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Mar. 23, 1994 14 members of the Student Volunteer Council traveled to Belize for Spring Break to assist in the construction of ecological tourism facilities. The students were involved in ecotourism projects such as building bridges and cutting paths through the forest.

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News & Notes Falk accuses Israel of “ethnic cleansing”

Richard Falk, international law professor emeritus and United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” during a news conference on April 21, Reuters reported.

Falk, a controversial figure in the United States, spoke last month at the University encouraging Palestinians to empower themselves and engage in nonviolent resistance in the ongoing conf lict.

Falk noted at the April talk that Israeli residency laws have forced over 11,000 Palestinians out of Jerusalem since 1996, and are reminiscent of colonialism and apartheid. He explained that Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and East Jerusalem lowered the prospects of Palestinians establishing a state in the West Bank with East Jerusalem as their capital.

Israel took control of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a result of the SixDay War in 1967. It has previously denied accusations of persecuting Palestinians, stating an unwillingness to make peace with Israel.

There was no immediate response to Falk’s comments from the Israeli government, according to Reuters.

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U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

3 finalists named for 2014 Young Alumni Trustee

By Sheila Sisimit staff writer

Mark Benjamin ’14, Luchi Mmegwa ’14 and Brian Reilly ’14 have been elected finalists for the position of Young Alumni Trustee for the Class of 2014.

Each graduating class elects one of their members every year to serve on the University’s Board of Trustees.

The Young Alumni Trustee serves in this position for four years after graduation.

The three finalists were selected in a primary election between 17 seniors that ran for the position. The Class of 2014 had the smallest pool of candidates since 2002.

Benjamin is a computer science concentrator from Plainsboro, N.J. He has been involved with the Pace Center throughout his four years, where he participated in breakout trips and helped improve literacy programs for middle school students. He is also one of eight students to travel to Peru as part of the reinstitution of Pace’s international breakout trips this year.

“I think it’s probably working through the Pace Center that has given me leadership opportunities to assess how to best help a group of people,” he said.

Benjamin has also worked at a local senior center helping with computer problems and has been a Community Action leader for three years.

Mmegwa is a Wilson School concentrator from Burlington, Ontario. He has served as the Class of 2014 president and currently chairs the Honor Committee, which he has been a member of since his freshman year. Mmegwa is also a mentor through the Princeton

University Mentoring Program, “Ever since I got to campus, I’ve been looking for opportunities to give back,” Mmegwa said. “Princeton has had a large impact on my development as a student and as a person.”

Mmegwa explained that he has had the opportunity to view the campus from multiple perspectives.

As class president, he explained, he has been able to interact with administrators, and has seen the school from an administrative perspective. As a part of the University’s Alumni Association, he has also had a chance to interact with alumni and view the university from an alumnus’s perspective.

Reilly is a Wilson School concentrator from McLean, Va. He has been a member of the men’s varsity lacrosse team since his freshman year, and he participated in Princeton’s Bridge Year program in Peru.

While in Peru, he volunteered at Pro World Peru, a nongovernmental organization. He helped families in rural areas, built a green space park in a poor neighborhood, taught English and worked at a local health clinic.

“I like to think that I’ve walked an unusual path at Princeton,” Reilly said. “Each person I’ve met has taught me a lot, humbled and inspired me. I think I would be able to keep the many different interests of the Princeton community in mind when serving on the board.”

Reilly is also a residential college adviser in Rockefeller College and has been a Spanish peer tutor in Rocky.

The general election between the final three candidates will run from April 29 to May 21.

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STUDENT LIFE

Graduate students elect new representatives

By Anna Windemuth staff writer

The Graduate Student Government elected a new board of representatives after presenting an overview of last year’s achievements on March 12, former GSG president Friederike Funk said. Incoming president Sean Edington and vice president Mircea Davidescu will lead the new GSG board members.

The board consists of secretary Julia Wittes, treasurer Rachael Barry, communications director Tom Morrell, special events officer Mike Hepler, academic affairs chair Cagin Ararat, facilities chair

Andrew Edwards, health and life chair Pam Mueller and social chair April Williams.

Edington, formerly a GSG representative from the chemistry department, said two of his major goals are to increase graduate student housing and foster a more integrated campus community.

Although the current graduate housing capacity is around 70 percent, Edington said he would like to see that value rise by 10 percentage points.

“It’s really tough for these students to really take part in the University community — to be engaged researchers, See GSG page 4

The Drexel University student who died March 1o from meningitis met a number of Princeton football players at a social mixer a week before her death, local health authorities said.

Ross reportedly had close contact with one Princeton football player, Princeton Health Officer Bob Hary reported to the Princeton Health Commission on March 18, according to Planet Princeton.

The student had received both doses of the meningitis vaccine.

The other football players present at the mixer had been vaccinated as well.

Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that the strain of meningitis responsible for her death was also responsible for the meningitis outbreak at Princeton.

CDC spokesperson Jason McDonald said that after Drexel student Stephanie Ross died of a meningitis infection on March 10, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Drexel University provided them with isolates from the deceased woman to compare with known isolate samples from meningitis patients at Princeton.

Genetic fingerprinting showed that the strain of meningitis, serogroup B, was the same in both cases.

Ross had attended a social mixer at Drexel along with 25 to 30 members of the Princeton football team and three other Princeton community members, Hary explained.

“The case points out what a lot of people didn’t realize — just

because you do a human vaccination campaign, it doesn’t mean you will prevent the disease from spreading,” Hary said at the meeting. “Some people are carriers.

That is the best guess from the CDC as to how this occurred …

Does the vaccination decrease the probability of being a carrier? We are in uncharted water. Clearly from the most recent case it is not 100 percent effective.”

Hary did not respond to a request for comment. In addition, around half a dozen football players did not respond to requests for comment about the mixer.

McDonald explained that people who have been exposed to bacterial meningitis can still carry the disease even if they do not show symptoms, as the bacteria can lodge in their nose or throat. The bacteria are spread through close personal contact such as kissing or sharing food or utensils.

The University has been repeatedly reminding students about the importance of hygienic practices such as washing hands and avoiding close personal contact, and McDonald said that he thinks the University has done a good job communicating those measures.

However, the CDC has said that as the disease is not highly contagious, there is no reason for the University to limit social interactions or travel to the University.

“Students at both [Drexel and Princeton] should be especially vigilant to the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease and seek urgent treatment if suspected,” the CDC said.

University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua noted that Princeton released an email explaining the See VACCINE page 4

U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S

Lu ’88, Augustine GS ’59 to deliver grad speeches

By Ruby Shao staff writer

Former White House Cabinet Secretary Christopher Lu ’88 will speak at this year’s Baccalaureate ceremony on June 1, the University announced Friday morning. Norman Augustine GS ’59, former chairman and chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin, will speak at the Hooding ceremony for advanced-degree candidates on June 2.

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said that Lu is an outstanding public

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servant who can serve as a terrific role model for students.

Eisgruber directed the selection process while senior class officers served in an advisory capacity.

“He’s lived a life of service both in terms of government positions and in terms of how he spends his weekends and the way he reaches out to help other people,” Eisgruber said.

“In addition to his political experience, he also has a broader approach to serving the public.”

Lu, a Wilson School graduate See BACC page 3 STUDENT LIFE

Crooked Root Cafe nears anniversary

By Jasmine Wang staff writer

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The Crooked Root Café, launched by Claire Stanton ’15 and Pamela Soffer ’15, is nearing its one-year anniversary next week. Because Soffer and Stanton studied abroad in London and Barcelona respectively in the fall of 2013, the café only recently reopened in 2014.

The Latin American-inspired café is student-run and was first opened in Murray-Dodge Hall on April 5 of 2013. It is open every Saturday from 11 a.m. to See CAFE page 2

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All of the proceeds from Crooked Root are donated to Hogar la Alegría, one of 34 foster homes in Colombia under the supervision and management of the organization La Fundación Hogares Claret, which helps abandoned children or children from impoverished families. Soffer had worked at Hogar la Alegría for the first time after his junior year of high school and Stanton worked there after her freshman year at the University.

Crooked Root Café primarily offers a Latin American-inspired menu, including breakfast burritos, empanada de pollo, cornmeal tortillas known as “arepa rellena de queso” and Colombian coffee. Stanton added that they have been thinking about expanding the menu.

Stanton noted that opening Crooked Root Café was not without its difficulties.

“We had to get through a bunch of hoops and turns with health regulations and all that,” Stanton said. “I had to become a certified food handler who had to be on premises at all times

when the café was open.”

Stanton and Soffer have been roommates since their freshman year in 2011, and Soffer noted that the ideas for Crooked Root first started in 2012.

“We wanted to find something where we could cook and also do something good for the

“We wanted to find something where we could cook and also do something good for the world at the same time.”

Pamela Soffer ’15

world at the same time,” Soffer said.

Stanton explained that she first thought of starting a café after hearing of similar ventures that her friends at other schools were involved with, and Soffer said that her love of cooking is a result of the influence of her mother, who is Colombian.

As for future goals, Stanton and Soffer said that they are considering moving the enterprise from Murray-Dodge into another space in the fall of 2014, and Stanton said they are keeping in close contact with Dining Services in order to facilitate this possible move.

One future concern, Stanton said, is to maintain Crooked Root’s dedication to fostering a sense of community, not just on awareness and advocacy for the Colombian project.

“We’ve been trying to do at least one student music performance per opening,” Stanton said. “We paired with Team U and some other Pace groups last year.”

Past student performers have included Lachlan Kermode ’17, Mark Watter ’14, Cristina Perruccio ’14 and Caroline Reese ’14.

“The performance element brings that cultural vibe, as does the food they serve,” Reese said, adding that she supports the different and refreshing atmosphere that the café brings to campus.

Deirdre Ricaurte ’16, a volunteer since the inception of the café in 2013, recalled how much fun it was to learn and experiment with new recipes under Soffer’s and Stanton’s guidance.

“It’s super fun because you don’t need any experience and they’re super happy to get help,” Ricaurte said.

Soffer said that the café has had a very positive response from the student body and incredible support from staff.

“I had to become a certified food handler who had to be on premises at all times when the cafe was open.”

Claire Stanton ’15 “It’s been pretty difficult because there’s no established base for this type of thing but we were lucky enough to get Murray-Dodge,” she said. “At first, it was people that we knew and now we get people coming in who we’ve never seen before which is super exciting. We’d love to get our message out to more people and be more on the radar.”

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who holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, began working for President Barack Obama in 2005 when the latter was Senator of Illinois. He served as executive director of the presidential transition team in 2008 and joined the White House staff the following year as Cabinet Secretary and Assistant to the President. He announced his departure from the White House in 2013.

Lu was nominated by Obama in January to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor and, if confirmed, would act as the agency’s chief operating officer.

“I am so honored to be this year’s Baccalaureate speaker,” Lu said in an email to The Daily Princetonian. “I look forward to speaking to the graduates about the importance of public service and civic engagement.”

He noted that he hopes to spread the message of service that his undergraduate career developed in him.

“Princeton played a pivotal role in fostering my commitment to public service, and I hope my speech can inspire the next generation of leaders,” he said in the email.

Senior class president Luchi Mmegwa ’14 said that Lu’s experience will be relevant to the many seniors who had responded to a survey circulated by the class officers by suggest-

ing public service as the topic of the Baccalaureate address.

“I think that his work has really been behind-the-scenes and very intimately related to a lot of policies that have come out of the Obama administration,” Mmegwa said. “So I think he could have a very unique position to really speak to what the realities of public service entail.”

Mmegwa added that Lu possesses valuable insight into how different departments react to different policy areas.

The interfaith Baccalaureate service ceremony will take place in the University Chapel on June 1 at 2 p.m. and features prayers and readings from different religions and philosophies.

Former Vice President Al Gore will also speak during the Commencement exercises.

The Class Day committee announced last month that Gore will speak at Class Day on June 2.

Augustine, a graduate from the University’s aeronautical engineering department, was the founding CEO and chairman of Lockheed Martin from 1995 to his retirement in 1997. He was a professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Science from 1997 to 1999 and has served as a University trustee.

Augustine did not respond to a request for comment.

The Hooding ceremony will take place on Cannon Green on June 2 at 5 p.m.

News & Notes Kitchen smoke prompts evacuation of Whitman College At approximately 6:17 p.m. on Sunday fire alarms went off in Whitman College leading to an evacuation of all the students in the residential college, according to University Media Specialist Mike Cad-

dell.

Fire alarms were reportedly triggered from the smoke of an overcooked meal from the Whitman kitchen, he explained. Timothy Lau ’17 and five other students were cooking a meal celebrating the end of spring break when they

decided to let the smoke out from the kitchen through the window and kitchen door, Lau said.

While the kitchen fire alarms were not triggered, the hallway alarms, which Lau said are more sensitive to smoke, were triggered about 15 seconds

after the door was opened. The ventilation system in the kitchen was operational, according to Lau, but he said the students wanted to clear the smoke in a more efficient manner.

There was no fire or injuries, and fire trucks did not respond to the scene, Caddell said.

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connection between the Drexel death and the Princeton outbreak when the CDC announced the result of its findings on March 18.

Although the press had already reported on a connection between the strains on March 14, the CDC’s test results had not come out yet, he said.

Ross, a sophomore at Drexel studying mechanical engineering, was found unresponsive at her sorority house on March 10 and died later after being taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

Drexel said in a statement that it has identified and provided prophylactic antibiotics to anyone who may have been exposed and is continuing to make prophylactic antibiotics available at the Student Health Center to students who have had close contact with the infected student. As the CDC does not indicate vaccination as a method of prophylaxis for a single case of meningococcal infection, Drexel will not be providing vaccines as the University has done.

Infection by serogroup B of the

meningococcal vaccine was confirmed in seven University students and one campus visitor between March 2013 and November 2013, and the University launched mass vaccinations on campus on Dec. 8-11, 2013 and Feb. 17-20, 2014.

The University will be holding two more vaccination clinics from

“Students ... should be especially vigilant to the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease.”

Jason McDonald CDC spokesperson

1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 26 and March 27 for students who were unable to receive vaccinations earlier. Eligible individuals will be able to receive both the first and second dose.

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engaged preceptors, engaged mentors — when they have to deal with this commute,” Edington said, referring to graduate students who live off campus in neighboring towns.

The University is set to open Lakeside, a new housing development for graduate students, later this year.

Edington said that although the graduate student community strongly appreciates the new development, especially because it’s within walking distance of the main campus, housing plans could still be improved.

“The administration’s current take on graduate housing is looking to maintain the current level of graduate housing as opposed to expanding it, and I would say that’s one thing that we would really like to try and change,” Edington said.

Regarding graduate student presence on campus, Edington said the GSG is investigating the possibility of a graduate student center.

He also hopes to improve the connection between graduate and undergraduate students through an increased amount of collaborative efforts such as restaurant week and the furniture drive, a fundraising activity that raised more than $4,000 this year according to the GSG achievement report.

“I think that’s a great example of how undergrads and grads really work together to achieve greater good,” Funk said of the furniture drive.

Other GSG achievements listed in the report include collaborating with Housing Services over the Lakeside project, establishing a stronger connection with administrators and working with

campus groups such as the Pace Center and USG. “We strengthened our connections with the undergraduate student body and also to other groups on campus,”

“I think that’s a great example of how undergrads and grads really work together to achieve greater good.”

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Funk explained, adding that the USG was a helpful partner in orchestrating campus events.

Another collaborative effort between the GSG and the USG was Mental Health Week, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said.

“Looking forward, I think it would be useful for people in the undergraduate student government to have more informal interactions with members of the graduate student government,” Jackson noted. “Right now I don’t think we know too much about graduate student life.”

Both Edington and Funk said that they were excited about future collaboration between the GSG and the new Dean of the Graduate School Sanjeev Kulkarni.

“We’re really looking forward to making a lot of progress with his help, and I think it’s a really exciting time to be a graduate student at Princeton and also to be a member of the GSG,” Edington said.

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Benjamin Dinovelli senior columnist

An automated world

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robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.”

In science fiction writer Isaac Asimov’s “I, Robot” (later turned into a less-than-compelling movie of the same name starring Will Smith) there are four laws that robots must follow, one of which is stated above.

While such a world, where upgraded human-like robots exist, is currently only plausible in the realm of our imaginations and science fiction, the threat that automation poses to society — with specific regard to employment — may already appear today.

Last week, Bill Gates gave a speech at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. on the future impact of technology on the economy. In the midst of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Russian takeover of Crimea and midterms, it was easy to miss. Yet, despite its lack of coverage, Gates’ message may be the one of the most important news stories of the week.

In the speech, Gates’ expressed his fear of “software substitution,” saying that “technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set … 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model.”

Granted, this is not the first time that technology has threatened employment before. Fears of technology-based unemployment have been recurring with the industrialization of the past two centuries.

One only has to look at the Luddites of 19th century England, where unemployed textile workers destroyed lacemaking machines that were cheaper than human labor.

The classic belief is that while automation may result in a decrease in jobs, it will also increase wages, which will in turn create a greater demand for more products and services, thus creating new jobs for the recently displaced. But as technology has increased, the baseline for the skill sets required has also increased. In the past, technology has only been able to outpace us physically, being able to produce more or read more data within a set limit of time.

However, with the turn towards increasing technological intelligence, technology now threatens our intellectual monopoly as well. Who needs human taxi drivers when automated Google cars can not only drive efficiently, but also can calculate the quickest route based on constantly updated traffic data on weather and delays? The days of robot lawyers or scientists are very far from us, but replacement in fields such as telemarketing, accounting, and retail work may be only 15 to 20 years away.

What could result is an inequality in impact, where those with college degrees in higher-skilled jobs will remain unaffected, while those at the bottom, who lack the needed skill sets, will find themselves unemployed. Unfortunately when profits increase, they will not always trickle down to those who serve as the means of production. Increased profits are often only reinvested by those at the top. As technology outpaces the need for human labor, those at the bottom will then suffer the most.

Gates’ solution is to reform the tax code in order to incentivize businesses to choose humans over automated labor, possibly by removing the income and payroll taxes altogether. He also discourages the recent call for raises in the minimum wage, because it could “potentially dampen demand” for lower skilled jobs.

However, this would only seem to aggravate the problem rather than take steps toward a solution. Even now, it is much more efficient to have a machine paint a new car than to have an unpaid person paint each car on an assembly line. Work in certain industries will reach a point where the increased efficiency far offsets the smaller initial costs of buying the machinery in the first place.

While I highly doubt we need to fear anything like “I, Robot”, where we live in a dystopian future threatened by robot intelligence, the fact that Bill Gates has commented on the threat of automation to our economy signifies its potential impact. Realistically, a world where all jobs are automated will not happen in our lifetime. But there does exist a potential for a greater economic divide between the rich and poor, which can only weaken — rather than strengthen — a country. Although many Princeton students, who will end up in higher-skilled jobs, may not have to worry about losing out to a machine any time soon, these may be the decisions that future Princetonians will have to decide.

Technological advancements should be celebrated, and definitely should not be destroyed or rallied against. Still, it is important to acknowledge that with these new changes also come with unintended costs that will have large implications on society.

Rather than blindly ignoring that potential, we should do our best to address it now, while it is still an idea, and not a reality.

Benjamin Dinovelli is a sophomore from Mystic, Conn. He can be reached at bjd5@princeton.edu.

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he daily princetonian recently published a series of three articles documenting various aspects of the operation of the University’s Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline. These articles explored everything from the number of incidents reported to the Committee to the process the Committee employs when reviewing a case. Concerns were raised about the Committee’s lack of transparency, the conduct of its hearings and the severity of its disciplinary measures. In light of these criticisms, the Board recommends that the University administration review the Committee’s policies as well as the implementation of these policies so as to address many of these complaints.

The punitive practices of the Committee outlined in “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” have recently been questioned and should be reviewed in order to ensure that the Committee best serves its purpose. Dean of Undergraduate Students and current Committee Chair Kathleen Deignan was recently quoted in one of the articles affirming the University’s approach to discipline as educational. However, punishments levied against students have been criticized as overly harsh, to the point where the learning process the Committee purports to uphold is destroyed. The Board agrees that punishments are too harsh given the level of guidance afforded to students. While the process is not meant to be adversarial and does provide students an adviser, the Board agrees with local attorney, student adviser and former ‘Prince’ columnist William Potter ’68 when he — in the same

article — argued that the current levels of punishment merit greater levels of guidance. Thus, the Board believes that a review of this practice is necessary to determine how to maintain the educational aspect of the disciplinary procedure.

Another procedural criticism rests with the way the Committee practices its own policies during hearings. Potter and Wilson School professor and student adviser Stanley Katz both argued in the ‘Prince’ article that the Committee becomes invested in its own arguments and evidence to the point where the presumption of innocence in hearings is lost. The presumption of innocence is important both to ensure that innocent students are not convicted and to maintain student confidence in the Committee. Further, a presumption of guilt eliminates the protection afforded to students under the Committee’s high standard of “clear and persuasive” evidence. While the Board does not have access to the hearings themselves, the gravity of this criticism is sufficient to merit administrative review.

Finally, the Committee has been criticized for not implementing policies to promote transparency. The Board understands that students bear some of the responsibility to understand the policies of the Committee. Freshmen are given presentations on the Committee as well as copies of “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities.” However, the Board believes that the Committee’s status as a University body that directly interacts with students necessitates a higher level of transparency than is currently in place, and further argues that the opacity of the institution’s process has resulted in a lack of

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confidence. For example, the Committee does not release statistics of the number of cases heard or the number of convictions. While another of the three ‘Prince’ articles cites the Committee’s belief that the release of such numbers would harm the Committee’s reputation, the Board instead argues that increased transparency would improve the Committee’s standing in the eyes of the student body.

Further, in an email to the Board, Dean Deignan expressed her willingness to release these numbers in future annual reports. Understanding that exact statistics may violate the privacy of students, the Board urges the Committee to release average statistics and encourages an administrative review to determine further ways to improve transparency.

The Board believes that the number and the seriousness of these criticisms necessitate another look at these policies.

There is no record of a recent review of the Committee on Discipline. In an email to the Board, Dean Deignan only highlighted recent changes made to the Committee’s membership as well as its handling of behavioral cases, and further clarified that faculty action is required to change Committee policies. The Board further believes that these criticisms have resulted in a lack of confidence in the Committee, something the University administration should work with students to fix. Policies and practices have come under fire, and a review, along with the appropriate changes, is the best way to restore confidence in the Committee and ensure that it carries out its purpose effectively and fairly.

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few weeks ago, The Daily Princetonian reported that the University administration was considering overturning its current policy banning transfer students. Factors such as increased access for low-income students, community college students and military veterans were described as the motives for the possible shift. Even though shifting the policy such that transfer students could enter after freshman fall would most likely accomplish these goals, I believe that certain aspects of the University experience would make this plan as it stands infeasible, and enacting it without changing other policies would not be in the best interest of the students who would transfer here.

A major hurdle transfer students to Princeton would have to overcome involves preparation for junior and senior year classes. While I’m not arguing this is true at every school, there would clearly be many cases in which the student’s old school simply did not go into as much depth as the equivalent course here. Given that the departments all have prerequisites for potential majors, it is clear that a certain level of familiarity with the subject is critical before pursuing higher-level classes and work in that topic. For transfer students who’d like

to major in subjects they are less wellprepared for, the possibility of being significantly disadvantaged in upperlevel classes is quite large. Having a solid foundation in introductory or mid-level courses in a topic obviously makes one better prepared to undertake higher-level work in that field.

Simply assuming that all schools teach introductory level classes to the same degree that Princeton and its peers do leaves many would-be transfer students with a disadvantage to overcome before they even enter. When the time comes for transfer students to take upper-level classes in their major, they would be less well-prepared than their peers, and would suffer as a result.

Stemming from this lack of adequate preparation for upper-level classes is a similar disadvantage in independent work. By not having the training for future college-level papers offered through the Writing Seminar and Freshman Seminar programs, transfer students would be disadvantaged in upper-level classes upon declaring a major. These disadvantages compounded would leave transfer students comparatively ill-suited to begin writing junior papers and senior theses. By first missing out on the basic preparation for college-level academic writing that the Writing Seminar program offers, and then producing lower-quality in-class work sophomore and junior year as a result (if the seminars are, in fact, doing what they are supposed to

be doing), transfer students would on average be less prepared to produce high-quality independent work. Having taken freshman and sophomore classes that are probably less indepth and lacking the foundation in academic writing necessary, transfer students would be unfairly disadvantaged come time to write their theses.

Therefore, if the University were to allow transfer students, I believe certain policy changes commensurate to the difference in their experience would be necessary. Requiring transfer students to take a writing seminar, though allowing them to pass out of it if they’ve taken an equivalent course of similar quality, would help close the gap in preparation for academic writing, and afford transfer students an additional chance to be on a level playing field with their peers come junior or senior year. Additionally, Princeton should offer research seminars to all sophomores, and mandate that all transfer students take one. While the final paper of the writing seminar does focus more on independent research, and some departments offer a type of research seminar during junior year (for example, Wilson School Task Forces), such a program would better prepare all students — but especially transfers — for the independent research involved in JPs and theses. By the time JP and thesis work comes around, transfer students would have made up at least a large portion of the

potential disparity in preparation, and would be much more on par with their classmates who entered as freshman in terms of writing ability and performance in high-level classes.

By formally correcting for the disparity of preparation for upper-level classes and independent work, Princeton could encourage more students to apply to transfer. Without such policies, simply the knowledge that such a disparity exists would discourage some students from transferring to Princeton. The knowledge that they would face a steeper uphill battle come junior and senior year would be enough to make some wouldbe Tigers transfer to other schools that don’t have such independent work. If Princeton were to afford students extra opportunities, however, some students would find this a more manageable challenge, and would be more inclined to come.

If Princeton were to accept transfer applications it would have to be done in such a way as to best serve those students who would transfer here. By requiring writing seminars and research seminars for transfer students, Princeton could work to provide them with as close to an equivalent experience as possible to that which four-year students have.

Ryan Dukeman is a freshman from Westwood, Mass. He can be reached at rdukeman@princeton.edu.

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sophomore midfielder Jake Froccaro score 10 goals to tie the program’s single-game record.

Tigers overcome Quakers in Ivy opener The Tigers’ Ivy opener came last Saturday against the Quakers on the Class of 1952’s Sherrerd Field. “Must-win” is a term applied perhaps excessively, but having suffered two consecutive home losses, this tilt against a league opponent carried immense weight for head coach Chris

Bates and his side.

After the 9:19 mark in the first quarter, the Tigers held the lead or a share throughout, but the Quakers hung very close for all 60 minutes.

Separated by only an hour drive, these local rivals share similar recruiting bases and, over years of competition, have developed a great deal of familiarity.

Sophomore goalkeeper Matt O’Connor played his second complete game of the season and earned his first win as a started. Notably, he tallied a career high in saves with 13 — his previous was 12. The nearby Spring Lake, N.J. native, who fondly recalls

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Sophomore middie Jake Froccaro tallied 10 goals in a losing effort.

roaming the Sherrerd Field end lines as a ball boy, holds himself to a high standard and hopes he will be able to provide his team with the needed presence in goal.

“It’s a long game,” he said postgame. “I let in a few early which I kind of felt like I owed the team. But it’s kind of about keeping a level head — never getting too high or too low — and playing confident.

I have all the confidence in the world in this team. So I think we have the ability to sustain some runs from these guys. And I think our defense stood tall today and down the stretch gave me some shots I wanted to see.”

Coach Bates, though conceding that the Princeton crease belonged to O’Connor for the immediate future, insisted that the sophomore will have to maintain and improve his ball-stopping moving forward, saying, “We need him to be more consistent there as the season goes on. I’m happy for him. He was a 60 minute guy today and got a W. It’s his job right now, but he needs to continue to take next steps, I think, as offenses get better and teams get better.”

Such has been Bates’ chorus throughout the season: the need to take the “next step.”

“When you lose two weekends in a row, it’s a grind,” Bates explained after the Penn win. “This group is learning how to work through the grind. It’s nice to get rewarded. But you have to notch it up. You can’t play like this and win next week. You always have to take next steps.

We’re happy, because this is better than the alternative.

Our message to them afterwards was: we’ve got to learn how to put ourselves in game situations in practice, so that we look better than we did at the end of this game.”

Senior midfielder, co-captain, All-American and finalist for last year’s Tewaaraton Award Tom Schreiber picked

up four goals and added one assist. Four more Princeton scores came from sophomore attackman Ryan Ambler.

Also worthy of note was senior midfielder Jack Strabo’s goal, the first of the season for the co-captain. Assisted by junior attackman Mike MacDonald, the defensive regular received the ball on the doorstep and put it past the Quakers’ Brian Feeney to equalize early in the first quarter. MacDonald, a classic Canadian finisher, diverted from his usual role by providing his teammates with a game-high five assists. Coach Bates explained how, in order to win key games, his side needs “production from all areas of the field,” including, he added with a grin, from “unlikely sources” such as Strabo.

In spite of a strong senior class, the Tigers will continue to look to their rookies, Bates explained. Freshmen Will Reynolds and Bear Goldstein have joined sophomore Mark Strabo at close defense. Additionally, midfielders Zach Currier and Adam Hardej will see the field as part of an expanding midfield rotation.

“I think we’re finding that we need to develop some depth,” Bates said of the freshmen middies. “And those two guys can play at this level and help us. You’re seeing (senior midfielder Kip Orban) and Jake and Tom play a lot of minutes. So we’ve got to get our next wave ready. It’s good to get them some experience.

It gives them the opportunity to learn some lessons. We’re going to need them as time goes on.”

Villanova unable to keep up with Princeton offense Last year hosting the Wildcats, the Tigers saw a 6-1 fourth quarter run by the visitors. This late rally yielded a final score of 14-11 in a game that was likely too close for the disparate levels of talent

on the respective rosters.

This time, in a convincing 14-6 win at Villanova, the Princeton defense allowed only a single goal per period through three periods. Their opponents’ three scores in the fourth quarter came when the game was more or less out of reach.

Froccaro notched hat tricks in the goals and assists column, having scored only seven points total on the season prior. Through the three contests against Penn, Villanova and Yale, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year put together a wild 14 goals and four assists. His combination of power and finesse makes him one of the league’s most dangerous players, on a roster already replete with offensive threats.

Only once in his illustrious career has the MLL’s first overall pick Schreiber not recorded a point in a game. His freshman year against Villanova he was held scoreless.

Since then, he has registered 14 points against the Wildcats in three contests.

Early run, faceoff dominance yield Yale win over Princeton in spite of Froccaro’s 10 scores Yale has been the postseason nemesis of Princeton of late. Falling to the Tigers in the past two regular seasons, the Bulldogs have pulled handed their league foes a pair of crushing defeats in the past two Ivy League Tournaments.

The Princeton men will have to hope this year will see the trend reversed, as they were not able to overcome a resilient home side this past Saturday in New Haven, Conn. Even as Jake Froccaro beat Yale’s goalkeeper Eric Natale 10 times — his effort will likely earn him several national accolades for the week — the visitors’ 45 shots to the hosts’ 32 could not yield a Princeton win.

A four-goal run for Yale over the first four-and-a-half minutes of play dug a hole for the Princeton side, which did not even have an offensive possession until the first quarter’s 10:22 mark. While such a lead can evaporate in minutes, the deficit demanded perhaps too much of the Princeton offense.

The Bulldogs’ faceoff specialist Dylan Levings deserves a great deal of praise for his gritty play. Despite having won only 51 percent of his battles going into the game, the senior FOGO proved nearly unstoppable.

He won 25 of 35 at the X, successfully picked up 14 ground balls and took every faceoff for his team in spite of being constantly assaulted by opposing players to the point of having to be helped limping off the field.

It did not help the visitors that Princeton’s regular faceoff man junior Connor Murphy was out with injury. Four Tigers attempted to take his place, but with little success. Freshman long stick midfielder Sam Gravitte won only six of 22 battles against Levings. Froccaro, whose level of play was sensational, managed to beat the Yale specialist on four of seven attempts.

Having seen 12 Yale goals go past him while tallying six saves, sophomore O’Connor yielded the crease to junior Eric Sanschagrin at the beginning of the fourth period. The third-year keeper allowed four more Yale scores and notched four stops.

Following the contest against Penn, Coach Bates discussed the top-to-bottom strength of the Ancient Eight, where no easy win can be found.

“It’s a hell of a conference,” he said of the Ivy League.

“It’s not like years past where Princeton rolled people. This is a dogfight year in and year out.”

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breaks had, it seems, sunk the Tigers in close games. Indeed, Princeton head coach Chris Sailer’s adjustments proved effective, as her side held a 1712 edge in draw controls and while running a smoother offense.

“I think the whole team really grew,” Sailer said. “Virginia plays at a very fast pace and they have a ton of threats.

But we stayed in the game plan and did what we need to do.”

In another adjustment, junior goalkeeper Annie Whoeling earned her first start and her first win of the season.

Whoeling took the place of senior Caroline Franke, whose save percentage of .355 would be insufficient for a competitive Division I program. The junior tallied an impressive nine saves through 60 minutes. Against their California opponents last week, Whoeling had two starts and two wins, while recording seven saves against USC and seven

more against SDSU. “We didn’t make that decision until before the game,” coach Sailer explained after the Virgina game regarding the change in net. “I thought she really deserved it. She really came through for us. She made some big saves.”

Without injured Ivy League Attacker of the Year junior Erin McMunn against the Cavaliers, the Tigers’ midfield core led the way. Senior Sarah Lloyd tallied a team-high four goals while junior linemate Erin Slifer added two scores and three assists. For her efforts, Slifer earned her careerfirst Ivy League Player of the Week honor.

Little separated Princeton and Virginia through the first 30 minutes of play. Though either leading or drawn for the entirety of the opening half, they could attain a maximum two-goal lead. Just as the clock reached zeros at halftime, freshman midfielder Olivia Hompe took an assist from sophomore attack Alex Bruno and had to beat only the keeper for a buzzer beater shot.

Impressively, the Tigers managed to keep Virginia’s Courtney Swan from scoring through the first period. A member of the Tewaaraton Watch List, Swan has tallied a wild 27 goals through her team’s nine games. But the first half edge for Princeton came in the transition game.

Errors forced and unforced meant that Virginia would convert only two of their six clearing attempts.

The Tigers and Cavaliers traded goals throughout the first half of the second period. At the 17:47 mark, the home side broke open a threegoal lead off a Hompe goal on the doorstep. A four-goal advantage came just before the 15-minute mark as Lloyd drove hard past her defender and to the crease for her third of four goals.

Virginia could not muster enough offense to cut substantially into the Princeton lead. With just over three minutes to play, the Cavaliers, trailing by two, increased their defensive pressure by frequently doubling the ball. High-pressure pass-

es by Princeton managed to keep the Tigers free as their coaches urged them to avoid ill-advised shots.

One more free position shot, with the Cavalier’s goalkeeper out of the crease and in coverage, gave Lloyd one more goal at the 1:51 mark. Virginia was unable to keep pace with this 15-goal effort from their opponents.

Eight, or over half, of Princeton’s goals against Virginia came assisted. This statistic reflects the team’s propensity to seek out the open player and extra pass.

On her team’s pointed passing, coach Sailer explained, “It’s something we’ve been practicing all week. We were actually expecting them to play us with double-teaming on the ball a little earlier than they did. So we were really working on making the next pass and looking on the backside for kids who could sneak in. And you saw a couple of great goals were scored that way.”` Coach Sailer highlighted the play of her freshmen, including defender Amanda

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ing night with just 12 points on four-of-nine shooting, but tallied nine assists, his highest total of 2014. Freshman forward Pete Miller grabbed a team high five rebounds in 14 minutes. For Tulane, forward Tre Drye tallied a game high eight rebounds and contributed 15 points and two steals as well.

“I thought we defended well, which is what we’ve been doing the last month and a half,” said head coach Mitch Henderson ’98. “They spread you out and are a hard team to guard in some ways.”

“I’ve only got so many games left in a Princeton uniform, so every game that we can play is awesome,” said Bray, who became the 30th Tiger to surpass the 1,000 career point mark. “Us seniors just want to keep playing as long as possible.”

Princeton plays at Fresno State in the quarterfinals tonight at 10 p.m. The Bulldogs (18-16, 9-9 Mountain West) took down UTEP 61-56 in El Paso on March 19 with 50 percent shooting in the second half. UTEP is 10-3 since Jan. 29, and recorded its most impressive result of the season, a 76-56 blowout of 21-win Boise State on Feb. 26. On the whole the Bulldogs have very mid-

dling stats. They’ve actually been outscored on the average against their Division I opponents by a margin of 72.2 to 71.4. They shoot a below average 42.6 percent overall, but make up for it with 36.1 percent shooting from distance, a top 100 mark. Their opponents shoot 50.6 and 32.0 percent on two- and three-point field goals, respectively. Fresno State’s offensive rebounding, similar to Princeton’s, is among the NCAA’s worst, as it comes down with just 23.5 percent of its missed shots.

The one area the Bulldogs excel in is ball protection: they commit just 9.4 turnovers per game, the ninth lowest total in the nation. Individually,

they are led by the backcourt duo of Tyler Johnson and Marvelle Harris, who combine for 30.5 points a contest. Surprisingly, these 6 foot 4 inch guards also lead the team in rebounding with 7.4 and 5.5 rebounds per game, respectively. Another guard, Cezar Guerrero, is the third leading scorer and leading assists and steals man with 3.74 and 1.38 per game, respectively.

The matchup as a whole looks to be a good one for Princeton, which has competed very well against teams it can out-rebound. If there’s one thing bringing the Tigers down, it’s the arduous 23 hours it took them to get to California.

Leavell who notched three draw controls. Her classmate Doherty recorded two goals on three shots. Her 13 goals on the season ties Bruno for the team lead.

“I feel like all of our freshmen really grew up today,” Sailer said of the Virginia

win. “They performed well under a lot of pressure. We were without McMunn who’s been our quarterback and leading scorer. [Senior attack Mary] Case-Sivilli did a great job leading the offense along with our middies Lloyd and Slifer.”

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rebounds, but also committed the foul with 10 seconds left that proved to be the difference. Her classmate and frontcourt mate Annie Tarakchian had another impressive night in her second career start. She pulled down a career-high 12 boards and managed 12 points on just five field goal attempts.

In the first round on Thursday night, fans caught a glimpse of what next season might look like, as Princeton crushed VCU 94-76 at Jadwin Gymnasium. The Tigers were without senior forward and captain Kristen Helmstetter, but the underclassmen filled in beautifully, as the program earned its second

ever postseason victory with a convincing win over the Rams (22-10, 9-7 Atlantic 10).

Princeton, whose offense has struggled in recent losses to Penn and Brown, redeemed itself by shooting 54 percent from inside the arch, 43.5 percent from three and 88.9 percent from the charity stripe.

The Tigers seemed poised to break away early, twice holding a seven point advantage, but VCU’s star forward, Robyn Parks, dropped 19 points in the first half and helped the Rams tie it 36-36 at the break. But Princeton held Parks to six in the second half and opened up a 50-40 lead barely four minutes into the period. From there it was never within five, and the Tigers closed out the game on a 10-0 run.

Tarakchian got the nod

from head coach Courtney Banghart for her first career start and she turned in a brilliant performance. She recorded career highs with 18 points and 12 rebounds.

Wheatley was equally impressive with a career high 22 points and 10 rebounds, marking the first time on the season Princeton has had two players record doubledoubles. Remarkably, Dietrick and Miller nearly gave the Tigers four double-doubles, as they both recorded 18 points and eight assists and rebounds, respectively. The quartet of aforementioned players provided nearly 80 percent of Princeton’s points, the most concentrated performance of the season. The Tigers turned in a dominating rebounding performance.

Their 48 rebounds were their

second highest total of 2014.

The team dynamic did not lack either, as their 20 assists were the third best performance of the calendar year.

So while the season ended with the disappointment of losing the Ivy League title, the future holds great promise for this young squad.

Six of the top eight scorers are underclassmen. Five are sophomores with enough experience under their belt to lead, but enough room for improvement to make some significant leaps in ability.

With only two seniors graduating, the Tigers will retain much of their scoring next year. The 2014-2015 Princeton team will be the favorite to win its fifth title in six years as Penn and Harvard both graduate their leading scorers among other key players.

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With three players tallying 18 points and a fourth with 22, the Tigers had plenty to celebrate about following their dominant 94-76 win at Jadwin Gymnasium over VCU. The victory marks the second postseason success in program history and the first since 1996.

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Tupper plated sophomore second baseman Danny Hoy after Hoy tripled to start the inning — and lost 7-1.

Though the cancellation robbed Princeton of an opportunity to face nationally-ranked UNC (15-8), they scheduled an even tougher opponent in the Tar Heels’ place. They headed north to Charlottesville, Va. to face the No. 3 team in the nation, Virginia. The game went about how one might expect, as the Cavaliers (17-4) roughed up three straight Tiger pitchers, scoring 14 runs over the first five innings.

The bleeding stopped, however, when freshman pitcher Chad Powers took over and threw one and two-thirds scoreless innings. Goetz and Bodurian both tossed score-

less innings themselves to end the game.

The Tigers scored in the first, fourth and seventh, notching four total. Alec Keller was three-for-four against possibly the best pitching Princeton will face all year and sophomore shortstop Billy Arendt went two-for-three, scoring Keller twice.

One of the highlights of the week, and of Fagan’s career, came on Saturday, when the lefty threw a one-hitter against Navy. With little room for error – Tupper singled in the game’s only run in the third — Fagan made his best case yet for a spot in the starting rotation, going a full seven innings and striking out eight Midshipmen (12-11).

That performance looked even more impressive in light of the next game, when Navy put up nine runs, turn-

ing Princeton’s one-run lead going into the seventh into a five-run deficit going into the ninth. Hoy and junior catcher Brett Geren recorded two RBI each, but the Tigers failed to answer and lost 9-4.

Mingo let up three earned runs in a four-inning start while Bodurian was saddled with the loss.

The third game of the series saw Smithers’ worst outing to date, as the rookie let up seven runs (five earned) on eight hits and was pulled with two outs in the third.

The Tigers got two runs on just three hits, not nearly enough to keep up with the Midshipmen, who won 8-2.

The pitching was back in business in the final game of the break. Powers got the start, throwing five scoreless innings. The ball started to get away from the rookie in the sixth, when a hit batter, a walk, a wild pitch and an RBI

groundout gave Navy its first run. Streiber replaced Powers in the seventh and threw a scoreless frame before loading the bases in the eighth and being pulled in favor of York. One run scored, but York limited the damage.

Alec Keller, who had two hits already and had been plated by freshman first baseman Zack Belski twice, started the top of the ninth with a triple and crossed home plate with ease when Tupper tripled in the next at bat, giving the Tigers insurance they would not need.

York retired the side in the next frame and Princeton capped its break with a 4-2 win.

The Tigers will get some much-needed rest this week as they gear up for their Ivy opener. Harvard will visit Clarke Field Saturday, followed by Dartmouth on Sunday.

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Nail-biter loss to Seton Hall ends postseason run

By Eddie Owens associate sports editor

A lot happened in the last minute of Princeton’s second round WNIT game at Seton Hall. The game was tied three times, seven points were scored and three turnovers were committed. The last three seconds were even crazier. The Pirates (19-13 overall, 8-10 Big East) had taken a one point lead with 10 seconds left after convertPRINCETON 94 ing an oldVCU 76 fashioned three point play. The SETON HALL 75 Tigers (21-9, 11-3 PRINCETON 74 Ivy League) had the chance to tie, but junior guard Alex Rodgers turned the ball over with three ticks of the clock remaining and the game should have been just about out of reach. Princeton, like any team in its position, fouled immediately. Alexis Brown missed the first free throw, giving the Tigers a chance to at least send it to overtime. Then she missed the second and Princeton rebounded and called timeout. Just as the Tigers were about to inbound, Seton Hall called a timeout of its own. March was certainly at its maddest. Princeton finally ran its play with 1.4 seconds left and junior guard Blake Dietrick got a decent look, but clanged it off the backboard and the Pirates won 75-74.

The game was the tightest Princeton has been involved in all season.

There were not many scoring runs and neither team led by more than five points. The lead changed hands too many times to count. The game produced some funky statistics as well. The Tigers outshot the Pirates 54.3 percent to 44.8 percent and outrebounded them by four as well. But Seton Hall managed to take a ridiculous 21 more shots than Princeton on account of a 19-11 offensive rebounding advantage and 28 turnovers committed by the Tigers, tied for their worst mark of the season.

The Pirates also somehow managed to shoot worse from the free throw line than from three, 45.5 percent to 71.4 percent, and recorded six fewer defensive rebounds than offensive.

They were led by guards Ka-Diedre Simmons and Tabatha RichardsonSmith who scored 23 and 19 points, respectively. Both had three steals, while Simmons tallied five assists and Richardson-Smith grabbed six rebounds.

Sophomore forward Michelle Miller had a career night with a whopping 34 points on 11-for-13 shooting. She hit eight of her nine attempted threes, the second-highest single game total in Princeton history. Sophomore forward Alex Wheatley put up 15 points on seven-of-11 shooting and grabbed five See W. B-BALL page 8

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Sophomore forward Alex Wheatly tallied a team-high 22 points in her team’s home win over VCU last Thursday.

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Froccaro’s 10 goals not enough against Yale

Tigers get first round CBI win at Tulane

Trio of convincing wins build momentum for women’s lax

By Andrew Steele sports editor

It is more or less expected that a matchup against an Ivy League rival will yield a close contest. It is certainly unexpected that a player will score 10 goals in a game. For No. 13 men’s lacrosse (4-3 overall, 1-1 Ivy PRINCETON 15 League), PENN 12 this has been a seaVILLANOVA 6 son of exPRINCETON 14 pectations and their YALE 16 contrad icPRINCETON 15 tions. Just past their season’s halfway mark, the talented Tigers have dazzled at times with their play. At times they have fallen short, even by just seconds.

Over spring break, the Princeton men took on a trio of opponents in No. 14 Penn, at home, and Villanova and No. 16 Yale on the road. Rankings are taken from the US Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches’ poll. Two wins by margins of 15-12 and 14-6 over the Philadelphia foes balanced out the previous two losses and showcased what, on any given day, could be one of the nation’s most potent offenses. The third contest resulted in a heartbreaking 16-15 defeat, but saw See M. LAX page 6

By Eddie Owens associate sports editor

Princeton scored its third postseason opening round win in as many tries in the College Basketball Invitational last Wednesday over Tulane in New Orleans. The Tigers (21-8 overall, 8-6 Ivy League) had knocked off Duquesne in 2010 and Evansville in 2012 before the 56-55 win over the Green Wave (17TULANE 55 17, 8-8 Conference PRINCETON 56 USA).

Despite what the final score might suggest, the game was never in serious jeopardy, as Princeton built a 14 point lead before a couple missed free throws and late threes cut the lead from seven in the final 31 seconds.

The Tigers never trailed and the game was never tied after a 9-1 run over three minutes made the score 24-16 with 6:29 left in the first half.

The halftime score was 29-23, with

Princeton shooting 44 percent to Tulane’s 34.8 percent. After five minutes of back and forth in the second half, junior guard Clay Wilson caught fire and hit three treys in four possessions to make the score 44-30 with 10:17 left. Tulane slowly chipped away at the lead, but ran out of time as Green Wave guard Jonathan Stark scored three of his game high 20 points with .3 left in the game to cap a 9-2 run in the last 1:26.

Turnovers plagued Tulane, recording 16 to Princeton’s 11, but the Green Wave made up for it by holding Princeton to 26 rebounds, its lowest total in two months. Both teams took 49 shots, but Princeton made 21, edging out Tulane’s 20. Sophomore forward Hans Brase led the Tigers with 16 points on seven-for-12 shooting with three steals to boot.

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By Andrew Steele sports editor

In the first of two games played at the Class of 1952 Stadium’s Sherrerd Field last Saturday, women’s lacrosse (3-3 overall, 0-1 Ivy League) faced off against the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers (4-5, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference). The week prior, for the first time this season, the Princeton side had fallen out of PRINCETON 15 the nation’s topVIRGINIA 13 20 ranking. Consecutive overtime USC 7 defeats raised PRINCETON 14 questions about the caliber of this SDSU 9 highly touted rosPRINCETON 16 ter. What had been a 23-game win streak over Ivy rival Brown was broken in a 14-13 loss in Providence, R.I. However, the Princeton women managed to pull off an upset of their own in a 15-13 win over Virginia.

Following a successful defense of Sherrerd Field, the Tigers traveled

across the country for a pair of matchups against Southern California opponents USC (3-4, 1-0 Pacific-12) and San Diego State (6-2, 3-0 Pacific-12).

A pair of dominating wins — they outmatched the Trojans 14-7 and the Aztecs 16-9 — has put some substantial momentum behind this side as they move into a slate of three league opponents.

Against the Women of Troy this past Wednesday, freshman midfielder Anna Doherty fired a game-high five goals past USC’s Liz Shaeffer. Nine different Tigers contributed with goals in this past Saturday’s win over San Diego State. Sophomore attack Anna Menke tallied her first career goal and the Tigers’ final of the day with 37 seconds remaining in play.

Going into the previous Saturday’s Virginia contest, the Tigers knew they would have to have success on draw controls and stay smart in possession to keep pace with their opponents.

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Mid-Atlantic spring break trip sees varied results over nine games

By Stephen Wood senior writer

The baseball team’s spring break was an eventful one. Princeton (5-11) faced some tough opponents, saw blowouts both good and bad and found reason to be confident in its pitching staff just a week before the Ivy League season begins.

The Tigers’ visit to Greensboro, NC was a tumultuous one. After losing a 12-inning marathon of a game 11-10, Princeton seemed to run out of energy and allowed the Spartans to put up 11 runs in the nightcap while managing to plate just one run. Sun-

day’s finale was the exact opposite, as Princeton won 11-1 in a game that was called after eight innings.

Senior leadoff hitter Alec Keller went seven-for-16 over those three games and is now hitting .333 on the season. Continuing to impress in their rookie seasons, freshman outfielder Paul Tupper went eight-for-14 and drove in four runs while freshman first baseman Nick Hernandez went five-for-13. Tupper currently leads the Tigers with a .378 average.

As the scores indicate, Princeton got mixed results from its defense in Greensboro. Though senior starting pitcher Michael Fagan let up only

two earned runs in four innings, seven runs were scored and the Spartans got 10 hits over that span. Likewise, sophomore starter Cam Mingo and freshman pitcher Bryce Keller were roughed up to the tune of a combined nine runs in Saturday’s second game, only three of those runs were earned — Princeton committed three errors over the course of the game.

In the finale, however, the Tigers overcame two errors thanks to freshman starter Keelan Smithers, who went seven innings with just one run, and senior righty AJ Goetz, who shut the door with a scoreless eighth

inning.

Tuesday’s game with No. 12 UNC was cancelled, as was Thursday’s game with Maine. Princeton met Duke on Wednesday. Sophomore starter Luke Streiber looked solid through three innings but was tagged for three runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth, giving the Blue Devils (14-11) a lead they would not relinquish. Though senior Jonathan York threw two innings of one-hit, no-run ball and sophomore southpaw Chris Bodurian pitched a perfect eighth, the Tigers managed only one run in the final frame — See BASEBALL page 9

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