two members of the Black Men’s Awareness Group, I was surprised secondary school, was the language of morning, it took me two tries to utter comfort and confidence, balance that I had expected these students to be solely Jiyoon Kim the country I lived in. While students the Japanese word for thank you, between writing and speaking ability, Columnist concerned with their academic success. Here in the States were exposing themselves “arigato,” as I got off the bus — the pronunciation, ability to think in the were two examples of young black Princeton to languages such as Spanish or French initial “ah” sound always got stuck. language — these are all components men who were engaged in dialogues about their for the first time in freshman year, I wasn’t learning a language in my of communicating in a language that race. These were the “ideal” Princeton students: n Monday, Paul Phillips I was enrolled in Japanese classes Japanese classes. I was just trying can’t be accounted for. A student’s socially and culturally conscious individuals wrote an article for The geared toward students who had been to scrape by. My ambition to take ability to enjoy television in a foreign who also valued their academic success. In high Daily Princetonian on disexposed to the language their entire higher-level courses led to a cursory language can be just as valuable a school, I had never bothered to join the black crepancies in proficiency lives. understanding of Japanese, an gauge of their proficiency as any kind awareness club because I thought it didn’t matter for students in introductory language I found myself thrust into ambiguous level of proficiency that is a of sitting test. as much as getting into a good college. Now I classes at Princeton. Faculty in variclassrooms full of native speakers source of shame and regret. I can relate Perhaps it is unfair for beginners attend school with some of the most passionate ous language departments generally when I moved from Japanese as a to heritage speakers, as students with to have to compete against students students in the country. To be a Princeton viewed such discrepancies as largely Foreign Language to Japanese as a native exposure to foreign languages with more exposure. However, it is student is not to mold oneself around an abstract inconsequential in regard to issues of Native Language classes in middle are called in Phillips’ article, who perhaps more unfair for so-called vision or reputation. Instead, it is to recognize fairness in grading and course rigor. school. I did relatively well in my decide to take introductory classes hereditary speakers, who may never one’s whole self and devote that person to the I have yet to take a foreign classes and entered higher levels here at Princeton. It isn’t just a matter have had the chance to properly study improvement of others. language course here at Princeton. according to the recommendations of review; these students have much the basic foundational components Bennett: Done properly, the essays we write However, I plan on taking KOR 402: of my teachers. For all intents and to gain from stepping back and filling of a language, to not be given equal for college applications force significant Contemporary Korean Language purposes, I was “proficient” in in the gaps in their foundational opportunity to learn. They deserve introspection and can cause all manner of & Culture II in the spring. And I Japanese. knowledge — just as much, perhaps, the benefit of the doubt. Students who personal revelations, but the materials we submit am already feeling the familiar Yet I found myself formulating as students experiencing the language are taking advantage of the placement to the admissions office are just the beginning. apprehension I felt every other day sentence on whims and guesses for the first time. In many ways, firstsystem lose something so much If we can resist the temptation to mold ourselves before Japanese class throughout more and more often; I had never time speakers and those who have only more valuable than the GPA boost into an abstract “ideal Princeton student,” we can middle and high school. It is this grasped the basic grammatical experienced a language outside the they gain. Those who truly wish to create our own incarnation of such a student by apprehension that led me to avoid rules. I floundered as I prepared each classroom have similar amounts to master a language have the right to presenting our unique passions and experiences enrolling in either a Korean or sentence in advance during classroom gain. decide which classes suit their needs to our peers and allowing theirs to shape us, Japanese course this semester. discussions, while my peers bounced Proficiency in a language can’t and abilities without having to deal not into a specific ideal, but into a unique and My circumstances are different ideas back and forth at a pace I couldn’t really be measured. There are with the resentment and accusation confident person. from those in introductory language even begin to keep up with. Friends placement tests and even official of classmates who believe their own classes who believe peers with more who had Japanese parents always certificates that can roughly gauge grades are jeopardized.

Bennett McIntosh is a sophomore from Littleton, Colo. exposure to a language toughen the teased me; I was often told I had a one’s ability to communicate in a He can be reached at bam2@princeton.edu. Aaron grading curve. The foreign language “Korean accent” when I spoke Japanese, given language. However, so much Jiyoon Kim is a freshman from Tokyo, Robertson is a freshman from Detroit, Mich. He can be I studied not only in high school, though my Korean pronunciation goes into communication that Japan. She can be reached at ljkim@ reached at aaroncr@princeton.edu. but also throughout elementary and is also moderately affected. Every cannot be quantified. One’s level of princeton.edu.

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stat of all is Princeton’s .387 percentage from beyond the arc.

Enter Fairleigh Dickinson University. One of just two New Jersey division one teams Princeton has never faced, the Knights have not won double-digit games in a season in four years. This year hasn’t been spectacular for them either, as they lost to a Division II team by 11 points and to No. 5 Arizona by 50. However, they do have a very good player in Sidney Sanders Jr., who leads the team in minutes, points, rebounds, assists, and steals. FDU, like Princeton, loves to shoot the three, taking 38 percent of its shots from outside.

However, they make just 34.4 percent.

They score an average of 65.4 points per game to their opponents’ 75, and they rank outside the top 300 schools

in the nation in defensive rebounding percentage.

All around, Fairleigh Dickinson’s offensive stats are more level with Princeton’s defensive stats, and their defensive stats are level with Princeton’s offensive stats. Team Rankings, a sports analytics website, places Princeton’s win probability at .962, highest for any of the Tigers’ games this year versus a division one opponent. Still, the Knights won at Seton Hall last Sunday, a game in which they were 22-point underdogs, so anything is possible.

“They’ve got some good players and they’re a Division I team. We won’t overlook them,” Henderson said.

Princeton is led by senior guard T.J. Bray. Despite a preseason injury that caused him to miss the first three games, Bray has not missed a beat. A multifaceted player, he leads the team in points per game and 3-point field goal percentage, while rank-

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ing second in rebounding.

He’s also a careful player, committing few fouls and turnovers.

His assist to turnover ratio is 5 to 1, ranking 27th in the nation.

Sabermetrics attempt to capture a player’s overall performance in a single number. There are many different formulae, but a simple one is known as win score, which is a simple weighted addition and subtraction of basic statistics. Bray ranks 65th in Division I with 10.333/game, higher than Ian Hummer ‘13, last season’s Ivy League Player of the Year.

Sophomore forward Hans Brase has also been a huge contributor for the Tigers, averaging 12.17 points and leading the team with 7.17 rebounds per game.

“We haven’t shown our full potential yet. We’ve got to make the right reads, be versatile and unpredictable, and most of all, have fun playing together,” Henderson commented.

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The men’s and women’s fencing teams will take on Sacred Heart and Vassar this weekend in their last meet before February, when they will begin in earnest their defense of last year’s NCAA title.

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accuracy, with the Tigers edging the Mids slightly in overall shooting percentage but with Navy holding the advantage from beyond the arc. Princeton also has the advantage by

a slight margin in rebounding, something it will need to maintain — the Tigers have not won a game in which they have been out-rebounded all year.

Princeton dominated last time it met Navy, winning 7050 in Jadwin Gymnasium last January. The Mids have a 5-3

advantage in the overall series, however, and will have home court advantage this time around while the Tigers are without Niveen Rasheed ’13, who put up 18 points in last year’s game.

The game, which could easily come down to the wire, tips off at 7 p.m.

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explained. “They’ve always had a really good power play.

I think to beat them, we need to block a lot of shots and prevent them from getting grade-A opportunities in the slot and keep the puck safe on the outside of the rink.”

Fighting through a season where things haven’t gone the Tigers’ way, the senior defenseman expressed his and his team’s desire to find their rhythm.

“We’re definitely not satis-

fied with where we are right now,” he acknowledged. “We know we need to improve, and we need to make a statement and find our identity.

We need to go out there and show the league what we’re made of, if you will. And I think we have the perfect opportunity to do that this weekend.”

These upcoming contests will be the team’s last before winter break. However, if you feel the need to catch some Princeton hockey, the women’s team will host Rensselaer and Union these Friday and Saturday afternoons at Baker Rink.

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up. We pride ourselves as a team in our effort,” Alleva said.

Against BC, freshman Kelsey Koelzer scored the first goal of her career to tie the game. It was then sophomore forward Cristin Shanahan who came through for Princeton, scoring in the third period.

“I think as a team we could work on our consistency and mental toughness,” Aleva said after the tough stretch.

The team will look to improve in those areas with their two games this weekend. Both Rensselaer and Union are conference rivals and the Tigers plays both of them again in January so this is a good chance for Princeton to get some more conference wins and prepare for teams that they will have to face again later in the season.

Last year against Rens-

selaer the team played two very close games, splitting the series. In the first game Princeton scored a go-ahead goal in the third period to make the final score 6-5. In the second, Rensselaer beat

“We’ve had our ups and downs, but we’re also a very young team.”

Rose Alleva

Princeton 4-3 while being in control throughout the majority of the game. In the games against Union last year, Princeton tied the first one 1-1, and won the second one 3-0.

“To prepare for the games this weekend, we have been working on clearing people

out in front of the net because many of the goals against us have been in this manner,” Alleva said. “Also, from watching video, RPI and Union seemed to be getting a lot of their goals this way. RPI and Union have always played well against us, but all we can do is to focus on what we do best as a team and play our game.”

The game Saturday afternoon against Union is also the second of three “Skate with the Tigers” games. After this weekend’s series, the team gets a break until the first week of January, when it takes on UConn twice at home.

“I am really excited for the next half of our season,” Alleva said. “We have proven to ourselves that if we work hard and stick together we can achieve great things as a team. I also think that we will be getting better as the season goes on, as people get more used to the new systems we are implementing.”

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Streaking Tigers to host Knights

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The women’s hockey team will take on Rensselaer and Union at home this Friday and Saturday, looking to bring its record past the .500 mark.

“The season has [gone] pretty well so far, we have had our ups and downs, but we are also a very young team,” senior defender Rose Alleva said. “Also, we have a lot of young talent on the team that we have been able to utilize. As time goes on, I think we will become a stronger force and unit on and off the ice.”

Princeton (5-6-2 overall, 4-4-1 ECAC) is coming off a very tough stretch in which it faced ranked teams in then-No. 5 Boston College, then-No. 8 Clarkson, and then-No.8 Quinnipiac, before playing a two-game series at No. 1 Minnesota. The Tigers tied 1-1 against both Boston College and Quinnipiac with come-from-behind goals each time.

“The team has been very well at coming from behind in games, and never giving

Men’s basketball hosts Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday at 7 p.m. in Jadwin Gymnasium. The Tigers (51) are off to their best start in 16 years and look to continue a four game win streak against the Knights (3-7).

Princeton is ranked 70th in the country in Jeff Sagarin’s college basketball computer rankings, which are based on which teams have beaten which teams and by how much. These rankings go back to the 1999-2000 season and have never seen the Tigers ranked this high at the end of the season.

Princeton has won four league titles in this span, including the legendary 20102011 season, when they very nearly beat Kentucky in the NCAA tournament and were 76th in the final rankings.

“The guys really like each other. They want to see everyone do well,” said Coach Mitch Henderson ’98. He emphasized several times the importance of playing together as a team. “We’re a balanced team-we’ve had four different leading scor-

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Sophomore forward Hans Brase leads the men’s basketball team with 7.2 rebounds per game.

ers in six games this year.

We shoot the ball well and we’re getting better defensively.”

With the Princeton offense eating up clock, opponents have traditionally had very few possessions per game against the Tigers, and the same is true this season. The Tigers have also rebounded very well defensively in the past, limiting opponents’ shots. This year’s team ranks 12th in the nation in possessions allowed per game, fourth in defensive rebounding percentage, and 23rd in field goal attempts allowed per game, all contributing to a 22nd ranking in points allowed per game at 62.5.

Princeton’s offense is high scoring relative to its historical average, though still not in the top 200 Division I teams, at 70.3 points per game. Its strengths, as has always been the case, are a large number of three pointers made and a high ratio of assists to field goals made.

The Tigers rank eighth and 15th in the nation in those categories, respectively.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

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Matchup with Navy in Annapolis could come down to the wire

Tigers head to New York in search of ECAC wins

By Stephen Wood sports Editor

The women’s basketball team will hope to improve on a 2-3 away record Friday as it takes on Navy in Annapolis, Md. The matchup has the makings of a very tight game.

The Mids (7-2) have looked tough to beat this season, scoring an average of just over 10 points more than their opponents. They doubled that margin with an 81-61 defeat of Brown on Nov. 29, a win that kicked off the three-game winning streak Navy rides into Friday’s game.

Kara Pollinger and Jade Geif lead the Mids’ offense with 13.8 and 12.4 points per game, respectively, but it is Navy’s defense that will be of utmost concern to the Tigers (3-4). Navy has allowed less than 60 points per game and knows how to create turnovers. Chloe Stapleton leads the Mids with 11 steals, while Geif is first on the team with five blocks on the season. The Tigers meanwhile have committed more turnovers this season than the Mids despite having played two fewer games.

Ball control will be crucial, as the Tigers will likely need to capitalize on every chance they get to score. Despite a losing record, Princeton has outscored its opponents by 1.3 points per game.

The Tigers also average seven more points per game than Navy.

The Tigers boast three starters — junior guard Blake Dietrick, senior forward Kristen Helmstetter and sophomore forward Alex Wheatley — who average over 10 points per game, while sophomore guard Michelle Miller averages 9.9. Dietrick put 19 points as Princeton defeated Portland State on Nov. 30 and followed that up the next day with a careerhigh 26 points against Oregon. These performances came after Dietrick only managed 11 total points in her previous two games. The Portland State (2-3) game also saw freshman guard Vanessa Smith, who has wasted no time in contributing to the offense, score a career-high 17 points off the bench.

Unfortunately for the Tigers, Dietrick’s performance was in vain as the Ducks (5-2) came back in the second half to hand Princeton the first loss of its four-game road trip.

The teams are roughly the same in terms of See W. BBALL page 9

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The women’s basketball team will head to Navy Friday as part of a fourgame road trip which it will wrap up Wednesday against Binghamton.

By Andrew Steele staff writer

The men’s hockey team will travel this weekend to the New York cities of Schenectady and Troy for conference play against Union College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

NCAA rankings put Union (8-3-2 overall, 5-1 ECAC) at No. 11, while Rensselaer (7-5-2, 2-3-2), which dropped out of the most recent top 20, was the un-ranked program with the most votes received in the poll.

The Tigers (3-10, 2-6 ECAC) come off a Thanksgiving weekend series at Michigan State that resulted in two losses in which they were outscored by nine goals.

Senior defenseman Jeremy Goodwin, when questioned as to potential areas for improvement, responded, “Everything, basically. We’ve been working hard in practice all week. Our coaches have been giving us drills to improve creativity on offense, so we can score more goals. They’ve been giving defensive drills, so we’re tougher to play against in our own end. And special teams too. We did a lot of work on the power play and penalty kill today. We’re just trying to get better every day in practice. At everything.”

One of the brightest spots this season came the previous weekend against Quinnipiac on the away leg of a series against the Bobcats. The 4-3 victory came as a result of a three-goal rally by Princeton in the final 10 minutes of the contest. “I think that goes to determination we have within our team. We were being outshot, but we stuck with it. And once you get one goal, they seem to come in bunches when you can get momentum going on your side.”

Goodwin also pointed to the play of senior forward Andrew Ammon as a positive factor in the past few games. Ammon has tallied six goals and two assists thus far, netting a goal in each of the past two games. Additionally, he leads the team in shots by a wide margin with 50 attempts. Senior defenseman Alec Rush is next on the squad with 25.

“We’ve had a few injuries, and we’ve had some top guys go down,” Goodwin began. “But that gives other guys an opportunity to step up. You can see that in a guy like Andrew Ammon who’s been playing unbelievably the last little while.

And he’s been showing us how we need to play as a team.”

Recently, the team has seen an alternation between the pipes. For example, freshman Colton Phinney started last Friday’s game against the Spartans while senior Sean Bonar was the Tigers’ tender the next night. Bonar has played in nine games while Phinney has seen action in five.

Regarding upcoming opponents, Goodwin expressed admiration for strong teams who will require the Tigers’ best.

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