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By Hannah Waxman staff writer

Terrace Club received the highest number of sign-ins for the fourth year in a row, while Quadrangle Club received an increase of nearly 342% in new members from last year.

The Interclub Council had agreed not to publish the first round sign-in numbers two weeks ago, but four out of the five presidents released first round numbers following the conclusion of the second round on Feb. 13.

According to ICC president Jean-Carlos Arenas ’16, 374 students had signed into the five eating clubs as of last week. Of the new members, 369 were sophomores and five were juniors.

Terrace Club remained the most popular sign-in eating club, with a first round of 15 sophomores who signed up and 125 sophomores

second round for a total of 140 students, according to President Nicholas Horvath ’17. Terrace did not accept juniors this year, according to Horvath.

Although Terrace remains the most popular sign-in club, it did not fill membership after the first round of sign-ins as it did last year, he noted.

Yekaterina Panskyy ’17, president of Quadrangle Club, noted that the club received 97 sign-ins in the first round and 18 in the second round, for a total of 115 new members. This marks a significant increase from the 26 students who had signed-in during the first round last year.

Pansky did not specify new members’ class years.

Christopher Yu ’17, president of Colonial Club, noted that Colonial had 66 sign-ins first round, with 22 in the second round for a total of

88 sign-ins, which is comparable to the 80 sign-ins from last year. This includes 10 juniors, and new membership is split nearly half and half by gender, according to Yu. Samuel Smiddy ’17, president of Cloister Inn, said that Cloister has 53 new members, 49 of whom are sophomores and four of whom are juniors. This is a slight decrease from the 77 students who joined last year.

Lorena Grundy ’17, president of Charter Club, noted that Charter received 17 sign-ins first round, and 37 sophomores and two juniors in the second round.

Colonial, Cloister and Charter will continue to accept new sign-in members indefinitely, according to their respective presidents.

The second round sign-in period for the three clubs still accepting members ended on Saturday at noon.

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North Korean defector and human rights activist Park Yeonmi discussed living in isolation under the North Korean government at a conference on Saturday hosted by Princeton for North Korean Human Rights.

“I never heard about Beethoven, I never heard about Shakespeare. All I heard about was our dear leader and the regime. I thought I was living in a pretty normal country that was just isolated,” Park said.

Park noted she was thirteen years old when she fled North Korea with her mother via China. She said China introduced another terror because the Chinese government would send North Korean refugees back to North Korea if caught.

She and her mother were purchased by human traffickers in China, she added.

“My mom’s price was $260, and you cannot even buy an iPhone with that money,” Park said.

After travelling through the Gobi Desert to Mongolia, Park explained she settled in South Korea at age 15 and is now attending Columbia University at age 22.

“Luckily, I made it. I’m here,” Park said.

In order to live with such traumatizing experiences, Park said that she told herself stories to bury these moments in her past.

“I hated the world. I couldn’t love anybody. I couldn’t trust anybody. All I had was ambition and hatred,” she said.

Park said that her talk at the One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin made her realize that people actually cared about listening to her story.

“When I spoke in Dublin, I saw people crying for me,” she said.

She added that she had lost faith in humanity, but that moment restored that faith, and she decided that she could open up about her story.

Park idsa North Korea is the See CONFERENCE page 2

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Q & A: Activist Park Yeonmi

By Claire Lee staff writer

Park Yeonmi is a defector from North Korea and a human rights activist. She is the author of the book “In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom.” Park sat down with The Daily Princetonian after a lecture on Saturday to talk about her experiences after leaving North Korea and her plans for activism.

Daily Princetonian: How did you first decide to open up and share your story with the world?

Park Yeonmi: I think that was when I was in Dublin [at the One Young World 2014 Summit], when I spoke there. I’ve never been to Europe before. I was very surprised that many people there were crying for me. Because through my whole experience, I just lost faith in humanity, but in that moment it restored me. I think that’s when I thought that I can really tell people what happened, and I will be em-

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During the fourth annual PNKHR conference, human rights activist Park Yeonmi talked about her experiences in North Korea.

braced as a human being.

DP: Do you plan on continuing to give talks like this around the world?

PYM: It’s not my job; I’m a full-time student and I’m really doing this in my extra time.

But these are important things that we have to be

talking about. I will do my best to use my extra time as an activist.

DP: What are you planning on majoring in at

Columbia?

PYM: I am interested in learning about the world.

Hopefully, I can study See Q&A page 3

USG

USG to work on increasing room draw information transparency senior writer

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed residential programming to make information about room draw more available to students during their first weekly meeting on Feb. 14.

Jeremy Burton ’18, USG vice president, said the Senate

will be working on a number of projects, some of which are continuations from past initiatives. These include increasing bike accessibility on campus, providing resources for co-op and independent students, residential housing and Princeton 2020 events for prospective members of the Class of 2020.

“We’ll look at room draw for all class years, not just

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res[identical] colleges,” Burton said, regarding the residential housing project. The project committee hopes to make information about room draw more transparent, and facilitate the process for rising juniors or seniors.

USG president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 explained that she wanted to keep students informed about the Princeton Perspectives Project website

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given that CPS, incoming students and RCAs are taking advantage of the resources offered.

Additionally, to increase transparency, Czulak said USG will be putting new information on its website, in order to hold USG accountable and make USG’s efforts and work publicly accessible.

Czulak noted that multiple USG committees, including

4:30 p.m.: Rory Yeomans, research fellow at Wiener Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies, will give a lecture titled “Martyrdom and Mass Killings in a City of the Dead: Wartime Croatia as an “Islamic State” of the 1940s.” 216 Aaron Burr Hall.

the Honor Committee, the Academics Committee and the University Student Life Committee saw a total of 76 unique applicants. USG opened applications for new members to committees in the previous week through an email to all undergraduate students.

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“darkest place on earth” and “a totally different universe” compared to South Korea. Although it is the 21st century, there is no 24-hour electricity in North Korea, she said, noting people were not allowed to even visit another town without express permission.

“People don’t even know what passports are,” Park said.

Park added that the situation is “unspeakable” because people in North Korea don’t know what freedom is. When she arrived in South Korea, she was met with a sort of discrimination from those who were afraid of being connected to a North Korean, she explained.

“I hid my identity and lived as a South Korean,” Park said.

Despite these setbacks, Park said she experienced positive benefits of culture shock when she arrived.

“In North Korea, everything on TV was about our dear leader Kim Jong Un,” Park said. “Sud-

denly, when I came to South Korea, everybody was talking about K-pop stars.”

She noted she didn’t realize the influence the celebrities had and said she couldn’t join conversations fellow South Koreans were having because of this. In an attempt to change, she watched TV and wrote down the names of celebrities, finally becoming “South Korean,” she explained.

“That was a culture shock for me,” Park said.

Park, however, noted her concern about the South Korean perception of North Koreans as foreigners. Although she was educated to believe that North Koreans and South Koreans are one people, she noticed that everyone in South Korea viewed North Korea as a foreign country, she explained.

“That scares me,” Park said.

Acknowledging that it is difficult to change the mindset, she said that she hopes the two Koreas to be unified, but doesn’t know how it will.

She said that as a student in Columbia, she would like to

make the human rights issue alive on campus. Looking towards the future, Park noted that she would like to start or join a foundation dedicated to the North Korean cause.

“If we really care about these issues, I’m sure we can come up with solutions to free the North Korean people,” Park said.

Vice Co-Chair of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea Suzanne Scholte also spoke at the event.

“North Korea is the worst human rights tragedy in the world today,” Scholte said. She also noted that North Korea is the only country in the world whose citizens do not enjoy a single human right. Scholte said North Koreans are like slaves who give undying allegiance to their dictator.

Park has written a book titled, “In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom,” and a book-signing was held following the lecture. The 2016 PNKHR conference was held in a full Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall on Feb. 14.

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By Daily Princetonian Staff Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, a native of Trenton, N.J., died Saturday at a resort in West Texas.

Though the causes of his death were not immediately released, a spokeswoman for the United States Marshals Service stated that nothing indicated that anything other than natural causes was at play.

Scalia was the longest serving Justice of the Supreme Court and often considered a “conservative champion,” according to a 2012 Daily Princetonian article. Some of Scalia’s notable rulings include a dissenting opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriages in the United States, the majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller, which defended an individual’s rights to bear arms, and a concurring opinion in Kansas v. Marsh, which

upheld the constitutionality of the death penalty in Kansas.

Scalia gave a lecture at the University in 2012 and defended his opinions about same-sex marriage. Previously, in 2008, the James Madison Program and Whig-Clio hosted Scalia on campus and presented him with the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service.

Scalia’s death was a topic of discussion at last Saturday’s Republican debate. In his tribute to the deceased justice, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 described Scalia as an “American hero.”

“A champion of our liberties and a stalwart defender of the Constitution, he will go down as one of the few Justices who single-handedly changed the course of legal history,” Cruz wrote in a statement.

Cruz later stated that he is committed to filibustering President Barack Obama’s nominee for Scalia’s replacement.

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board and the academics committee saw the highest number of applicants this year compared to other committees.

Four freshmen and one sophomore were newly appointed to the Academics committee. Shannon Osaka ’17, Academics chair, noted that their fresh perspectives will be helpful in pushing for improvements to underclassmen advising.

Following deliberations, USG Senate members appointed a new member, Micah Herskind ’19, to the Honor Committee.

Dallas Nan ’16, current Honor Committee chair, noted that former committee clerk Nicholas Horvath ’17, who would have been in

line to become chair, stepped down after becoming the president of Terrace Club.

With Nan also leaving his position as chair this semester, the committee will finalize next steps for its leadership.

The University Student Life Committee also appointed new members, given that many members were not returning due to study abroad or other commitments.

In addition, USG approved a funding request for the Lunar New Year banquet, hosted on Feb. 19 by the Korean American Students Association.

Project Boards chairs Naman Jain ’17 and Nick Fernandez ’18 explained that KASA events are generally well-attended, and that the banquet would offer a chance for students to learn about culture.

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DP: Are there any extracurricular activities you are participating in at Columbia?

PYM: I want to join clubs or start my own club on campus to really make the issue of human rights alive. At the moment, I’m really trying to

DP: Moving on to after you graduate from Columbia, do you have plans for the future?

PYP: I really want to understand deeply how the future of North Korea lies. Or I would like to start my own foundation or join a foundation and continue my activism. I really want to come up with a solid plan, and not just talk. Talking is

very important, which is what I’m doing, but after the talking, real change should be there.

DP: Do you plan on going back to South Korea at any point?

PYM: That is definitely possible. For me, it is not the location that is important. It is really where I can be most impactful.

If that is in America or Europe or Korea, that’s where I will be.

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Reform ICC and Sign-in clubs

any Princetonians, mainly sophomores, spent the first week of this semester concerned primarily not with finalizing their course schedule or buying books, but rather with the process of joining an eating club.

We acknowledge the Interclub Council (ICC) and the Class of 2018 officers for their efforts to make this process more transparent by, for example, releasing a graphic explaining the various upperclass dining options and their costs. However, there remain areas for improvements to make this process clearer and less stressful for students. The Board recommends three reforms: 1) include as part of eating club registration on the ICC website a step requiring students to acknowledge and accept the spring dues for their clubs of choice, 2) like in years past, release the numbers of first-round sign-ins, and 3) encourage sign-in clubs to defer their initiations until the week after bicker.

This year’s process saw substantial confusion over sophomore dues,

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ast spring, college students nationwide discovered that they had the right to view their college admissions files.

Word quickly spread through Buzzfeed and many college newspapers, including “the Prince.” This new information meant that, for the first time, students at Princeton and elsewhere could find out exactly why they were accepted into their respective schools.

Last November, however, changes were made to FERPA, the law that governs access to educational records, that meant that students no longer had this right. These changes were made without any fanfare, probably to avoid reigniting the heated discussion that took place last spring. Given so many students’

with some numbers miscommunicated to students. We encourage the ICC and club presidents to renew their commitment to making information about dues available as early as possible and to ensure that these details are correct in all places where they are posted. As an additional measure to prevent the surprises seen during this cycle, we recommend a slight change to the ICC website when students register for bicker or sign-in. The ICC should include a mandatory step requiring students to acknowledge their understanding of the dues for the clubs they have selected to rank.

While this information is available on individual clubs’ websites and the ICC’s informational website, the only central site that everyone who joins a club must use is the ICC’s registration site. Clearly laying out the information about dues and mandating students acknowledge their understanding of the dues before registering for an eating club will ensure students are reasonably informed about the financial costs of joining a club before going through the process.

Additionally, in a departure from precedent, the ICC chose not to release first-round sign-in numbers.

This left students who did not sign in first-round, whether because they were bickering or still deciding if they wanted to join a club at all, concerned and uncertain about whether the sign-in clubs in which they were interested would have sufficient space for them to sign in secondround. In the future, we urge the ICC to release its sign-in numbers like in previous years. More transparency would give students an accurate understanding of their options and eliminate another source of anxiety from an already very stressful week.

Finally, a number of sign-in clubs hold their initiations the day after bicker results come out. The Board believes this does not give sufficient time for students reconsidering a sign-in club after bicker to learn about their options, speak with their friends and family, and determine what would be their best choice for their eating and social plans. Given that students’ post-bicker decisions depend on both their own results and those of their friends, it is difficult to plan in advance for every possible outcome, and students need longer than a day to revisit their alternatives. As one of the first experiences new members have in their clubs, initiations are impor-

tant for creating a robust club culture and community. Students who chose to sign in and undergo initiations right after bicker ends may feel they did not have enough time to carefully examine their options.

Furthermore, students who missed initiations because they were still deciding what to do may be deterred from signing-in later in the spring after missing such a central aspect of the new member experience. To alleviate this pressure for students, we encourage all the sign-in clubs to defer their initiations to the week after bicker ends.

These three reforms will help make the process of joining an eating club more transparent and less stressful for students. When making decisions about where they will eat and find their primary social communities as upperclassmen, it is important to support students as much as possible, and we urge the ICC to implement our recommendations.

The Editorial Board is an independent body and decides its opinions separately from the regular staff and editors of The Daily Princetonian. The Board answers only to its Chair, the Opinion Editor and the Editor-In-Chief.

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Increase transparency of policy changes interest in viewing their admissions files, it would have been more honest and transparent for the University to announce these changes clearly and directly to the student body.

Students are divided on the advisability of viewing their admissions records. Bennett McIntosh recently wrote about how viewing his admissions record gave him valuable insight into the ways the process works. In contrast, Ryan Dukeman wrote a column last year about what he perceived as the dangers of viewing your admissions record.

Anecdotally, I have friends who chose to view their file and others who thought I was crazy for even considering it. In any case, strong opinions on both sides of the issue make it clear

that the University ought to have been clearer in communicating this issue that clearly matters a lot to the students.

I found out about the changes when I tried to view my admissions file. When I went to West College to view the file, I was given only the materials that I had submitted to Princeton myself. When I asked why this was, I was told that changes had been made to FERPA in November 2015. Looking back at the response to my request to view the file, I could see that there was an implication that I would not be able to view admissions officers’ notes on my application. However, this was fairly subtle, and nowhere was it indicated that what I would be able to view had changed in any way from what people had been allowed to view

in past months. Since friends of mine had successfully viewed their files only weeks before, I did not take note of it.

After a little research, I was unable to find anywhere where the University had outlined or announced the changes to FERPA. I contacted the Admission Office for more information, but no one ever responded. After my experience, I talked to several students who were also interested in viewing their admissions files. None of them were aware of the newly limited scope of what they would be able to access. Some had already requested to view their files and had received the same response as I had, but still did not realize that they would not be able to see admission officers’ and alumni interviewers’ notes.

It is extremely important for students to understand the policies regarding their rights at this university. Regardless of whether or not we should be allowed to view our full admissions files, I do believe we have the right to know whether or not such is within our ability. The University has a duty to keep us informed about big changes to policy such as this one, especially in light of the fact that so many students care deeply about this particular right. A transparent University, in addition to fostering trust, ensures that students feel more like fully participatory members of the Princeton community.

Zeena Mubarak is a Near Eastern Studies major from Fairfax, Va. She can be reached at zmubarak@ princeton.edu.

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his week brought news that 17 rail unions in New Jersey had voted to go on strike in mid-March in the event that they do not reach a contract with New Jersey Transit. I hope for the sake of all commuters in New Jersey that such a strike does not occur. As the Daily Princetonian reported, such a strike would have a significant impact on students planning to travel during spring break, as well as a devastating impact on commuters needing to travel to work. For many working families, NJ Transit services are the only way to commute to work. Furthermore, NJ Transit is really the only financially viable option for most students to travel throughout

Reform NJ Transit now New Jersey and to New York and Philadelphia, given that most University students do not own cars.

It is tragic that tensions between management and the unions have reached such a low point, but it is even worse that the rail workers have worked without a contract for five years. NJ Transit management has clearly failed the interests of the workers by not granting them a contract. One hopes that the two sides will be able to come to a fair solution. The workers’ contract needs to be adjusted accordingly with increased costs of living, though the unions’ demands for an 800-percent increase in health insurance premiums and a sixpercent pay raise will be too much for management — and perhaps commuters as well, if the additional costs are passed on to them — to stomach.

Commuters already suffered a nine-percent fare increase last year; it would not be fair to pass the costs of the proposed wage increase onto them. Indeed, the Northeast Corridor Line, probably familiar to most University students, is already one of the more profitable NJ Transit rail lines; it recovers 86-percent of its operating costs through revenue, which is relatively high among transit agencies. After all, people have no option but to ride the trains. The gravity of this situation points to a need for deeper reform of NJ Transit.

According to Bloomberg News, NJ Transit handles nearly a million trips per day, but the quality of NJ Transit’s service has significantly declined recently, even as fares have risen. Delays are becoming more frequent. Over Intersession, for instance, I was forced to

miss an Amtrak train because of delays and cancellations on NJ Transit Northeast Corridor trains. It is likely that these delays could get worse; the New Jersey state government voted to cut the budget for transportation in 2015, despite an increase in NJ Transit train ridership, leaving a $120 million hole in the 2016 NJ Transit budget. Subsequently, the agency was forced to cut some bus services and increase fares.

Additionally, Governor Chris Christie infamously canceled the ARC Tunnel project that would have constructed new tunnels underneath the Hudson River to replace aging and deteriorating Amtrak tunnels that had been damaged by Hurricane Sandy. New Jersey sank $1.2 billion into that project before canceling it, with no new tunnels or infrastructure to show for it. Now, delays on

Amtrak are becoming more routine, due to the need for emergency repairs in 105-yearold tunnels.

The remaining money intended for the construction of train tunnels was instead shoveled into rebuilding the Pulaski Skyway, a freeway bridge between Jersey City and Newark. While an important project, it seems to be a rather backwards way of mass transit thinking in an age in which younger Americans are driving much less than their forbearers. We need a new vision for infrastructure development in New Jersey, and it is imperative that NJ Transit be reformed to reflect this generational shift in infrastructure needs.

Nicholas Wu is a sophomore from Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich.

He can be reached at nmwu@ princeton.edu.

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............. ing off of a clutch performance against Cal Baptist, Kelleher again demonstrated her capabilities by contributing a team-leading three goals during this dominant run.

Against the Cal Lutheran Regals (0-3), Princeton marched on through the weekend with a display of cohesion and power. The Tigers again jumped out to a quick advantage, with four scores from four different players resulting in a 4-1 advantage at the conclusion of the first quarter. The Regals responded with three goals of their own in the second period, but simply could not keep pace with Princeton, which found the back of the net six times and held a commanding 10-4 lead going into half.

The team picked up right where they left off to open

the third quarter, blanking Cal Lutheran and adding five more goals to send the game firmly out of reach.

The Regals went down fighting, outscoring Princeton 2-1 in the final period, but remained 10 goals behind at the conclusion. Britt, Temple, Wan, junior center defender Morgan Hallock, sophomore 2-meter Chelsea Johnson and sophomore utility Emily Smith each tallied two goals in the masterful 16-6 victory.

In their final match of the tournament, Princeton took on the Iona Gaels this Sunday afternoon. No clear winner was apparent at the start of the game; the two teams remained deadlocked at 4-4 at the end of the first quarter. However, Smith singlehighhandedly outscored the Gaels in the second quarter, contributing two out of Princeton’s three goals to put the Tigers up ahead at half, 7-5.

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The final periods of the tournament again proved testament to Princeton’s teamwork and the multitude of its threats. Although Wan led the team in scoring with a career-high four goals, Hallock and Smith each accounted for three goals apiece, and Kelleher also scored twice over the course of the match. The Tigers scored five times and built a six-point lead over the third quarter, though Iona refused to go away and responded with three goals to make the score 12-8 heading into the fourth. However, Princeton opened the final period of competition with back-to-back scores, icing this final match and going undefeated through its first tournament.

The 4-0 Tigers (0-0 MAAC) will look to continue their successes in the pool when they head to the Bucknell Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 27.

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picked up the crucial win.

Freeman held three matches 10-7. Each time Doyle came back, tying the match at 1010. Freeman would fight off the comeback and clinch the win for Cornell 5-4.

The Princeton squad then traveled to New York for their last match of the regular season against the Lions. Again, the injury-ridden Tigers put up a good fight, but ultimately lost to Columbia 2-7.

Princeton’s two wins came from Ben Leizman and freshman William Oon. Leizman capped off the season with an impressive 3-1 victory over Columbia’s Salmaan Amin at the No. 8 spot. In a similarly strong showing, Oon sweeped his opponent 11-6, 11-6, and 11-7. There were some other tight matches, but the strength at Columbia’s top lineup showed throughout the game.

The Tigers now have two weeks to rest and recover before heading to Chelsea Piers for the College Squash Association (CSA), where Princeton will try and turn the season around.

Last year, Princeton qualified for “B” Flight at the CSA championship. Despite victories of two Top-8 teams, No. 7 Franklin and Marshall and No. 8 Penn, the Tigers fell short for of qualifying for a spot at “A” Flight nationals.

Instead, Princeton managed to clinch the top seed at “B” Flight CSA championship.

The Tigers would later then face Dartmouth in the finals.

While they were undoubtedly disappointed by the result, the Tigers did not let that affect their match as they beat Big Green handily. Princeton won 6-3 to defend their Hoehn Cup title.

The men’s team will now look to improve on last years showing as they head into the CSA team championships this year.

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classmen are clearly developing a stronger presence on the court.

Princeton further solidified its reputation as a strong rebounding team by out-rebounding the Lions, 49-29.

While the visiting team had entered the game as the third best shooting team in the Ivy League (42%), they were held to just 30% shooting on Saturday. Freshman guard

Emily Surloff, although not among the starting five, carried much of the weight for Columbia, scoring 15 points.

Sophomore guard Alexa Giuliano scored 10 points for the visiting team.

The two convincing victories brought the Princeton Tigers to 17-4 overall and 6-1 in the Ivy League. Princeton has swept 37 of its last 40 Ivy League weekends. The team will look to continue that streak as it travels to Yale and Brown this Friday and Saturday, respectively.

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Water Polo sweeps opening weekend

By Nolan Liu Associate Sports Editor

The women’s water polo team kicked off the season on a strong note this weekend, rattling off wins over California Baptist, Villanova, California Lutheran and Iona at the Princeton Invitational.

The run began with a thrilling come-from-behind win over the California Baptist Lancers (7-5). The Tigers trailed 3-2 with three minutes remaining in the second quarter, but went on an impressive four-goal run to build a 6-4 lead. However, the Lancers refused to back down and tied the game at six to head into halftime.

Both teams continued the back-and-forth through the second half: three lead changes and three ties in the third quarter left the Tigers in a nine-all deadlock head-

ing into the final half.

With less than six minutes remaining in the game, the Lancers scored yet again to take an ominous 10-9 edge late in the contest. However, Princeton remained did not f linch under pressure. Just under thirty seconds after Cal Baptist took the lead, freshman utility Lindsey Kelleher erased it by scoring her first goal in collegiate competition. The underclassmen continued to demonstrate their explosiveness, with freshman attack Eliza Britt tallying her second goal of the contest to pull the Tigers ahead with four minutes remaining.

Senior utility Pippa Temple iced the match with a final goal that secured the comeback: Tigers 12, Lancers 10.

The win demonstrated not only the Tigers’ resolve, but also the tremendous potential of their freshman class,

which currently appears more than capable of filling the shoes left by leading scorers Ashley Hatcher ‘15 and Jessica Holechek ‘15.

After the comeback against Cal Baptist, the Tigers rode their growing wave of momentum. Against Villanova (2-1, 0-0 MAAC), Princeton built a quick lead in the opening minutes, with sophomore utility Haley Wan and Britt scoring rapid goals to give the home team a 2-0 edge after the first quarter. From there, the Tigers simply opened up, piling four more unanswered goals to end the half 6-0.

Upon returning from the intermission, the team ran all over the Wildcats, adding six more scores in the third quarter and outscoring Villanova 10-5 overall in the second half to walk away with a convincing 16-5 win. ComSee W. WATERPOLO page 5

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

KIRA IVARSSON :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The Tigers had a dominant showing, sweeping the Princeton Invitationals.

MEN’S SQUASH

Men’s Squash falls to Cornell and Columbia

By David Xin Asscociate sports Editor

JAMES SUNG :: CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Women’s Basketball shot 43.8 percent from the field while keep Cornell to just 35.7 percent shooting.

Women’s basketball runs past Cornell, Columbia

By Berthy Feng staff writer

The Princeton women’s basketball team continued its win streak at home with solid wins over Cornell (13-8, 5-2 Ivy) and Columbia (12-11, 1-7).

The Tigers started out against Cornell on Friday with three straight layups.

The Big Red held the lead once in the first quarter, but Princeton quickly separated itself again, ending the first half at 32-26. Princeton further distanced itself in the third quarter, scoring 21 points to Cornell’s nine. The home team’s offensive attack stayed consistent throughout the game as the Tigers came out on top, 71-51.

Before Friday evening, Princeton and Cornell had been tied with only one loss in the Ivy League. The key for the Tigers was watching out for Cornell’s junior forward

Nia Marshall, who came into the game as the conference’s leading scorer. On Friday, however, Princeton held her to 23.1% shooting for seven points, her lowest score of the season.

Princeton outrebounded Cornell 45-27, with senior forwards Annie Tarakchian and Alex Wheatley each contributing six. Tarakchian, Wheatley and senior guard Michelle Miller each scored at least ten points for the Orange and Black. The team overall shot 43.8%, while Cornell shot just 35.7%. Cornell’s junior forward Nicholle Aston scored 22 points for her team, keeping the Big Red in the game when their star player was not playing her best.

The next day, the Princeton team was back in action as it won its 23rd consecutive game in Jadwin Gym, beating Columbia (12-11, 1-7) 86-54.

Tweet of the Day ““Man, what a resilient team win, love my squad #OnToTheNext #14GameTourny.””

Amir Bell (@ A_Bell05), sophomore Guard, basketball

The Tigers quickly distanced themselves from the Lions, capturing an 11-point lead in the first quarter.

Overall, it was a solid and relatively comfortable team effort. 12 of the 15 players on the roster scored on Saturday, collectively shooting 46.5% from the floor.

Miller led with 16 points on an impressive 7-of-10 shooting, as well as five assists. Senior guard Amanda Berntsen also played well, racking up 12 points. Senior Alex Wheatley was a defensive asset, grabbing 13 rebounds, three blocks and three steals, tying her career high with five assists. Sophomore guard Kenya Rush scored ten points, a career high, during just nine minutes on the court. The balanced effort by the Princeton team this weekend demonstrated the growing depth of the roster as the underSee W. B-BALL page 5

This past Friday and Sunday, the men’s squash team faced fellow Ivy League rivals Cornell (Overall 7-8, Ivy League 3-4) and Columbia (7-5, 5-2) to conclude regular season play. Princeton lost a close match to Big Red at home to start the week and ended the season Princeton (3-11 Overall, 1-6 Ivy League) had an inauspicious start heading into their game against Cornell. The Tigers lost two of their starters to injury and another during the match resulting him to default his match. Yet, in spite of these setbacks, the Orange and Black seemed in position to upset Big Red throughout the match. Indeed, there 5-4 loss to Cornell may be one of their most heartbreaking matches of the

season.

Sterling efforts by Juniors Vivek Dinodia and Ben Leizman, Sophomore Abhimanyu Shah, and Senior Michael LeBlanc help Princeton clinch four matches. A particularly close victory came from Ben Leizman. During the match, Leizman trailed Cornell player, Benjamin Francis. During the fourth set Leizman managed to take control of the game. He won the fourth set 11-8. In the crucial fifth set, Francis started strong, taking an early lead. However, Leizman kept his cool and came back to claim the win in an absolute thriller.

In the end, the match was not decided until the last game at the No. 1 spot. In another tight match, Freshman Clark faced off against Cornell’s Harry Freeman.

However, this time Big Red See M. SQUASH page 5

KIRA IVARSSON :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Squash showed resilience in the face of injury in a thriller with Big Red.

Stat of the Day

37 sweeps Women’s Basketball has swept 37 out of its last 40 Ivy League weekends.

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