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Lindy Li ’12 is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Li filed her statement of candidacy papers on April 9, which is early given that the next congressional elections will take place in 2016 and no other Democratic candidates have filed.

She is 24 years old but will be 26 by the time she would take office in January 2017. She would, at age 25 in 2016, be the youngest woman elected to Congress. The next youngest woman, Elise Stefanik, was 30 when she was elected in 2014.

“This has been 24 years in the making,” Li said. “There has never been a doubt in my mind that I was born to serve this country.”

Li could also be the only woman to form Pennsylvania’s congressional del-

egation if she wins in 2016 and no other woman does.

If Li won the Democratic primary, she would be expected to run against the Republican favorite, incumbent Patrick Meehan. The district is typically competitive and has been given an exactly “even” rating by the Cook Partisan Voting Index.

Meehan did not respond to requests for comment.

During her time at the University, Li served as Class Council president, and was the only woman to be elected to serve four consecutive years as her class president.

Li said the experience gained during her time as class president has helped her to prepare for her candidacy.

“I never want to lose my vulnerability but serving as class president gave me strength,” Li said.

Li also founded the Do it in the Dark campaign, which encourages students See CONGRESS page 2

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Lindy Li ’12 could be the youngest woman elected to serve in Congress if she wins in 2016.

The University’s Board of Trustees decided to divest from two South African companies involved in racial segregation and discrimination of workers.

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Alumni discuss removing Patton ’77 as class president

Roberts ’16 awarded 2015 Truman Scholarship for graduate studies

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The number of students awarded the Truman Scholarship this year across the country.

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News & Notes NJ Transit may halt bus between town, local hospital New Jersey Transit recommended discontinuing the bus service between the town and the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to low ridership, The Times of Trenton reported on Monday.

The specific route that is affected is the 655 PrincetonPlainsboro route.

New Jersey Transit officials announced Monday that the agency faces a budget gap of about $60 million for the 2016 fiscal year, and that to close the gap, the agency is considering discontinuing some of its routes.

The Tiger Transit route that runs between the hospital and the University would be unaffected.

In addition to discontinuing and reducing bus routes, New Jersey Transit also proposed increasing the fares up to 9 percent. If approved, this would be the first fare increase in five years.

Public hearings on fare increases and service reduction are scheduled from May 16-21, prior to the final decision of the agency’s board of directors in July. Possible service changes would take effect in September and fares would be adjusted starting Oct. 1 if the changes are approved.

By Christina Vosbikian staff writer

Members of the Class of 1977 have been discussing whether Susan Patton ’77 should be removed as alumni class president due to some concerns regarding her alleged abuse of the office.

The critical point in these discussions occurred when Patton allegedly censored classmates who criticized her on the class Facebook page, Robert Gilbert ’77 said.

Patton gained fame for writing a letter to the editor of The Daily Princetonian in March 2013 encouraging female students to find a husband on campus before graduation. She later published a book, “Marry Smart: Advice for Finding the One,” with similar advice in March 2014.

“There has been a movement to seek removal of Susan Patton from office for multiple abuses of office: for commercial exploitation of the Princeton name for personal gain, for censorship, for doubling down on the censorship by closing down the class of ’77 Facebook page, for accusing critics of tax violations and for her forfeiture of the essential role of an alumni class president which is to unify the class and promote good feelings,” Gilbert said.

Patton did not respond to requests for comment.

Patton is one of the five administrators of the class Facebook page and used the page most frequently out of everyone, Gilbert said, adding that questions have been raised about the other administrators and whether they actually acted as administrators.

One of the main questions surrounding the debate is whether Patton or an accomplice censored content on the Facebook page in response to posts made by Gilbert.

On the morning of April 4, Gilbert said he posted an Atlantic article called “The ‘Princeton Mom’ Controversy and Campus Rape Today” three times on the class Facebook page. He said he quoted one sentence from the article in the posting in which Patton was quoted saying, “I could’ve just as easily called [the ‘Princeton Mom’ Twitter account] the ‘Manhattan Artist’ or the ‘Bronx Baker.’ ” Gilbert said he had added four words words of his own commentary after the quote: “Precisely. A good solution.”

Minutes later the post was taken down, he said, and he subsequently contacted classmates and asked them to watch what was happening. He said he then posted it again, and his See PATTON page 3

By Kristin Qian staff writer

Thomas Roberts ’16 was awarded a 2015 Truman Scholarship, which will support his graduate studies in public policy and international affairs.

Roberts is currently concentrating in astrophysical sciences with a certificate in Russian and Eurasian studies.

This year, the Truman Scholarship was awarded to 58 students from a pool of 688 candidates, according to information released by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Truman Scholars receive up to $30,000 to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in public service.

“I was super surprised when I heard that I got it, but I’m so

humbled and honored to represent not only Princeton but also my home state of Minnesota with the Truman Scholarship,” Roberts said, adding that he had no idea he was eligible for this kind of scholarship as a science major with no experience in policy.

Since 1980, 24 out of the 32 past Truman Scholarship See TRUMAN page 2

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LECTURE

Former U. President Bowen GS ’58 discusses details of divestment

By Jacob Donnelly news editor

Divestment is a complicated issue, but universities should resist efforts to have outside agendas forced upon them through divestment, former University president Bill Bowen GS ’58 said at a dinner discussion on Monday.

The action of divestment is too blunt to account for nuances and lets people engage in a form of activism that is “too easy” as opposed to the hard work of bridging divides and effecting real change, Bowen said.

Bowen recalled that during his University presidency from 1972 to 1988, some members of the campus community had wanted the University to divest from a towel company that had engaged in questionable labor practices. The protesters demanded that the administration stop providing the firm’s towels in Dillon Gymnasium.

Bowen said his solution to the controversy was to sort the towels into one bin that had the company’s towels, one that did not and one with a random selection of non-company and company towels.

“About 75 percent [of stu-

dents] took the random towels,” Bowen said.

Despite his views on divestment, Bowen noted that dissent is critical to the life of the University. Bowen said he was proud when the Alumni Council gave Sally Frank ’80, who litigated against the eating clubs to make them coeducational, an alumni award.

Bowen added that when offered the position of University Provost, he almost declined the position because of his view that coeducation should have been allowed on campus differed from that of the University President at the time. The

then-President told Bowen that he should argue his views “fullthroatedly,” because the criticism improves the University, Bowen said.

Even when the vote to implement coeducation finally passed by a large margin, Bowen said he was glad there was a dissenter to show that alternative views were respected, being heard and taken seriously, as opposed to forcing unanimity on important issues.

Looking toward the future, Bowen said the University should be helping other less well-off universities and be cognizant of “spillover effects”

that can occur when the University tries to be a leader in a certain area like financial aid.

Some peer universities with smaller endowments have stretched their budgets thin trying to compete with the University’s financial aid policy, when they should be better funding other priorities, Bowen explained, adding that he believes University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 shares his concerns.

Bowen said he believed the University could benefit from modest increases in the size of the student body from time to See LECTURE page 3

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to use less energy. The event is still active on campus today.

Alex Rosen ’11, who is also a former Class Council president, said Li was a “great” person.

“She is a really smart, genuine and good-hearted individual, and I really think we need more people like that in politics,” he said.

In the last 15 days, Li said she has raised $150,000 for her campaign.

“I think that so much support that has mobilized behind her already is very indicative of her ability to motivate and inspire people despite being so young,” Rosen said.

Kevin Zhang ’16, who is from Pennsylvania’s seventh

congressional district, said he does not believe having a 24-year-old in Congress is a bad thing.

“Her views probably reflect my own more closely because of it,” Zhang said.

Li said she acknowledged that her age could be a potential political problem.

“This is the first time this has ever happened, that a 24 year old woman threw her hat in the ring,” Li said. “There is going to be a lot of skepticism because of my age but patriotism, love of country, has no age.”

Kelsey Koelzer ’17, another student who would be one of Li’s constituents if she wins, said she would be voting for Li. “As long as you have the right ideals in mind then age should not matter,” Koelzer said.

However, Kate Denner ’18,

another student form the district that Li is running to represent, said she does not believe a 24-year-old can provide the expertise the district needs.

Though the Cook Partisan Voting Index gave the district a neutral rating for partisanship, Zhang said he perceived the district as actually leaning toward Republicans.

“Her running as a Democrat probably reduces her chances,” Zhang said.

In terms of policy, Zhang and Koelzer said their district needs meaningful educational reform.

Li said she is a strong believer in private markets and private enterprise but wants to help people who are struggling through no fault of their own, adding that she also wants to represent the concerns of

women and young people effectively.

“Right now, young people in our generation have no direct representation, and in Pennsylvania, there is not a single woman on the congressional delegation,” Li said. “That means 50 percent of our population does not have direct representation. There is something wrong with that.”

Li plans to officially announce her campaign at Radnor High School, she said, calling it one of the best high schools in the country.

“I am doing this in order to send a powerful message in terms of the value of education and investing in our generation because that is the foundation of our country,” Li said.

“This campaign is about us. …

I want to represent the college students of America.”

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winners from the University have majored in the Wilson School, Roberts said, citing information given to him from the University’s Fellowship Advising Office.

Hanna Lee, assistant director of the Fellowship Advising Office, was not available for comment.

Roberts said he is the first student from the University’s astrophysical sciences department to receive this award.

“I think I decided to go for it because I really need that sort of support after I graduate with a science degree to go into a field like public policy and government work,” he said.

Interested in space policy and international science collaboration, Roberts cited his fifth grade science class as an inspiration to pursue these studies, in which he learned about history, English and science through the context of the Space Race and Cold War era.

“With China coming up as a huge space superpower, we’re entering a new era that’s similar to that of the Space Race we’ve seen before,” Roberts said, adding he believes space policy is an emerging area that has room for change. “I think that pursuing a career in public service, policy advising and policy making could help me become a key player in these changes.”

In graduate school, Roberts said he hopes to concentrate on global security and international relations, with an emphasis in scientific collaboration.

Through his undergraduate experience at the University, Roberts said he has acquired a regional specialty in Russia with an area specialty in astrophysics and astronomy and that this background will help

him in his graduate studies.

Roberts said he hopes to gain work experience in Washington, D.C. or abroad before graduate school.

The Fellowship Advising Office was helpful, he added.

“I made a distinct decision when I didn’t choose to pursue an undergraduate career in

“I was super surprised when I heard that I got it, but I’m so humbled and honored to represent not only Princeton but also my home state of Minnesota with the Truman Scholarship,” Thomas Roberts ’16

public policy,” he explained, saying that he wanted to use the opportunity as an undergraduate to study the natural sciences.

Roberts is conducting research this semester in the Wilson School. Last semester, he said he was working on research in computational astrophysics but is now reading people’s papers and opinion pieces to put together a report on anti-satellite weapon programs.

“It’s really interesting,” Robert said. “There are a lot of nuances in what actions mean and how [governments] describe them.”

On campus, Roberts acts and helps manage the Princeton University Players. He also volunteers with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement, where he helps run Community Action, and is a photographer for multiple groups.

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classmates watched it go up, and then down. He then posted it for a third time, he said.

On April 5, Gilbert said he wrote a letter to the class council listing multiple of what he considered to be Patton’s abuses of her office over the past two years, culminating in the alleged acts of censorship. Gilbert addressed the letter to the class officers and included Patton as well as several other concerned classmates as well.

Two days later, Patton posted on the page that she and John Nealon ’77, class vice president, had

decided to shut the page down.

Nealon declined to comment.

Class of 1977 council members Eve Lesser ’77 and Peter Sismondo ’77 did not respond to request for comment, and Peter Angelica ’77 declined to comment. Recently resigned former class secretary James Barron ’77 also declined to comment.

Since then, Gilbert and other alumni have voiced increasing concerns about Patton’s abuses of office.

According to Gilbert, Patton sent an email on April 9 asking her supporters in the Class of 1977 to email the class council with their support.

“There is a vocal group of very angry classmates who

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can’t seem to separate my professional and personal opinions … [and] feel that my resignation may be necessary,” she wrote in the email, which was obtained by the ‘Prince.

Several members of the Class of 1977 declined to comment.

“There is an ever escalating pattern of abuse of office by Susan Patton in an effort to attack or silence fellow alumni who are critical of her misuse of office,” Gilbert said.

Members of the Class of 1977 class council met on April 15, according to Gilbert, presumably to discuss concerns over Patton’s alleged abuses, although the content of the meeting remains unclear.

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time, since it is good for faculty to have enough students to teach.

According to Bowen, among the most important issues facing higher education in general is the inadequate preparation of college students at mid-level public universities.

Unfortunately, massive open

online courses have been unable to reach through to these students successfully, instead seeing the highest completion rates among highly educated people, he said.

“Coursera in that respect is no use,” Bowen said, referring to the platform the University has used to distribute its online courses.

While students should be ambitious, they should not become so fixed on one goal that

they neglect other opportunities, Bowen added, noting that during college he hoped to eventually teach undergraduate students at a non-research university.

“You shouldn’t be too sure that you know exactly the right path,” Bowen said.

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Boycotting Big Sean Tehila Wenger

The growing inefficacy of photo campaigns

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Tehila Wenger is a politics major from Columbus, Ohio. She can be reached at twenger@princeton. edu.

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hen I first saw the Lawnparties announcement video, my initial reaction was, “What a tasteless and offensive early April fools joke.” When I found out that the man rapping about a “little stupid-ass bitch” would, in fact, be the headlining act in May, I was not shocked or horrified. I did not write to USG. I did not even discuss the event with my friends. I felt disappointed in Princeton’s choice and irritated that my tuition dollars would be sponsoring a performance that at best normalizes and at worst celebrates misogyny and homophobia — societal trends I hope to spend the rest of my life fighting. Still, my reaction can probably best be described as lukewarm resentment.

My feelings have since shifted dramatically toward the ‘angry’ end of the emotional spectrum. This development is not a result of some new knowledge or deeper insight into Big Sean’s background or his music. My growing irritation is prompted by the reactions of peers who condemn or denigrate the anti-Big Sean petition signers. Students shrug and say, “If you don’t like Big Sean, don’t go,” implying that this is nothing more complicated than a case of clashing subjective musical tastes. Others publish vicious ad hominem insults on Yik Yak targeting the petition’s organizers.

Some assert that the signatories are hypocrites or racists.

There is a wide gap — just how wide is becoming clearer by the day — between those signing the petition and those calling out the petition signers. One of the reasons behind the growing breach is the substitution of code words and activist language for real explanations. Loaded phrases like “rape culture” and “misogyny” are useless when the people using them don’t unpack the load with logical arguments and emotional insight. Those who wish to effect change need to explain why they find certain lyrics offensive and why those who aren’t offended should care. Should the burden of explanation fall upon students rather than upon Princeton faculty and staff? Maybe not, although I think the very prevalence of this question — now so frequently posed rhetorically, when it’s formulated as a question at all — indicates a troubling abdication of responsibility on the part of the students who demand change.

This is what I hear when Big Sean mentions women in his songs: At first, just contempt. Casual contempt.

Catchy disrespect and lyrical scathe.

But, with growing unease, I understand that “woman” has been wholly transformed into “bitch.” She doesn’t even get the typical infantilizing label of “girl.” Her importance and her relationship with Big Sean are reduced to whether or not she sleeps with him, as is the importance of all the women he sings about.

When I listen to these lyrics, I recall the first time I heard myself called a bitch and the deep-seated derision for an entire gender that the word implies. I think of three male teenagers lounging on a pier, one raucously inviting me to sleep with him as I hurry past and his friends laugh. I think of a friend walking home who was followed for several blocks by a lecherous old man and I think of a high school girl I know who deals with severe psychological trauma because her neighbor attacked her and I think of a friend’s sister who was groped by a drunken stranger one night in an eating club because she was walking out of the bathroom and because it was nighttime and because he was drunk and because she was female. No — those reasons don’t make sense to me, either.

Again, my initial response to Big Sean’s music was nothing more potent than a shiver of disgust. But the limited extent of that reaction speaks volumes in and of itself.

The level of inurement society persuades us to accept upon ourselves is as appalling as the refrain of IDFWU. In fact, that particular kind of inurement is intimately linked to the refrain of IDFWU. If you are a self-respecting, equality-loving feminist woman or man you will absolutely continue to be one after listening to any number of Big Sean’s songs, but will you call out your friends when they use similar slurs against women in casual conversations? Will you be as revolted by sexual objectification as you were when you first understood what that phrase meant? Maybe. But I’m not sure why we’re paying for the pleasure of testing our misogyny-toleration meters.

So go to Lawnparties. Have a good time.

But when you’re finished dancing and parroting crude misogynistic song lyrics, remember the people who are not there. Try to understand why they did not attend. And try to cast off that little bit of acceptance, that tolerance for reducing women to “bitches” and fuckable objects that has almost inevitably infected the way you think each time you and the performer on stage sing the chorus of his most popular hit.

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his year multiple photo campaigns were launched and executed by a variety of different groups. Just this semester, we have had the USG Body Image campaign, the SHARE Consent campaign, the Hidden Minority photo campaign and more. Although these causes are important and worthwhile, and the passion of the students running them is commendable, the repeated use of the same tactic has strongly decreased efficacy.

The reasons for using photo campaigns are obvious and understandable. Since the majority of students are active on social media, creating a photo series that can be shared on online platforms is an easy way of reaching people. Every comment and like becomes a free advertisement.

Another reason for the use of these photographic tactics is that they get people talking. The first large-scale profile picture changing for a cause that I can remember this year was the Princeton Perspective Project. The way people reacted to that effort by talking a lot about it after the photos were published probably inspired other groups to make similar moves.

However, this is a small community and so the same audience is being reached with each successive photo campaign. This decidedly dulls the im-

pact. It is no longer notable to see that one of your classmates has changed his or her Facebook profile picture to a standardized and stylized picture promoting some event or cause. Because it is no longer special, people aren’t necessarily stopping to even see what the cause is or why people are participating in it. In other words, the primary goal of raising awareness in this method cannot be achieved, because everyone is too used to the tools being used.

It does not help that most of these campaigns are very visibly similar to one another. They generally have the student standing in front of an attractive backdrop (often outdoors now that the weather has gotten nicer), displaying messages written on pieces of paper, white boards or even the participants’ body parts. This format is chosen because it is aesthetically pleasing and because seeing people’s support written out in their own handwriting is inherently powerful. However, seeing all these similarly composed photographs, one after another, means that you cannot help but see them all as a blur of well-meaning causes. This is especially true because the messages all tend to be worded in a similar way as well.

My point is not that I am against photo campaigns. I have participated in some of the above-mentioned campaigns. I see both the planners and the participators as trying their best to get people interested in a cause that means something to them. I just think that

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in the future, we can do something to make these attempts stand out from one another.

It could be that the solution is taking a break from photo campaigns for a while. I think that the creative minds in all these organizations could find a different way to reach their target audiences. After all, the goal is to attract attention. For better or for worse, photo campaigns do not have the ability to do that anymore. We expect them, so we don’t notice them. Perhaps organizations could start sharing creative infographics online instead.

Perhaps they could make the photo campaigns physical, with a series of posters around campus. Although the enormous number of posters currently plastered everywhere might make that seem even less effective, the novelty of seeing a familiar face in a context where you don’t expect to see it — like on a poster somewhere on campus — is inherently more eye catching than seeing it on social media. Of course, that doesn’t mean that all organizations should switch to either of the above solutions. That would just be shifting the problem. Instead, each organization should ideally try to find a new solution to the problem of attracting attention. In any case, for the time being, let’s slow down with the photo campaigns.

Zeena Mubarak is a sophomore from Fairfax, Va. She can be reached at zmubarak@princeton.edu.

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Opaque transparency: What we (don’t) know about Princeton’s animal experimentation Avaneesh Narla

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ost Princeton students operate under the assumption that our campus promotes intellectual and moral integrity, as well as academic transparency. And yet, many Princeton students are only aware of the existence of laboratory animals thanks to recent articles in the Daily Princetonian like “U. accused of violating Animal Welfare Act in marmoset monkey incident.”

However, even with this article, how many Princeton students truly know what experiments are being performed on animals on this very campus?

Could you, if asked, talk about the types of animals we have here? The vast majority of you will likely say no, or more likely, may think that these questions are unimportant. Yet the purpose of these questions is not to argue that our research facilities are entirely immoral, nor to declare unmitigated disgust at those who practice such techniques. Rather, we aim to encourage the realization that we, as a student body, simply do not know the details of what goes on in the depths of certain research facilities.

On a campus that promotes integrity, honesty and honor among the student body, and rightfully demands transparency about so many other issues, including mental health and sexual assault policies, it only follows that we should also demand this transparency in regards to the policies and conditions of the live animals kept on campus for experimentation. This is an issue that affects a significant portion of students on this campus.

Some of you will even directly work with these animals during your Princeton careers, as JPs and theses in certain departments include experimentation for independent research.

Some of you might be surprised to learn that researchers on this campus have cut open the heads of macaques and stuck in head posts, according to their article they published for the Public Library of Science journal.

These posts are screwed into the monkeys’ skulls to secure the animal. The monkey is then placed in a primate chair, a contraption that includes Velcro wrist restraints for the purpose of immobilization. After being prepared thusly, these macaques had to stare for hours at a screen while researchers measured their visual and auditory responses.

As graphic as this description may

seem, it recounts standard and common procedures that adhere to regulations. Princeton, however, does not always adhere to such regulations.

Based on several Freedom of Information requests, the Department of Agriculture’s Animals and Plant Health Inspection Service has given us warnings in the past for failing to comply with certain federal standards.

Rats set aside for euthanization were forgotten for over twelve hours, left in a cage that lacked food, water or bedding. When discovered, these rats were immediately put to death. In another instance, researchers failed to adequately confirm the death of several baby mice who were euthanized.

These pups, while alive, were stored in a freezer with the carcasses of other mice. When found, they were also immediately euthanized. Though Princeton became aware of the misconduct and re-trained laboratory staff, this negligence of the welfare of the animals was hardly publicized.

Human mistakes may perhaps be forgiven; such occurrences are nothing if not natural. What cannot be forgiven, however, is the shroud of vague responses and conveniently omitted information that this campus is in the habit of propagating with regards to the nature and welfare of the research animals here.

So far, Princeton has declined to comment on the recent ‘Prince’ article involving the violation of the Animal Welfare Act, mentioned above. Dayton Martindale’s article in the Nass highlights the circuitous responses of University spokesperson Martin Mbugua, as well as Mbugua’s refusal to allow interaction with the laboratory technicians who would have had the best and most accurate information to share. Moving forward, it is essential that the University be absolutely transparent in its discussion of the practices of its laboratories. When asked, information should be given freely; questions should not be avoided, but addressed honestly and openly.

Ignorance might be bliss, but it does not excuse neglect, abuse or misunderstanding, especially when it is entirely in our power to force the issue. As a student body, we must demand transparency. We have a right to ask, and more importantly, we have a right to know.

Courtney Buoncore is a freshman from New York. She can be reached at buoncore@princeton.edu. Gwyndolyn Goldfeder is a freshman from New York.

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Both are members of the group, Princeton for Primate Justice.

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was 27 seconds ahead of her closest finisher and she broke the previous school record of 16:00.40 by six seconds. This was also the first time that Curham herself broke the sixteen-minute mark. Curham was joined by junior Emile de la Bruyere in fourth place and followed by the Fluehr sisters in sixth and seventh places, with junior Kathryn beating out senior Erika.

Also claiming a win on the day was junior Julia Ratcliffe, who continued her fine season as she once again dominated the hammer throw.

In a tight contest with Central Park Track Club’s Alina Duran, Ratcliffe pulled out a winning throw with the 66.15m mark. Ratcliffe and Duran were the only two throwers who passed the 60m mark and Ratcliffe had the five best throws in the event.

Sophomore Lizzie Bird also triumphed on the day in the steeplechase as she broke her previous personal record by ten seconds. With a time of 9:58.33, she was the only runner that broke the ten-minute plateau, easing her way to the win.

The second day of the event brought four more victories to the Tigers, with sophomore Katie Hanss winning the 1500m with a mark of 4:34.78, while freshman Delaney Miller finished seventh in the same event.

The Tigers had a 1-2-4 finish in the 800m as junior Cecilia Barowski was joined by senior Kim Mackay at the podium after finishing with times of 2:08.41 and 2:11.60, respectively.

Sophomore Zoe Sims came fourth with a time of 2:12.70, the three Tigers only separated by Rutgers’ Deanna Dilandro who finished at 2:12.59.

The Tigers picked up two more victories in the relay

events as they triumphed in both the 4x100 and 4x400.

Senior Jasmine Blocker had a successful day as she was the victor in both of the relay events. Blocker was joined by fellow senior Joanna Anyanwu, junior Sara Ronde and freshman Christina Walter in the 4x100, while Mackay, junior Meghan McMullin and sophomore Elisa Steele were her teammates in the 4x400.

In the field events, there was success for junior Brielle Rowe, who was the runnerup in the discus throw with a 45.49m mark, while freshman Kennedy O’Dell was third in the shot put with a 13.43m mark.

Both teams will travel to Philadelphia this upcoming weekend to compete in the Penn Relays from Thursday to Saturday. Some team members will also compete at the TCNJ Lions Invitational held in Ewing, N.J. on Saturday, which commences at 10 a.m.

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Princeton came in a close second to the University of Pennsylvania, whose difference hovers above $14,000.

All other Ivy League schools demonstrated much steeper differences, ranging between $30,363 for Dartmouth and $45,886 for Harvard.

In addition to the salary gap, the Department of Education shows that Princeton invested over 68 percent of its recruiting budget on men’s teams. The data suggests that while Princeton may rank

relatively low in terms of salary gap, gender-based disparity within collegiate athletics still persists.

There are a number of factors that influence the difference, including the revenue for male and female teams.

According to the Department of Education data, the grand revenue total for men’s teams is $10.2 million, which is significantly higher than the women’s teams’ revenue of $6.4 million.

The issue only worsens beyond Princeton, especially at athletically-high-performing state schools. A 2012 New York Times article on the same is-

sue reported that the salary of the UNC Men’s Basketball Coach Roy Williams tripled that of his counterpart, Sylvia Hatchell.

The article said that while Title IX and the Equal Pay Act of 1963 prevent different compensation for comparable amounts of work, collegiate coaching contracts often delegate more work to coaches of male teams to justify the additional pay. Furthermore, such contract disparities do not include the often third party bonuses that many high profile coaches receive, which only widen the salary gap.

KIRA IVARRSON:: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

The women’s water polo team has perfect records this season against Brown and Harvard, 2-0 against both.

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wins behind them, the Tigers can focus on the next big goal: winning the CWPA

Championship tournament and qualifying for a spot at NCAAs. They may well have to go through the Indiana University Hoosiers, who like the Tigers have dominated through league play so

far. The Tigers’ season came to an end at the hands of the Hoosiers in the final round of the CWPA Championship tournament last year — a chance for revenge could soon be upon them.

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{ www.dailyprincetonian.com } TRACK AND FIELD

Tigers keep winning, perform well at Larry Ellis Invitational

By Tom Pham associate sports editor

The Larry Ellis Invitational allowed both the men’s and women’s track and field teams to continue their great season as they faced tough opponents, including a large group of elite athletes. However, the Tigers were unfazed by this prospect and showed their abilities as they went toe-to-toe with the opposition.

In the men’s events, there were some extremely impressive victories over the past weekend. On the first day, the Tigers claimed a 1-2 victory in the 10k as senior duo Sam Pons and Matt McDonald finished in 29:35.78 and 29:38.76, respectively.

Junior Michael Sublette also competed and finished in sixth place with a time of 30:21.43 as he was unable to keep up with the rest of the leading pack.

The rest of the first day had some memorable moments, including the exciting finish to the 5k as senior Mike Mazzaccaro lost out on a runners-up spot to unaffiliated runner Andy Weaver by one hundredth of a sec-

ond, finishing with a time of 14:05.98, although both Weaver and Mazzaccarro were almost five seconds behind winner Ryan Mahalsky of Lehigh.

Sophomore Vic Youn was able to claim another podium finish for the Tigers, as the hammer thrower came second with a mark of 58.63m, which was bested by Colin Minor of Dartmouth.

Freshman Gabe Arcaro also competed in the event, finishing fifth.

The second day had even more success, as the Tigers picked up two victories on the day. Senior Scott Rushton won the shot put with a mark of 17.40m and Rushton also picked up the three best marks in the event as he easily beat out his opponents.

Senior Nana Owusu-Nyantekyi is also looking to finish his final season at Princeton with aplomb, as the Eton College graduate easily dominated the triple jump with his best jump coming at 15.56m. He cleared the 15m mark twice, and was the only competitor to do so.

The Tigers also had other podium finishes in the long jump where junior Jake Scin-

to came second with a mark of 7.39m, beaten by professional Herman Kirkland of adidas Garden State Track Club. Senior Tumi Akinlawon and sophomore Greg Leeper finished in fourth and fifth, with jumps of 7.25m and 7.20m, respectively.

Junior Adam Bragg also finished second in the pole vault, clearing 5.26m. Freshman Mitchel Charles was second in the discus with a toss of 52.51m. In the track events, junior John Hill came third in the 100m with a time of 10.77, while freshman Carrington Akosa came sixth with a time of 10.80.

Freshman Kenan Farmer was third in the 1500m with a time of 3:54.13, before the Tigers rounded off with a 2-3 finish in the 110m hurdles by junior Greg Caldwell and senior Rob Mohr.

The women’s team was in sensational form, racking up seven victories at the Invitational. Most impressive was sophomore Megan Curham, who not only dominated her event in the 5k, but also broke a school record. With a time of 15:54.03, Curham See TRACK page 5

OLIVIA TOBEAS :: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Track and Field followed a strong showing at the Quad Meet last week with multiple victories this weekend.

SALARY GAP

W AT E R P O L O

Coach salaries for Ivy League men’s and women’s teams Department of Education data illustrates the salary gap between full-time coaches of men’s and women’s teams among the Ivies. Princeton and Penn maintain gaps among the lowest in the Ivy League.

Male Team Coaches (left bar)

Female Team Coaches (right bar)

$150,000

120,000

Average difference in salary between full-time head coaches of male vs. female teams in the Ivy League.

Percentage of recruiting budget spent by U. on mens’ athletic teams.

60,000

$16,817

Difference in salary between U. full-time head coaches of male vs. female teams.

30,000

Princeton

Penn Dartmouth Brown

Yale

Columbia Harvard Cornell AUSTIN LEE :: DESIGN EDITOR

U. salary gap between coaches of men’s and women’s teams low among Ivies

By David Liu contributor

Princeton ranked the second lowest among the Ivy League in athletic coaching salary disparities based on the team’s gender, according to data gathered from the Office of Postsecondary Education for the 2013-2014 fiscal year.

According to the Department of Education’s online Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool, the

difference between average salaries for full time coaches of men’s teams and of women’s teams at Princeton is $16,817.

Full time head coaches of men’s teams earn about $124,744 on average and full time head coaches of women’s teams earn about $107,927 on average.

The gender reported does not refer to the gender of the coach but rather that of the team. While male coaches dominate men’s sports in the

Ivy League, many men also coach women’s teams and are thus included in the latter gender group. Specifically, even men coaching women’s teams suffered lower salaries.

Director of Athletics Mollie Marcoux ’91 did not respond when reached for comment. Senior Associate Director of Athletics/Finance and Administration Chris Brock did not respond to request for comment, and Assistant Director of Athlet-

Tweet of the day

“‘Joined Scientology just cuz I can afford it’- me if I were a rapper” noah savage (@yoitsthesav) ’08, men’s basketball

By Miles Hinson sports editor

68.3%

90,000

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$33,743

Women’s water polo defeats Harvard and Brown, looks to playoffs

ics/Finance and Administration Ryan Yurko declined to comment.

Ever since the inception of the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act of 1994, colleges have been required to submit annual salary reports detailing expenditures and revenues for male and female teams. After the data has been collected and compiled, it is made public through the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis Cutting Tool.

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The Princeton women’s water polo team finished their regular season in the best way possible — trouncing league rivals.

They swept both games in a weekend trip to Providence, R.I., defeating the Harvard Crimson and the Brown Bears.

With the Collegiate Water Polo Association championship coming up on Friday, this Princeton team (26-3 overall, 9-1 CWPA) has picked just the right time to get on a roll. They have won their last four games to date, having beaten Michigan and Notre Dame last weekend in addition to the two victories on Saturday.

Against the Harvard Crimson (19-11, 6-3), what started out as a close game turned into a resounding victory for the Tigers. The Crimson, on a 19-game losing streak to the Tigers, finished the first period down just 3-2.

The tide would begin to swing firmly in the Tigers’ favor early on the second.

Junior utility Pippa Temple and senior utility Ashley Hatcher would be the catalysts for the Tigers’ run, as they combined for four goals early on to push the lead out to 7-2. The Tigers would continue to tack points on as the Crimson

would muster only goal in the period. Thus the team from Cambridge found itself facing a sizable deficit, 10-3, when the first half concluded.

The second half would feature more of the same for the Tigers. The scoreboard grew more lopsided by the end of the third period, with the Tigers overwhelming their foes 13-4. While an improved Crimson defense held the Tigers to just two goals in the final period, it would prove to be too little to save the game.

The game against Brown had a similar f low to the victory over Harvard. The hosting Brown Bears (1816, 4-5) went into the game against Princeton following a thrilling victory versus George Washington University. However, just like Harvard, this team could not keep up through the entire game. The Bears also kept this one close early on, finishing the first period tied with the Tigers 1-1. Princeton only widened the gap from there, finishing the first half up 4-2 and then blowing the game even more open to the tune of 8-3. The Tigers shut the bears down completely in the fourth period, allowing no goals and scoring one of their on to make the final score 9-3.

With this pair of solid See WATER POLO page 5

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