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Class of 2020: Who they are and where they come from

By Abhiram Karuppur staff writer

1,312 students have joined the Class of 2020 out of a recordbreaking 29,303 applicants, comprising 6.5 percent of the past year’s applicant pool.

The Class of 2020 includes 40 students who had deferred admission from previous years and 227 recruited athletes.

There are fewer international students in the Class of 2020 than in the Class of 2019; 12 percent of the Class of 2020 hails from foreign countries, compared to 13.4 percent in the Class of 2019. In all, 153 international students from 49 different countries enrolled in the Class of 2020, compared to 177 students from 51 countries in the Class of 2019.

Diana Sandoval Siman ’20, who hails from El Salvador, said that she feels extremely fortunate to be attending the University.

“It’s an extraordinary opportunity to be part of a world-famous institution such as Princeton, especially coming from a country that wouldn’t offer me such an opportunity,” she said.

Students from the United States predominantly come from California, New Jersey, and New York. 200 members of the Class of 2020 are from New Jersey, while 156 are from New York and 129 are from California. No students hail from Wyoming or South Dakota, and only 1 student comes from North Dakota.

785 or 59.8 percent students were admitted from public schools, while 219 or 16.7 percent attended an independent day school. One student was home-schooled, and two were accepted from the military. Of the high schools that survey respondents attended, an average of eight students matriculated into the Ivy League.

The Class of 2020 also includes a broad racial makeup,

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Members of the Class of 2020 participated in the annual Step Sing in Blair Arch.

with 20 percent of the class identifying as Asian, nine percent as Hispanic, eight percent as African-American, and less than one percent as American Indian.

94.5 percent of the students in the Class of 2020 ranked in the

top 10 percent of their graduating high school class. 51 percent of the Class of 2020 are male while 49 percent are female.

Legacy students, or students that are the children of alumni, account for 14.5 percent of the class, which is an increase from

last year‘s 10 percent.

According to the 278 responses — 21.1 percent of all students in the Class of 2020 — to The Daily Princetonian’s “Class of 2020: By the Numbers, but Beyond the Numbers” survey, See 2020 page 5

BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski GS ’61 elected President of Peru

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BEYOND THE BUBBLE

Michelle Obama ’85 talks children at DNC

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PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Congressional Representative Jared Polis ’96 is the first openly gay man elected to Congress as well as one of its wealthiest members. He created successful businesses, founded charter schools and chaired the Colorado Board of Education.

Polis talked with the ‘Prince’ during the Democratic National Convention about the University’s inf luence on his career, Bernie Sanders supporters and Hillary Clinton’s

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PHILADELPHIA — First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 spoke about the ways that the presidency can affect the lives of American children on the first night of the Democratic National Convention on July 26.

“Our time in the White House would form the foundation for who [Malia and Sasha] would become,” she said.

“It would truly make or break

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them.”

At this, an audience member shouted audibly “Good job, Michelle!” Obama touched on the topics of “hateful rhetoric” and race, noting the famous picture of a young AfricanAmerican boy touching President Barack Obama’s hair to see if it felt like his.

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“It’s a very unusual background when you have someone who has both a deep understanding of the structural elements of the country, the political environment, and business in Peru and across Latin America,” Machiels said.

Julio Carrión, an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Delaware, explained that Kuczynski is viewed as someone who is affable, tolerant, knowledgeable, and a technocrat instead of a traditional politician.

He also added that Kuczynski was the most right-wing candidate running in the election, but his personality helped win over both moderate and left-wing candidates.

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Q & A with Jared Polis ‘96

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presidential bid.

The Daily Princetonian: How did your time at Princeton build a foundation for your current work in public service?

Jared Polis: Well, I’d say the people I met at Princeton, we had about five or six of us that met up here at the convention. One of my classmates is a colleague of mine in Congress, Derek Kilmer ’96. And of course through my liberal arts education, you know, it helped prepare me for a complicated world, and of course I took to heart the motto, “…in the na-

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tion’s service,” and am doing my best every day to be in the nation’s service.

DP: You served as the communications director of Undergraduate Student Government while you were at Princeton. How did student government translate into real government for you?

JP: It was a long time ago.

Yeah, I was actually in student government, and I see a certain responsibility to be involved at any level you can.

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Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski GS ’61 succeeded former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on July 28.

Kuczynski was officially confirmed as the president-elect of Peru in a ceremony on June 5 at the Municipal Theater of Lima, Peru.

Kuczynski ran on the Peruvians for Change party, and won the presidential election over his rival, Keiko Fujimori, in early June with 50.1% of the popular vote.

Kuczynski, who is better known as PPK, previously served as the Prime Minister of Peru from 2005 to 2006, and the Minister of Economy and Finance from 2001 to 2002 and from 2004

to 2005. He also held the position of Minister of Energy and Mines from 1980 to 1982.

Prior to running for President of Peru, Kuczynski was a strategic advisor at Pegasus Capital Advisors, L.P., a private equity investment firm in Greenwich, CT. Kuczynski also held a position at The Rohatyn Group, an emerging-market hedge fund in New York. During his presidential campaigns in 2011 and 2016, Kuczynski resigned from all of his private sector positions.

Alec Machiels, a partner at Pegasus Capital Advisors, noted that Kuczynski’s background both in government and the private sector makes him well-suited to lead Peru.

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Steven Levitsky, a Professor of Government at Harvard University, noted that compared to most of the other politicians in Peru mired in corruption scandals, Kuczynski comes across as someone who is clean and competent. However, he noted that Kuczynski’s biggest challenge will be convincing the public that he represents the common man instead of the elite.

In 2010, Kuczynski ran for President of Peru as part of the Alliance for Great Change, but failed to qualify for the runoff election. He decided to run again in 2015 on the Peruvians for Change party. Prior to the general election, Kuczynski was running third in the polls, a result that would’ve denied him qualification for the run-off race as only the top two finishers in the general election face off in the runoff election.

However in March 2016, Julio Guzmán, who was running second, was removed from the race due to violation of party rules in the internal election. Guzmán’s removal put Kuczynski in second place in the polls, and he narrowly beat Verónika Mendoza in the general election to qualify for the runoff election.

Jo-Marie Burt, an Associate Professor of Political Science at George Mason University, explained that in order to beat Fujimori in the runoff election, Kuczynski needed to win over some of the center-left voters, who disagreed with him on the economy and social issues.

She noted that Mendoza and the center-left voters eventually supported Kuczynski’s candidacy, but not very enthusiastically.

“The thing that brought them together was their mutual distrust of a Keiko Fujimori government,” Burt said. “It was a tense embrace.”

Burt added that another factor that benefitted Kuczynski was his honesty and clean record, whereas Fujimori and her campaign faced allegations of corruption.

In the runoff election Kuczynski beat Keiko Fujimori, who was the first-place finisher in the general election, by a very thin margin.

However, Fujimori’s party, the Popular Force, won 71 out of 130 seats in the legislature, while Kuczynski’s party only won around 18 seats.

“More people voted for PPK because they were interested in wanting to see a government that would guarantee transparency and honesty in public administration,” Burt said.

Levitsky noted that one of Kuczynski’s largest challenges will be working with the legislature. He explained that it is possible that Peru could enter a governing crisis.

“At first blush, it looks like a recipe for crisis and a possible presidential failure before the end of his term,” Levitsky said. “It’s a real cause for alarm.”

Burt noted that despite the possibility of obstruction by the Popular Front, Kuczynski should be able to maneuver his way and govern effectively, since he and the Popular Front agree on many issues such as the economy and crime. However, Carrión added that many center-left legislators will push for changes in social policies, such as income inequality.

“Peru is not going to have a worse situation of government that it has had before,” Carrión said. “For almost 15 years, the party in power has not been the party with a majority in Congress, and that has not affected the democracy significantly.”

Kuczynski did not respond to a request for comment.

Kuczynski was born in Lima in 1933, and attended high school at the Rossall School in Lancashire, United Kingdom. He received a scholarship to attend Exeter College at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, where he majored in politics, philosophy, and economics.

After graduating in 1960, he received the John Parker Compton fellowship to attend the Wilson School, where he graduated in 1961 with a Masters in Public Affairs.

He joined the World Bank as a regional economist covering Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

In 1967, Kuczynski returned to Peru to work in the Peruvian central bank under President Fer-

nando Belaunde Terry. In 1969, Kuczynski left Peru for the United States in exile after Terry was overthrown in a military coup by General Juan Alvarado.

Kuczynski rejoined the World Bank, and served as a chief economist for northern Latin America and eventually became Chief of Policy Planning. In 1973, Kuczynski joined the investment bank Kuhn, Loeb & Co. as a partner, and in 1975 he joined the International Finance Corporation as its Chief Economist. In 1977, he was appointed the President of Halco Mining, which was based in Pittsburgh.

In 1980, Terry was re-elected President of Peru, and Kuczynski returned to serve as the Minister of Energy and Mines. Kuczynski held this position for two years, and helped promote oil and gas exploration. Kuczynski resigned his post in 1982, and joined the private sector in the United States.

In 1983, Kuczynski was named co-chairman of First Boston, an investment bank based in New York City. In 1992, Kuczynski founded the Latin America Enterprise Fund in Miami, Florida, and invested in companies in Mexico, and Central and South America.

From 1992 to 2001, Kuczynski was the Chief Executive Officer of the Latin America Enterprise Fund as well as Westfield Capital.

In 2000, Kuczynski returned to Peru and joined the presidential campaign of Alejandro Toledo Manrique. After Manrique won, Kuczynski was appointed Minister of Economy and Finance, and in 2005 was appointed Prime Minister of Peru.

Machiels noted that Peru’s economy is much stronger than that of its neighbors, and part of that can be attributed to a regulatory framework Kuczynski and his team put in place during his tenure in the government.

“It helped create a very stable environment for business,” Machiels said. “This allowed entrepreneurship to thrive, a middle class to spring up, and generated growth all across the country.”

In 2006, Kuczynski once again returned to the private sector, and founded Agua Limpia, a nonprofit that provides drinking water sys-

tems to communities in Peru. He also joined The Rohatyn Group as a partner and was the chairman of its Latin America Private Equity (LAPE) fund. He was also a Strategic Advisor to Pegasus Capital Advisors.

Kuczynski joined The Rohatyn Group in 2007 after being introduced to Nick Rohatyn, the CEO of The Rohatyn Group, by a shared colleague. The Rohatyn Group is an emerging markets asset-manager, and the LAPE fund specifically focuses on middle-market companies in a variety of sectors.

“We congratulate Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski on his election as President, and believe that he will do an extraordinary job for the people of Peru,” a spokesperson from The Rohatyn Group said.

Machiels noted that Pegasus Capital Advisors reached out to Kuczynski due to his strong business background, and asked him to advise the company on managing one of its assets, the largest fuel import terminal on the western coast of South America, located in Callao, Peru.

Kuczynski has authored numerous works including Latin American Debt, which was published in 1998, and After the Washington Consensus: Restarting Growth and Reform in Latin America, which he co-wrote with John Williamson GS ’63 in 2003.

Williamson explained that he and Kuczynski wrote the book in order to help countries in Latin America, which had suffered through failed left-wing policies, by coming up with a set of policy and economic proposals to restart their economies. He added that he and Kuczynski sat together in the classroom, and described Kuczysnki as a good person.

Machiels highlighted Kuczynski’s clarity, economic experience, and down-to-earth style, and explained that Kuczynski represents all Peruvians.

“He’s the type of person who responds to your phone calls within a day, and he never feels too important that he should neglect someone,” Machiels said.

“He’s a president for everyone.”

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tivities at Princeton, I’m interested in the direction of our country and the communities I represent.

DP: How has your background in entrepreneurship inf luenced your policy-making?

JP: It’s a good skillset to bring to Washington. Frankly, there aren’t enough entrepreneurs and small business people in Congress, and I enjoy sharing my perspective as somebody who started and ran several small businesses with my colleagues.

DP: In more detail, what kinds of benefits have you seen?

JP: Everything from policies around how we can improve capital markets to… employment law to Internet freedoms. Really, our success in small companies as entrepreneurs touches a lot of different areas of law that I’m able to constantly affect as a member of Congress. I’m getting ready for the fifth annual Startup Day across America, a bipartisan cause that I started several years ago where we have several dozen members of Congress and the Senate out visiting startups in their districts across the country.

DP: A big focus area for you has been education. What do you hope that the next President does with regard to this issue?

JP: I’ve been very thrilled that there’s a Students for Education Reform chapter at Princeton, and it’s been fun to interact with them over the years. I hope that we can continue our commitment to ensure that every child in our country has access to a quality public school, regardless of their zip code, their ethnicity, their income. And we need to make college more affordable.

DP: How do you think the protests by Bernie supporters throughout the convention will affect the presidential race?

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JP: Oh yeah, there were a few times they started chanting something and then everybody else started chanting, “USA, USA.” I couldn’t even hear what they were saying.

Then we all started saying “USA, USA” instead.

DP: So you don’t necessarily think they’re having a big impact on the race.

JP: No, I haven’t heard them… maybe they were outside somewhere, but I haven’t heard much.

DP: As the first openly gay man to be elected to Congress, what advice would you give to members of underrepresented groups who are seeking office?

JP: Really, I think that Congress is at its best when it represents our country in every way and looks like America.

That means we need more representation from traditionally underrepresented communities, whether they’re communities of color or the LGBT community.

DP: Any last words on the prospect of the first AfricanAmerican president being succeeded by the first female president?

JP: It’s gonna happen.

DP: OK, great. Thank you. Is there anything else you’d like to add?

JP: On that same topic, it was really emotional to see that amazing montage of all of the white male presidents, of course followed by our first African-American president, followed by of course, hopefully, Hillary Clinton. It was a very powerful montage they displayed at the convention center [Tuesday] night.

DP: In light of all the unexpected challenges that have cropped up during this presidential race, what do you think that Hillary Clinton needs to do to ensure her victory in the coming months?

JP: She just needs to continue to be as authentic as who she is, an inspiring leader, someone of great integrity, intelligence, who’s prepared to be effective as our next President from day one.

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first-year students applied to an average of eight colleges and universities during their senior year and were accepted to an average of 5 percent. 75 percent of students indicated that the University was their first choice. 90 percent of those surveyed indicated that they would not be taking a gap year. 19.8 percent indicated that they are interested in attending medical school after Princeton, nine percent wanted to go to law school, and 13 percent wanted to go to business school.

Those surveyed also ranked themselves on a scale of 1 to 5, from most liberal to most conservative, and they averaged 2.5.

16.5 percent of students reported their family household income bracket for the 2015 tax year to be below $41,000, 19 percent of students reported it to be $41,000 to $61,000, 18.4 percent reported it to be $200,000 to $400,000,, and 7.6 percent reported it to be above $500,000.

The survey also asked students to indicate their interest in various extracurricular activities. 20.5 percent of students indicated they are interested in athletics, 17 percent expressed interest in science research, 14 percent selected music, 9.3 percent indicated speech, and 5.8 percent community service.

Satchel Joseph ’20 said the University will help her fulfill her aspirations of studying mechanical and aerospace engineering and learning to build cars that are more sustainable for the environment.

“It’s a very prestigious school and I think that will help me in the long run, when I’m trying to find a job,” she added.

9.7 percent responded that they intend to major in the Wilson School, 8.3 percent in computer science, 7.9 percent in chemical and biological engineering, 6.8 percent in molecular biology, 6.8 percent in economics, 6.5 percent in operations research and financial engineering, and 4 percent in physics. 4.7 percent indicated that they are undecided. 93.6 percent of those surveyed indicated an interest in pursuing one or more certificates.

81.7 percent said English was their first language. On average, those surveyed spoke between one and two languages, and 21 percent identified as first-generation college students. Students reported an average of five AP scores and 2.5 SAT II Subject Tests on their college applications.

12 percent of students indicated that they identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer, and 0.7 percent indicated that they do not identify with their sex assigned at birth.

Siman said that she is most excited to be surrounded by people of all different cultures and backgrounds.

“I’m excited to learn from a diverse group of people here at Princeton. Everyone has a different story to tell and I think I couldn’t find that anywhere else,” she added.

Joseph noted that she looks forward to venturing outside her comfort zone and starting to see the world in a whole different way.

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will have the power to shape our children for the next four or eight years of their lives,” she said.

Obama emphasized that “there is only one person” she trusts with the responsibility of “our nation’s children”: presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“When she didn’t win the nomination, she didn’t get angry or disillusioned…She didn’t pack up and go home, because as a true public servant, Hillary knows that this is so much bigger than her own desires,” Obama said of Clinton when she lost her initial bid for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

She added that one quality she admires most about Clinton is that she never buckles under pressure.

“She never takes the easy way out and Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life,” she said.

Obama noted that she believes Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump isn’t ready to be president, and reiterated on her theme of children.

“You see, Hillary understands that the president is about one thing and one thing only: it’s about leaving something for our kids,” she said.

Obama became emotional as she talked about the barriers Clinton will break down with her nomination.

“She has the guts and the grace to keep coming back and putting those cracks in the highest glass ceiling,” Obama said.

She added that she and her daughters can now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.

“Don’t let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great. Because this, right now, is the greatest country on Earth,” she said.

Other speakers on the first day of the Convention included Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley GS ’82 and Ben Jealous, a visiting professor at the Wilson School.

Merkley discussed the former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ contributions to the new platform of the Democratic Party, which he said was widely thought to be more progressive than any in recent memory. He also talked about distinctions between the Democratic and Republican candidates.

“Our response to these real challenges should not be to blame to bully or to belittle but to give real solutions,” he said.

Merkley noted that these efforts should not be discarded after November.

“Bernie Sanders inspired us to bold solutions, willingness to stand up to the powers that be and galvanized the grassroots movement and will continue long after November, and we need it to continue long after November,” he said.

He focused on issues of mass incarceration in communities of color, trade policies and “a government for the people.”

Jealous, former president and CEO of the NAACP, discussed the relevance of fighting for civil rights. He emphasized the legacy of the Democratic Party and what it stands for.

“We are the party of FDR, JFK and MLK…and Hillary Clinton,” Jealous said.

The convention will call a roll call vote to officially nominate Clinton on the second day of the Convention, making her the first female presidential nominee from a major party. Speakers will include former president Bill Clinton and the mothers of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Sandra Bland.

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Why Princeton?

Answers from 2020 “The tight-knit community as well as the beautiful campus and the people I met beforehand.”

“It’s amazing, it’s local, it’s beautiful, it’s got awesome financial aid, it gives so much opportunity, I would meet incredible people, etc…”

“Political balance in the student and faculty communities. ”

“Beautiful Campus, Location, Size, Focus on Undergraduate, self-contained campus, writing program, a capella school, eating clubs, reputation, notable/ role model alumni.”

“It’s always been my “fantasy” school and the other schools I applied to just didn’t compare.”

“It’s Princeton ‘nuff said. ”

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The coming humbling Luke Gamble columnist

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ear freshmen,

The day you were accepted and chose Princeton was a defining moment in your life. It was the reward for of a lifetime of work and study and growth. Though there are thousands of other well qualified applicants, your acceptance is the natural culmination of the person you’ve spent your first 18 years becoming.

The University has now spent the entirety of frosh week celebrating your very existence and preparing you for what is to come. Soon, what you have been looking forward to since admission and have been working towards for so long will actually begin. The anticipation of moving in and actually beginning the school year will fade away, and you’ll begin to make your way through stack after stack of books and draft after draft of essays.

More likely than not, you’ll find that it is hard. Maybe you aren’t quite the writer or the mathematician everyone thought you were in high school. To thrive in this environment, you’ll have to do the grunt work. It won’t be enough that you grew up reading just to fudge your way through vocabulary tests.

You’ll learn that, maybe, you never knew what it meant to work hard.

Despite the difficulties you’ll inevitably face and the self-doubt that will creep in on so many levels, you do belong here. The Office of Admission didn’t make a mistake.

You aren’t an impostor. You belong here. You deserve to be here.

But you also aren’t particularly exceptional. You are neither the mistake in the Admission algorithm, nor the genius for whom these four years should be a cakewalk. If you let it, Princeton will inflate your ego and destroy the very things it wanted to foster in you when it accepted you. Time and time again, you’ll be told, “it’s Princeton, after all.” It’s a statement you’ll soon find out is used to justify anything.

You deserve to be here, but so do thousands of other high school students who got rejected and could easily and eagerly have taken your place. If you let the fact that you were accepted here define you, if you begin to let the name of an institution replace you, you will soon find yourself far outstripped by students at mediocre schools like Columbia and Penn.

Rather than puff you up, Princeton is supposed to humble you and then build you up. If you don’t approach Princeton with the capacity to grow, it will break you.

You’ll fail like you’ve never failed before. You can let the realization of your own inadequacies crush you, or you can be thankful for the opportunity to improve, cognizant that however impressed the world will be that you went to Princeton, that glamor will soon fade if not followed up by real substance.

In his recent New York Times op-ed, David Brooks quotes Terence J. Tollaksen and says the “‘big’ decisions turn out to have much less impact on a life as a whole than the myriad of small seemingly insignificant ones.” Choosing to go to Princeton was certainly a “big” decision. It’s a name that will sell you well for the rest of your life. But how you spend your days here, whether or not you believe in the process and do justice to the work, responsibilities, and gifts that are put in front of you on a daily basis, that is how you will spend your life.

Your time at Princeton is too rare of an opportunity to waste it by treating it like just another stepping-stone. You have to live this process, step by step, day by day. So I implore you, choose to live in the moment, and at the end of your four years you’ll be able to say, “at least I had my eyes wide open, experienced Princeton for what it is, and I let it do its work on me.”

Luke Gamble is an English major from Eagle, Idaho. He can be reached at ljgamble@ princeton.edu.

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his is a very exciting time to be a Princetonian.

Over the course of the past few semesters, we have seen active discussions on race and racism on campus, movements to make the campus more inclusive and supportive of students of all identities and backgrounds, and efforts to make pressing issues such as mental health more visible.

Most importantly, students have become increasingly involved in the decision-making processes of the University, and when issues that they don’t have a direct voice in arise, they demand the right to help make the decisions that will impact their lives and lives of many others on this campus. Slowly but steadily, Princeton is becoming a place where all of its members feel included and their voices are validated.

From the students and staff to faculty and administration, Princeton as an institution and as a community is full of brilliant people, people who care about this school and are dedicated to making it a better place. Yet because it is such a large and diverse community, it is sometimes difficult to hear voices and experiences that are drastically different from one’s own. And when one does not listen to those voices, it becomes difficult to acknowledge the conditions and structures that one takes for granted, and may in fact be oppressing and silencing others.

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The hypocrisy in today’s battles for “free speech”

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he first time I was given a trigger warning was as an admitted student during the SHARE-sponsored “Not Anymore” module focused on sexual consent. Prior to this time, I had little notion of a trigger warning and no idea that in this harsh and obscene world there were ways to not be constantly reminded of such grief, both physically and psychologically.

I didn’t use the trigger warning — I didn’t need it. However, even as someone not tied to the experiences real victims related during the module, I was haunted by these stories. In retrospect, I realized how valuable these trigger warnings — the option to interrupt the victims’ stories if they became too traumatic for certain viewers — could be for someone.

In August, the University of Chicago issued a welcome letter to its students. The letter made national news due to its stance against both trigger warnings and safe spaces. Instead of upholding the necessity of trigger warnings and safe spaces for students, the letter made clear to incoming students that “academic freedom” and resistance to censorship were of the utmost importance.

This letter was not particularly painful for me, mostly because I don’t attend UChicago and have the privilege of not needing safe spaces or trigger warnings. Nonetheless, a “trigger warning” can be defined as a piece of writing that warns a reader or viewer that material may prove harmful, while a “safe space” allows one to feel comfortable speaking without fear of being made uncomfortable or alienated because of various identities or intersections.

Imani Thornton columnist

It is important to realize that the privilege of considering trigger warnings and safe spaces “useless” is not immutable. As privilege usually operates, it is easy for someone who considers these resources dispensable to overlook them and even consider them detrimental, without weighing the costs and benefits to others, namely those who do need trigger warnings.

UChicago is by no means a school in an arbitrary abyss. Indeed, such rhetoric has been emerging for months now, which I remember most clearly as a response to the protests at Yale last November. I am also reminded of Princeton’s own protests created by the Black Justice League that same month, which sparked outcry from arguably reactionist individuals on campus over the matter of ‘free speech.’

One common thread runs through semantic debates over “anti-censorship,” “academic freedom,” “preparation for the real world” and “freedom of expression”: the idea of free speech.

What is particularly odd about this “common thread” is that the so-called threats to freedom of speech are in fact nearly perfect examples of this right. Trigger warnings are nothing more than added words at the beginning of material. Would not advocating against such warnings essentially be advocating against freedom of speech? Let us also not forget that safe spaces, contro-

versially and commonly thought of as disallowing certain speakers from speaking on college campuses, are often created through students’ successful freedom of protest.

At this point it is exhausting to list the ways the free speech movement fails to be anything but hypocritical. I find myself attempting to rationalize the logic of a matterof-factly reactionist movement, where there may be none at all (and quite deliberately).

I am not arguing that all freedom of speech advocates wish to employ unnecessary harm and trauma on fellow human beings. However, as I stated in a previous article, reactionist movements arise because the status quo sustains many of us, especially those of us with privilege. My incentive to shift the status quo is that the privileges I’ve received as a black woman are in fact not a rule in this nation, but necessarily the exception.

For most, if not all, white, heterosexual, cisgendered males who are also able-bodied and young, this may not be so clear. With recognition of our privileges and on our own campus, I hope that we continue to think critically about how free speech advocates may very well be participating in a long legacy of maintaining the status quo. Soon, we all must consider the status quo as not only a scheme that benefits a select few, but also one that I believe cannot continue unbounded if we wish to be leaders for the millennial generation.

Imani Thornton is a Politics major from Matteson, Ill. She can be contacted at it4@ princeton.edu.

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Tigers look to rebound Field Hockey looks to continue success with two home games before first Ivy game against Big Green M.SOCCER Continued from page 10

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ponents scoreless throughout the first period. Additionally, the Princeton offense came alive from the opening moments, with junior midfielder Harry Heffernan finding the back of the net in the second minute off of assists from senior midfielders Vikram Pothuri and Brian Costa. This outstanding first goal of the season enabled the Tigers to head into halftime with a 1-0 lead and the game seemingly under control.

In the second period, however, a few defensive lapses from Princeton enabled the Johnnies to get back into the game. St. John’s Alistair Johnston hit the equalizer in the 66th minute of play, and freshman midfielder

Benjamin Martin’s answering shot was blocked. Less than six minutes later, St. John’s would pull ahead after a messy goal from Mauricio Rivas that followed some defensive confusion in the box. The visitors would ice the game twelve minutes later, with a Mike Prosuk shot in the 84th minute making the final margin 3-1.

Despite the defeat, the Tigers played a more even game from a statistical standpoint: they matched their opponents in shots on goal and corner kicks, with thirteen and four apiece, respectively.

Princeton will look to get back on track as they continue their homestand with upcoming matchups against Rider and Boston University. The Tigers’ first Ivy League game will be against Dartmouth on Oct. 1.

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peccable defense.

The season-opening loss presented a mental challenge for the young Tigers: would they be able to rebound from the loss and defeat Bucknell? Five Orange and Black goals later, coach Tagliente could not help but praise the team’s ability to put aside setbacks, learn and regroup, a core theme of the season.

Moving onto this past weekend, Princeton added to its win tally by defeating both the University of Albany (3-3) and the University of Delaware (4-2).

Beginning with the former match, Tornetta scored the

first half ’s lone goal 20 minutes into the game. However, the Great Danes netted two quick goals in the second half, placing the Tigers in a rare deficit. In response, Tornetta scored yet another goal and assisted one to junior striker Lexi Quirk, restoring and solidifying the Orange and Black lead.

This past Sunday, No. 10 Princeton faced a taller task in taking down No. 12 Delaware. Though not as dominant as the Tar Heels, Delaware offered Princeton an opportunity to improve its national rank. The Blue Hens demonstrated a strong defense, but Princeton’s 12 shots on goal proved too much for Delaware.

Stepping up for the Tigers

on Sunday, junior striker Ryan McCarthy led Princeton with two goals while Caro and Tornetta each contributed one. In addition, freshman midfielder Krista Hoffman scored her second career goal on Sunday. Hoffman’s early contributions this season further attest to the team’s young, uprising recruits.

Looking forward, the Tiger’s resilience will be put to the real test over the course of the next three games. Princeton will face the historically successful University of Virginia this Friday before tackling No. 7 Maryland on Tuesday.

Thereafter, Princeton will play its first Ivy Game next Saturday, hosting Dartmouth at Bedford Field.

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Tigers enjoy continued success with winning start under new leadership

By David Liu sports editor

Two weekends into the 2016 season, Princeton women’s field hockey (3-1 overall) has stuck to its winning ways despite offseason coaching and roster shifts.

This past summer, the Tigers not only graduated a stellar senior class but also hired a new coach in Carla Tagliente. The former University of Massachusetts head coach succeeds 2012 NFHCA National Coach of the Year Kristen HolmesWinn who led the Tigers to 11 consecutive Ivy League titles. Assuming leadership of one of the country’s top field hockey teams, Tagliente and senior captain Cat Caro are tasked with guiding a young, talented

roster.

Four games into the season, the Tigers have proven resilient and skillful, receiving contributions from both veterans and underclassmen. Starting with the season opener against the University of North Carolina (5-1), Princeton competed against one of the nation’s power houses despite sitting out two of its top players: Caro and sophomore striker Sophia Tornetta.

Though the Tar Heels handed Princeton its lone loss of the season thus far, Tagliente remained optimistic following the game, commending the players’ “great leadership and collective effort.” Specifically, the head coach highlighted the Orange and Black’s imSee FIELD HOCKEY page 9

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MEN’S SOCCER

Tigers struggle against West Virginia and St. John

By Nolan Liu associate sports editor

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Despite strong showings, the Tigers suffered two tough losses.

Despite outstanding efforts, the Princeton men’s soccer team (0-2, 0-0 Ivy) has come up just short in its first two games of the season. The squad dropped their opener to West Virginia on Sept.

3 before falling to St. John’s the following Thursday.

In their first matchup of the season against West Virginia (21, 0-0 MAC), the Tigers found themselves plagued by penalties while facing a formidable opponent on the road. Though the Mountaineers were ranked No. 24 in a recent Soccer America poll, Princeton went toe-to-toe with the powerful home team from the outset. Sophomore defensive midfielder Sean McSherry attempted two tries to

start off the action, but the score remained 0-0 after the opening minutes. However, penalties began to make their first appearance for the Tigers: junior forward Nicholas Badalamenti picked up a yellow card in the 32nd minute, while a second yellow issued to fellow senior defenseman Mark Romanowski provided West Virginia with a valuable free kick. The Mountaineers would score off this opportunity, allowing them to head into halftime with a 1-0 advantage.

The penalties would continue to haunt Princeton as the game continued. Barely three minutes into the second half, junior midfielder Matthew Mangini was given a red card, removing him from the action and leaving

the Tigers down a player. Shortly after, Badalamenti received a second yellow, resulting in his ejection and leaving Princeton with the unenviable task of attempting to erase a one-goal deficit with a two-man disadvantage.

The Tigers would hold fast on defense and prevented West Virginia from extending their lead.

However, they were also outshot 14-1 over the course of the contest and failed to score for the remainder of the game, resulting in a disappointing opening loss.

Princeton would look to rebound the following Thursday in their first home game against St. John’s (3-1-1, 0-0-0 in-conference). The Tigers played well from the start, holding their opSee M. SOCCER page 9

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Women’s Soccer open season with six-game winning streak

By David Xin associate sports editor

The women’s soccer team ended their season last year as the outright Ivy League champions, winning six games in the Iv y League Conference. Their only tie came from the Quakers, who managed a double shutout against the Tigers.

However, if the start of the season is any indication, the Princeton squad looks even more impressive this season. The team remains undefeated, winning their first six games, including two nail-biters in overtime. While still early in the season, the Tigers are undoubtedly in form and seem poised to recreate last year’s success.

The Tigers opened the season at home against the Fordham Rams. In what would be a dream start for Princeton, senior Tyler Lussi scored a brace in the first nine minutes, leading the team to a strong 3-1 victory.

This would be the first of many highlights over the

last several weeks.

Princeton’s first overtime match would be against Delaware University. The two teams remained fairly matched. Both sides remained scoreless after playing 85 minutes. It would be the Blue Hens who would break the stalemate, scoring in a one-on-one opportunity.

However, five minutes later, in the dying moments of the game, an equalizer from junior midfielder Vanessa Gregoire sent the game to overtime. A Lussi goal in second overtime gave the Orange and Black a hard-earned win.

Princeton’s next two games showcased their potential, as the Tigers dominated the Howard Bison and Temple Owls, 4-0 and 3-0, respectively. These matches also saw Lussi become Princeton’s all-time leading goal scorer.

The team faced their second nail-biter against the Monmouth University Hawks. Both teams managed to score one goal apiece in the first half. However, a scoreless second half saw the

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Tigers once again play overtime. This time, a goal from sophomore forward Mimi Asom elevated the Tigers to a difficult win. Escaping with their winning streak intact, this 6-0 start is tied for the third-best start in the team’s history.

The season continues on the road this week as the Princeton squad travels to West Virginia University and Duquesne University.

These next two games present the perfect opportunity for the Tigers to continue their momentum. Still, both opponents should present an exciting challenge for the Princeton squad.

Indeed, last year, the Duquesne Dukes beat Princeton, 3-2, handing the team their second loss of the season. While the Tigers managed to strike the first blow and take the lead twice in the game, two late goals in the final fifteen minutes of the game helped the Dukes rally to a victory.

West Virginia has also had success in its new season, going seven games without

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Women’s soccer continues strong performance led by Lussi.

suffering a loss. The Mountaineers also have experience at the highest level of competition, having reached the Elite Eight of the NCAA. Their six-game winning streak matches Princeton’s impressive start, making

Stat of the Day

115 points Tyler Lussi broke the Princeton career points record after two assists against Monmouth.

them a dangerous foe.

With their first Ivy League match just weeks away, the Tigers will undoubtedly be looking to build their momentum in the coming matches as they prepare for another title run.

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