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Sophomores required to be on unlimited meal plan starting fall semester 2019

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Coming in fall 2019, all residential college dining halls will be filled with more sophomores.

By Walker Stamps and Kris Hristov Contributor and Staff Writer

The University has announced that it will require all sophomores to be on the unlimited meal plan beginning with the upcoming fall term. This move is a major shift from existing policy, in which only first-years are required to be on the unlimited plan, while sophomores can elect to purchase a variety of different meal plan options.

Deputy University spokesperson Mike Hotchkiss stated that the change is meant to foster more residential college-oriented experiences among underclassmen.

“For all students, but

especially first-year and sophomore students, the residential college dining spaces are important centers of intellectual and social life on campus. With the Unlimited Plan, students can participate fully in the residential college experience,” Hotchkiss wrote in a statement to The Daily Princetonian.

Many students expressed dissatisfaction with the policy change.

“I think limiting the options that students have for eating plans limits the ability of students and their families to make decisions concerning their own finances when paying for Princeton,” said Scott Overbey ’21.

Overbey added that forc-

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ing students, especially those who receive little or no financial aid but whose families are still not aff luent or financially sound, to pay more for an unlimited meal plan may be “an overlooked and negative consequence of the new University policy.”

Ayde Amir ’21 echoed Overbey’s disapproval, believing the plan posed an undue financial burden on students.

“Nobody should be forced to pay for something they don’t need,” she said. “Two swipes is more than enough for me. If I had more it would just be a waste of money because I wouldn’t end up using them.”

Diego Ayala-McCormick ’22, who had been looking

forward to saving money next year by going off the unlimited plan, was disappointed by the change.

“It’s horrible,” he said.

“The cost per meal is exorbitant.”

Other first-years applauded the change. Zachariah Sippy ’22 said the plan “eliminates food insecurity for poor students attempting to cut back on meal plans and save money.”

Sippy is an opinion writer for the ‘Prince.’

Robin Moscato, the Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid, attempted to dispel concerns that the plan will raise students’ out-of-pocket costs. In an email to the ‘Prince’, she claimed the unlimited plan is already accounted for in

the student budget for current first-years.

“The student budget for first-year and sophomore aid students includes a board allowance that is equal to the unlimited plan cost, which is consistent with the policy. The aid office does not set residency requirements,” Moscato wrote.

Starting spring term in 2020, sophomore students who join eating clubs or one of the four ODUS-sponsored co-ops will receive a $200 cash rebate. Any requests for exceptions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. The Office of Communications confirmed that this new policy will not involve any changes to dining hall operations.

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Planned Parenthood Sackler family faces new lawsuits ex-president Cecile Richards speaks on women in politics Senior Writer

By Haleigh Grundy Staff Writer

Cecile Richards, the former president of Planned Parenthood, spoke on the litany of women’s recent political and social accomplishments in a lecture on Wednesday, April 3.

“Right now, women are on fire in this country,” she said.

Richards held the position of president at Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Action for 12 years. She also served as deputy chief of staff to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Though repeatedly professing that “women are not a monolith,” Richards emphasized the importance of the recent increases in women’s involvement in voting, campaigning, and running for office.

When asked to give advice for female candidates, Richards responded simply: “Run.”

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This comment, Richards explained, came from her hope that women would no longer refrain from running for office because of the fear of being insufficiently qualified or unprepared.

In her experience, Richards said, men do not demonstrate the same lack of confidence. Richards believes that women are slowly but surely starting to move past this barrier.

Richards additionally highlighted the importance of women, particularly those of different backgrounds, being involved in government.

“Having women in the mix … it’s just different,” Richards said. “It’s not just women. We need people of color as representatives, because they have different lived experience. We need LGBTQ people for Representative … because that’s what real democracy means.”

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The Sackler family continues to face lawsuits over its involvement in Purdue Pharma, a producer of the opioid OxyContin, that allege they are responsible for thousands of deaths from overdose and addiction. The Sackler family is a major donor to the University and other educational institutions.

Last week, the state of New York filed a lawsuit against members of the family and drug distributors, joining lawsuits from the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Utah, as well as a conglomeration of roughly 1,600 cases presided over by a judge in Cleveland.

Previously, a lawsuit filed by the state of Oklahoma was settled for $270 million, avoiding a planned televised trial and jury decision. These court filings follow a 2007 plea deal in which the company admitted to misrepresenting OxyContin and paid over $60 million in civil and criminal charges.

The Sacklers are known for substantial contributions to educational and cultural institutions, in-

cluding funding for the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the University Art Museum and the University Raymond and Beverly Sackler Lectures in Astrophysics.

Their gifts have also resulted in the construction of a library at Oxford University, a science institute at Columbia University, and wings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Louvre Museum in Paris, among others.

Recently, other universities and institutions reconsidered their relationship with the Sackler family.

The Tate museums in London and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York both announced that they would no longer accept donations from the Sacklers. Tufts University, which has a graduate school named for the Sacklers, hired a prosecutor to evaluate their ties.

Despite increased interest from students and the community in renaming buildings and locations on campus, the University’s stance has been neutral on the issue of the Sackler Gallery. According an email to the ‘Prince’ from University spokesperson Ben Chang, the University does “not have anything to add” to

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their previous statement.

Earlier this year, the University did not take a stance on the Sackler family’s actions.

“The naming policy does not pass judgment on the lives of the donors; it simply expresses our gratitude for the donation,” Chang wrote in a previous statement to ‘Prince.’

“Requests to name a program, position, or space must comply with the University’s policy on naming and be approved by the Board of Trustees,” he continued.

Documents uncovered from both the New York and Massachusetts filings allege that the Sackler family had been involved in misleading advertising, attempting to market the drug even as the number of deaths from opioid addiction was rapidly increasing.

The documents also suggest that Purdue Pharma, which includes several members of the Sackler family on its board, directed efforts to cover up the addictive potential of OxyContin and ignored growing evidence that it was being abused.

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Aside from diverse representation, Richards believes inviting men into the movement is important, feeling that “this new generation of fathers in this country” expects their daughters to have every opportunity their sons have.

“Men are doing the work too, but we need to invite them in,” said Richards.

Richards also discussed reproductive justice and cases in which women successfully fought to overturn restrictions on reproductive rights. Richards emphasized her respect for

those working for women’s rights and reproductive justice, calling them her “personal heroes.”

Richards was named one of TIME’s 100 Most Inf luential People in the World in both 2011 and 2012.

The discussion was held at Friend 101 at 4:30 p.m. and was co-sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs and Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern N.J. The lecture was followed by a sale and signing of Richards’ New York Times bestselling book “Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead.”

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Cecile Richards (left) spoke about diverse representation at an event on Wednesday, April 3.

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1) During lecture you are... a) asking the professor questions. b) doodling all over your notes. c) correcting grammar mistakes. d) watching videos on youtube.com e) calculating the opportunity cost of sitting in lecture.

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Recent filings exposed “Project Tango,” a plan to sell treatment for opioid addiction SACKLER Continued from page 1

bers of the family encouraged doctors to prescribe the drug even for moderate pain, telling physicians that OxyContin had delayed absorption into the bloodstream, and thus, less addictive capacity.

The crisis of opioid addiction and abuse has only grown in the decades since Purdue Pharma became incorporated in 1991. From

1999 to 2017, nearly 400,000 people have died from an opioid overdose. According to the CDC, 130 Americans die from opioid overdose daily.

The recent filings also expose a plan to sell treatment for opioid addiction, termed Project Tango. According to the New York Times, charts and diagrams showed that Purdue Pharma was aiming to be an “end-to-end pain provider,” making money from

selling both the drug and its treatment.

In a statement issued on April 2, the Sackler family denied these allegations, claiming that the Massachusetts lawsuit had falsely represented their role in the marketing of OxyContin. The Sacklers accuse Massachusetts attorney general Maura Healey of “cherry picking” inaccurate and misleading statements.

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Remembering Professor Horn Claire Wayner

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n a crisp autumn morning last October, with fieryleaved trees lining Washington Road, an excited group of students set out from Guyot Hall, room 305, into the wilds of the Princeton campus. I was lucky enough to be one of the wide-eyed disciples on this weekly nature walk, led by none other than the fearless Henry Horn, an EEB professor emeritus whose white beard once accentuated the kind wrinkles around his eyes.

For the next hour, I was entranced by Horn’s attention to the minutest of details, from the scattered feathers at the base of Fine Hall, marking the remnants of the avian meals shared by the two resident peregrine falcons, to the complex threads of fungi adorning campus tree trunks. Never had I taken the time at Princeton to focus so closely on the intricacies of my surroundings before Professor Horn shared them with me.

Two weeks ago, Horn unexpectedly passed away. The news was shocking, to say the least. He was planning

to lead his weekly nature walk on March 15 and had sent out a reminder email just hours before his death.

I’d always expected that I would be able to join him again in his meanderings about Princeton, and I realized just how grateful I was, as a freshman, to have spent even one morning with him, to have learned from him lessons for approaching nature.

In my recent column on the electronic screen, I wrote about the threat that phones pose in reducing our awareness of our natural surroundings, calling on students to pay more attention to the outdoors when walking around campus.

It’s one thing, however, to preach this lesson and another thing to actually embrace it, as Professor Horn wholeheartedly did. Yes, he did come from a generation that hadn’t grown up with smartphones, but practicing mindfulness can be difficult at all ages. Motivated by his unconditional passion for all of ecology, he left no stone unturned during his weekly excursions, growing his awareness of the natural world simply because he had the patience to listen.

What Professor Horn

taught me, which I think we all can benefit from, is that life isn’t always about reaching the next deadline — if we don’t stop to smell the roses, we miss out on all of life’s little intricacies, the beauty present in our ordinary, everyday surroundings. Here at Princeton, I often feel as if I’m just hopping from one assignment to the next with no time to breathe. I’ve had friends say to me, when I ask them how they’re doing, that they’re just “hanging in there,” “taking it day by day,” or “trying to survive.”

Constantly living in this “just getting through life” mentality, however, can be incredibly detrimental, leading to significant builtup stress. By hitting the pause button and going for a walk in the woods, as I did last October with Professor Horn, we can return back to our schoolwork feeling more refreshed and ready to take on the next assignment. In twenty years, what we will remember from our time here at Princeton is not necessarily the readings we did for our classes (although hopefully some of that material sticks), but will instead be the friends we made and the sights we saw.

Although Professor Horn is gone, I hope that members

of this community do not forget the value of his teachings. Even if you never met Horn, I promise you that there was nothing difficult in his approach to learning about nature — all he did was focus on the world around him. This spring, we all can take just a couple minutes when the weather is nice to drop all of our deadlines and head out into the world around us, whether that be down by Lake Carnegie or over toward Institute Woods.

Professor David Wilcove was quoted in the University’s obituary as saying that “Princeton has lost a part of its soul” through Horn’s death. I couldn’t agree more that we’ve lost someone incredibly special. But Professor Horn’s soul isn’t departed, in my opinion. Instead, he lives on in the trees lining Washington Road, in the peregrine falcons on top of Fine Hall, which he loved to photograph, and in the mushrooms dotting the forest f loor, encouraging us to open up our eyes and ears to the wonders of nature surrounding us.

Claire Wayner is a first-year from Baltimore, MD. She can be reached at cwayner@ princeton.edu.

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The immortality of America’s silence towards Iran Kaveh Badrei

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n March 21, Iran faced its most devastating natural disaster since an earthquake that killed more than 500 people in November 2017. Flash f loods caused by torrential downpours and overf lowing rivers throughout the country have killed at least 24 people and left hundreds injured. 19 Iranians died in Shiraz, one of Iran’s most famous cities, because of its ancient past and popular destinations for tourists. Five people died in the northern provinces of Mazandaran and Golestan.

Videos and eyewitness accounts of the natural disaster display muddy deluges rushing through city streets and horrifying images of Iranians clinging to cars, walls, and posts in the street to avoid being swept away by the torrential currents.

After the f loods calmed, the problem of stagnant, muddy water emerged, and the country is now attempting to devise a solution amidst relief effort.

Yet, reminiscent of the United States’ response to the 2017 earthquake, in America we hear nothing of this humanitarian and natural catastrophe falling upon the Iranian people. I even wrote a ref lective piece in the aftermath of the earthquake two years ago, describing how our “hearts are seemingly uncaring when disaster strikes a par-

ticular people; our thoughts and prayers are selective.”

Sadly, nothing has changed.

To my knowledge, President Trump has uttered no thoughts and prayers, no words of kindness or support or even acknowledgement for the Iranians currently facing the tides of death and destruction amidst the f loods. Not a single American politician or candidate for president has made any gesture of solidarity with the suffering people. Cable news channels and print publications have largely ignored the story for ongoing discussion of the Mueller report. As was the case in November 2017, after one of the deadliest natural disasters of the entire year, America remains silent and ignores the pain, suffering, and existence of the Iranian people. With the case of Iran, this country has allowed politics to infuse our sense of humanity, charity, and dignity.

Two years ago, I called upon the Princeton community, the United States, and our society at large to seek out those suffering in our world, to acknowledge their pain, and to embrace the other in the face of forces that push us to disregard our common humanity. But there seems to exist something even more shocking, even more arresting about our current societal moment, particularly about how we view the Iranian people in America. Instead of pure ignorance, there lies a deep sense of actually relishing in their suffering.

At the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s 2019 meeting just weeks ago,

State Department official Brian Hook spoke at the conference and boasted that, because of the intense sanction regime of the Trump presidency, “Iran is facing its worst economic crisis in its 40-year history.”

In one of the most inhumane moments I’ve witnessed in recent memory with regards to American politics, the crowd then cheered and applauded the statement. Because of the current regime of crippling sanctions, Iranians are under one of the most stringent and crippling economic situations in the world and in their history.

Iranians across the country struggle not only with financial troubles but also with shortages of essential supplies, such as food and life-dependent medicine and medical supplies.

In response to this state of desperation and suffering, people at AIPAC cheered and applauded.

What these two responses demonstrate is a systematic ignorance, demonization, and dehumanization of the Iranian people in the eye of Americans in power. With regard to the United States’ own severe policy of economic sanctions against the country, we have an inherent inability to conceive of the debilitating and severe plight of life under such economic strangling. We cannot conceive that people are dying because they don’t have access to the medicine they need. Instead, Iran’s economic decline is seen as a political advantage for the United States. And somehow, we have allowed it to get to a level where de-

humanization of Iranians in American political discourse is permitted and almost encouraged.

Even in the context of natural disasters and situations completely separated from the political situation between the two countries, the United States carries forward this air of hostility and dehumanization. The suffering of the Iranian people is not registered. They are systematically dehumanized and demonized, so that their pain is something to celebrate.

This state of affairs affects me deeply and in the most vulnerable aspects of my identity. As an IranianAmerican, one must question the implications that this kind of behavior and neglect has for the future relationship between the United States and Iran. Will these tensions, this apparent contempt, ever recede?

Will I ever live in a world where the two cultures of my identity live in harmony with one another on the world stage?

In times such as this, I find solace in the poetry of Iran, in the words of a people who have faced suffering, tragedy, and pain throughout the modern period amidst pride, love, and a beautiful appreciation for the nature of human life. Before the entrance of the United Nations Headquarters in New York, a large, magnificent rug hangs on the wall. A gift from the Iranian people, the rug is adorned with the poetry of the 13th century Persian poet Saadi: “All human beings are members of one frame, Since all, at first, from the

same essence came.

When time aff licts a limb with pain The other limbs at rest cannot remain.

If thou feel not for other’s misery A human being is no name for thee.”

These verses that reside in the world’s symbolic center for unity, dialogue, and cooperation inspire me with hope. They remind me of the oneness of humanity and the essence we share as humans to feel, empathize, and lend our hearts to one another in times of grief and suffering.

While the political and societal situation before us may be grim, there can be some relief in the poetic truths of Saadi.

These f loods on March 21 fell on the Iranian celebration of Nowruz — the Persian New Year that commemorates the first day of spring. In Farsi, Nowruz translates to “new day” and its festivities embody the spirit of spring with decorations to symbolize life, rebirth, growth, good health, and happiness. IranianAmericans and any people who value the dignity and humanity of all peoples must hope in times such as this for a “new day” sometime soon. A “new day” in which relations between the United States and Iran, between Americans and Iranians, reach a level of decency, respect, and maybe even compassion.

Kaveh Badrei is a junior Wilson School concentrator from Houston, Texas. He can be reached at kbadrei@ princeton.edu.

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Why the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team deserves equal pay

By Matthew Fuller Sports Columnist

It’s easy to say “equal pay for equal work.” The fact of the matter is that neither the work, nor the product of that work, is equal in U.S. Soccer. The women’s team plays more games, and wins more games (including more World Cups and Olympic championships), than the men’s team. Yet, the women’s national soccer team is paid far less for its victories.

The U.S. men’s team was paid more for qualifying for the 2014 World Cup than the women’s team did for winning it in 2015, a feat the women’s team has accomplished three times since the first Women’s World Cup in 1991. On an individual basis, a female national player might earn only 38 percent of what her counterpart on the men’s team would make per game.

To fight this inequity, all twenty-eight members of the women’s team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit last month, arguing that the pay structure violated both the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Their complaints about equality in this sense do not just pertain to equal salaries and bonuses. The team has also expressed dissatisfaction in the inequality of playing sur-

faces, refereeing, f lights, and payment for meals and accommodations. It is true that strides have been made in both accommodations and f lights, but there is still a pervasive double standard, apparent even in players’ behavior. While male players are often encouraged to express their emotions during a game, women’s team goalkeeper Hope Solo was suspended for six months by U.S. Soccer after a loss to Sweden for calling the opposing team “a bunch of cowards.”

Teams around the world have joined the U.S. women’s team in protesting against unequal salaries and working conditions.

The Spanish women’s team was able to oust its coach for poor performance, while several Brazilian players quit after their well-liked female coach was replaced by a male one. Elsewhere, the Nigerian women’s team staged a sit-in at its hotel to protest unpaid salaries and bonuses, even after winning the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. Ireland’s and Australia’s female players either threatened to strike or actually did.

The current push for equality not only transcends borders, but also the wider world of sports.

U.S. Women’s Hockey gold medalists have also protested unequal pay, and last summer, A’ja Wilson,

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Despite more on-field success than the US Men’s Soccer team, the US Women’s team remains chronically underpaid.

the first overall pick in the 2018 WNBA draft, publicly protested pay inequality after LeBron James’ new contract was announced.

Compared to Deandre Ayton, the first pick in the NBA Draft, who is earning over $8 million this year, Wilson will only earn $52,564 in her first season.

Although the NBA generates much more revenue than the WNBA, the WNBA only pays 20 percent of its revenue to players, while the NBA gives away half of its revenue to players.

The biggest victory came for the Norwegian women’s soccer team, in which the players were able to win the

case for equal pay with the Norwegian men. That same month, however, Norway’s star player, Ada Hegerberg, was asked to twerk onstage after winning the Ballon d’Or, a title previously given to only the best male players, showing that while female athletes do receive recognition for their talents, they still face many obstacles like being asked to play into sexist roles.

There are still some complications in obtaining equal pay. The women are currently suing U.S. Soccer, but FIFA is the organization that determines how much men’s and women’s

teams receive in bonuses for the World Cup, where the inequality is also vast.

The women’s team is frustrated by the slow progress and the failure of U.S. Soccer to balance base salaries.

There is, however, hope, as the success of Norway’s team in receiving equal pay indicates that similar lawsuits could also achieve success. More importantly, by appealing to Title IX, Article VII, basic equality, and clear facts, the U.S. Women’s National Team could provide hope not only for themselves, but also for women’s teams across the United States and abroad.

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Women’s lax defeats Villanova 15–6, prepares for face-off against Dartmouth

By Nancy Tran Contributor

Princeton women’s lacrosse (6–3, 1–1 Ivy) had a successful night on Tuesday against Villanova (7–5, 1–0) before heading into Ivy games, winning 15–6. Villanova head coach and Princeton lacrosse alumna Julie Young ’01 played for current Princeton head coach Chris Sailer during her time at Princeton. Sailer congratulated her former player for her accomplishments with the Villanova Wildcats.

“I think she has a tough team and they definitely gave us a lot of handles, especially in that first half.

It was a close game,” Sailer said. “I’m proud of her and what she’s done with her Villanova group.”

The Tigers got off with a quick start with a goal from both senior midfielder Kathryn Hallett and one from senior attacker Elizabeth George. The two big plays from Hallett and George set Princeton up for success for the rest of the game. With nine total shots on goal in the first half, the Tigers were able to make away with six, ending the first half with a three-goal lead over

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the Wildcats. Carrying that momentum through the second half and not letting Villanova take over at any point, Princeton scored another nine points to solidify the win.

Leading the Tigers was sophomore attacker Kyla Sears with four goals and two assists, followed by George with five goals. Hallett contributed with two goals and one assist, and

junior attacker Tess D’Orsi added one goal and two assists. Sophomore goalie Sam Fish also set a personal record, making 13 saves out of the 19 shots on goal.

“I thought Sam had a great day,” Sailer praised. “She was patient, she was poised, and her eyes were really focused on the ball. She did a phenomenal job.”

Sailer also emphasized the strong plays made by

George and Sears during the game.

“George drives hard to cage and is a powerful kid.

She’s a great dodger and has good placements in her shots,” Sailer said. “Kyla has some nice moves and nice feeds. She’s a great creator and a great finisher for us.”

The Tigers will travel to New Hampshire this Saturday to face Dartmouth at 1 p.m. for their third Ivy game

of the season.

“It’s good to get a win under our belt before we head up to Dartmouth. They beat us last year and it’s going to be a stiff competition this weekend,” Sailer recounts.

“So getting this game and putting a lot of points on the board and having a nice defensive effort is really going to be helpful for us as we get ready for that next challenge.”

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