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Pope Francis spoke in Philadelphia on Sunday as part of his first trip to the United States.

150 U. students attend mass hosted by Pope Francis

By Paul Phillips news editor

Today on Campus 7:30 p.m.: Adventurer, photographer and sailor David Thoreson will speak about his travels and climate change. McCormick Hall, Room 101.

A delegation of University students attended the mass conducted by Pope Francis at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Sunday.

The mass was expected to draw as many as one million participants, according to USA Today.

Francis told attendees that

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News & Notes Bomb threat called into Princeton High School, deemed safe

The Princeton High School main office responded to a bomb threat on Friday, according to a press release from the Princeton Police Department. After searching the entire school building, PPD deemed it was safe.

School officials had received a telephone call reporting a bomb in the school building, coming from an individual using an automated voice. The Princeton Police Department responded by evacuating the school and relocating students and faculty so that buildings could be searched.

K-9 officers and bombsniffing dogs searched the buildings. After police found the buildings to be safe at 1:45 p.m., faculty and students reentered the school and resumed their normal activities.

holiness, similar to happiness, is always contained in little gestures. Those little gestures, he said, get lost amid all the other actions humans perform, but they do help to make each day different.

Student organizer Clare Sherlog ’17 explained that the trip was an all-day affair, with students departing the University early in the morn-

ing in two buses.

In Philadelphia, the students were broken into small groups, with each group led by student chaperones, Sherlog said. The chaperones for each group included two upperclassmen and one sophomore. The trip returned at around 11 p.m., she added.

Father Bryan Page, the chaplain at the Aquinas InSee POPE page 3

Two-hundred forty-six students registered for sorority rush and about 170 students were offered membership in a sorority last week, three years after freshmen were banned from rushing on campus, the University’s Panhellenic Council president Caroline Snowden ’17 said.

Around 60 students were offered bids for Pi Beta Phi and Kappa Alpha Theta and around 50 were offered bids for Kappa Kappa Gamma, Snowden said.

Pi Phi president Cameron Ruffa ’16 said that 58 students ended up pledging, or accepting bids, with Pi Phi while sources within the other two sororities said that 58 students pledged with Theta and 32 students pledged membership with Kappa.

Around 100 of the initial rush registrants did not join any of the three Panhellenic societies.

This year’s recruitment process had a lower number of students registering for rush than last year, when 283 sophomores, juniors and seniors registered. Snowden said that she

did not know of any particular reason for this drop and noted that while there was a lower number of students who registered for rush, the number of students who actually showed up was about the same.

The number of students rushing sororities has increased substantially in the past five years. Before the rush ban, an average of around 200 students had been rushing the sororities, with 210 students rushing in 2010, and 206 students rushing in 2011. The number dropped to 74 in 2012, the first year of the freshman rush ban, and consisted of students who had already had the chance to rush during their freshman year. 209 students rushed in 2013, and 283 rushed in 2014.

Pledge membership numbers for Theta and Pi Phi are about the same as those of last year, when 58 pledged membership to Theta and 59 pledged membership to Pi Phi, and higher than two years ago, when 51 pledged with Pi Phi and 50 pledged with Theta. However, this year’s 32 new pledges to Kappa are lower than the 55 who pledged See SORORITY page 5

President of South Africa talks African democracy

By Paul Phillips news editor

President of South Africa Jacob Zuma discussed the rise of Africa at a lecture on Sunday, saying that Africa has come a long way in terms of establishing peace and democracy.

Zuma noted that while there were only eight democracies in the continent of Africa in 1991, two-thirds of the countries in Africa are now democracies. He also said that there should be more transnational partner-

ships, including arbitration about resolving borders that were established arbitrarily during colonial times and discussed the creation of economic zones between different African countries.

“Africa will continue to rise,” he said, “and will continue to provide opportunities to help quality of life to rise.”

JT Wu ’16, a Wilson School major, said that he found Zuma’s discussion of the female leaders he had appointed as ministers particularly See PRESIDENT page 5

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President of South Africa Jacob Zuma discussed opportunities for Africa to help raise its quality of life.

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Dinner raises $2,300 in donations USG senate reviews fall budget, goals for coming semester

By Nahrie Chung staff writer

The Class of 2016 has raised $2,300 for the FEED Foundation through online credit card and cash donations at its Senior Dinner on Friday.

All donations from the night will be used to provide meals through FEED to fight food insecurity, both domestically and abroad, class treasurer Richard Lu ’16 said.

According to Lu, the event was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the 2016 Class Government. Seniors did not have to pay and the sponsors paid $10 per person.

The 2016 Class Government hoped to raise $2,016 for the FEED Foundation this year, according to emails sent out to seniors regarding the event. But as the previous class of seniors were able to raise over $3,500, the class government encouraged seniors in emails to surpass that benchmark.

The issue of world hunger is not only on the decline

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The Class of 2016 Senior Dinner raised $2,300 in donations to support the FEED Foundation, co-founded by Lauren Bush Lauren ’06.

but remains solvable, FEED Projects co-founder Lauren Bush Lauren ’06 told seniors at the Senior Dinner. “[Although] it’s this massive, overwhelming world issue, we can solve it, we know how to solve it and all of you — by being here

tonight because of the awesome Class of 2016 — you are part of that solution,” she said.

Lauren is the niece of former President George W. Bush and is married to David Lauren, son of designer See 2016 page 3

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed their fall budget and their goals for the semester during their first meeting of the year on Sunday.

USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said that she is pursuing a joint town hall with Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun to serve as an open forum outside of Senate meetings.

Cheng is a former staff writer for the ‘Prince.’

The USG has been working to make changes on the dining front, Cheng explained, including the Princeton Preferred Foods Project as well as heritage months. Cheng added that the Campus Dining Student Advisory Board — which is co-chaired by Cheng with Director of Dining Services Smitha Haneef — will become a long-term forum to provide feedback about dining on campus.

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’17 suggested USG asks the administration for updates on their efforts for diversity and equity, either through the Council of the Princeton University Community or through a public meeting.

Among Cheng’s ongoing projects was a plan for student group leader training, which she explained would occur in partnership with Career Services. Designed in part as a response to last year’s Urban Congo incident, in which a student group sparked outrage after a controversial performance, the training process could infuse professional development skills, Cheng said.

The training would also give club leaders a chance to speak with the equity office to discuss how to handle equity issues that might come up in organizing student groups.

U-Council chair Naimah Hakim ’16 said she is excited about the U Matter campaign and asked if there would be a specific role for See USG page 2

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the USG to play in this campaign. According to Cheng, Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse hopes to work with USG to publicize U Matter and there might be more opportunities for involvement in the future.

Cheng and USG vice president Aleksandra Czulak ’17 also noted that they are meeting with University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 this coming week to go over what USG has in store for the semester.

The Senate voted to approve the fall budget as presented by treasurer Hunter Dong ’17. Some of the internal funding items included

$5,000 for “office expenses,” which Dong explained would be used for constantly restocking office supplies, including paper, meeting materials, snacks and coffee.

Dong said he hopes there will be more avenues for worthwhile activities like the PrinceTHON dance marathon to receive funding through USG. Because it is not an official group and the event occurs only once a year, PrinceTHON has previously been unable to apply for funding through ODUS or Projects Board, Dong noted.

Cheng explained that there would be negotiations over USG office staff’s salaries included in Dong’s budget overview. This would involve shifting work hours so that the paid staff members would not be working during dinner hours, when students

tend not to visit the USG office.

During the meeting, the Senate also approved the appointment of Class of 2017 senator Cailin Hong, who is replacing Chris Shin ’17, and chief elections manager Sung Won Chang ’18, who is replacing Grant Golub ’17.

Hong is a former design editor for the ‘Prince,’ and Golub is a former staff writer.

Social committee chair Simon Wu ’17 explained that the recent Lawnparties went well in terms of logistics.

“I heard generally positive feedback on the act itself,” Wu said.

Wu added that the committee would consider the feedback from the last two Lawnparties to make sure everyone on campus can be involved in process of artist selection.

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stitute, explained that there were three separate trips coming from the University – a group of 106 students led by him that took two buses, another group of 15 students that went separately and a group of 30 graduate students who had tickets to the event and went by train.

Both Page and Aquinas graduate fellowship member Danna Hargett GS explained that the delegation to visit the Pope is not just a trip but a pilgrimage. A pilgrimage, Page said, is like taking a walk with God. “A pilgrimage doesn’t have to be something that you do for very long periods of time – it can be an intense one-day experience,” Hargett said.

Page added that the trip was open to non-Catholics, noting that some Jewish students, two Hindus, a Mormon and some declared atheists also attended.

“As Catholics, everyone wants to see the Pope.”

Danna Hargett GS The Catholic community on campus had wanted to organize a trip to see the Pope ever since they heard the Pope was coming to the United States, Hargett said. He said the impetus was always to go, it was just a question of how, and the “how” became possible when the organizers

received access to two buses.

Student ministry member Alex Cuadrado ’16 explained that the ministry is composed of both student and non-student members, and both had a hand in organizing it. Sherlog explained that the non-student members of the ministry, such as Page and Hargett, had put together the trip logistics including making arrangements with the bus companies, while the students took responsibility for spreading the word and managing the students during the outing.

“As Catholics, everyone wants to see the Pope,” Hargett said. “Much like you saw the enthusiasm when the Dalai Lama came to campus, people are attracted to that much holiness and spirituality in a single human being.”

She added that while seeing

the Pope has always been a desire among Catholics, Pope Francis is doing a good job drawing people who would ordinarily not be excited about seeing a person in his role.

Page said that Pope Francis has done an especially good job speaking the language of the people and using soundbite form to sum up what the Church is saying.

“It’s absolutely amazing his ability to capture 2,000 years of tradition and tweet it,” Page said.

Cuadrado said that everyone who went as part of the delegation had a different personal goal in doing so, and the job of Aquinas is to provide everyone with the opportunity to fulfill those goals.

“By providing a way to go on this pilgrimage, each pilgrim can fulfill their own goals,” he said.

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Ralph Lauren. Her company sells handmade bags and accessories, donating a portion of the sales to organizations that provide meals to children around the world. She established FEED the year after she graduated with a degree in anthropology.

The now-annual dinner event, organized by the 2016 Class Government, offered free food and wine to seniors while inviting them to donate to FEED. In a brief speech to the Class of 2016, Lauren recounted the story of FEED’s founding, which all began in her final year at the University. After traveling around the world as a United Nations

World Food Programme Honorary Spokesperson and witnessing the realities of poverty and hunger, Lauren explained she first felt overwhelmed by the immensity of the problem.

“I found it very hard, being a senior in college and after being exposed to these issues,” she said. “What could I do? How could I translate this in a way that is tangible and meaningful and allows people to really engage and feel they can make a difference?”

FEED was soon born out of that frustration, Lauren said. Starting with the simple idea of a burlap bag, FEED is committed to feeding one child in school for a year with every product sold.

Each bag is printed with a number signifying the

number of meals or micronutrients provided with its purchase, the organization’s website reads.

“I am very proud, as a Tiger, to see the Princeton community come together in such a way, around an issue that is very close to my heart.”

Lauren Bush Lauren ’06 FEED Supper is a 30-day movement inviting communities to raise awareness about world hunger through a meal event, Lauren ex-

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The Princeton Symphony Orchestra , featuring Jennifer Koh, performed at Richardson Auditorium on Sunday.

plained. The University community participated in FEED Supper’s inaugural year with the 2015 Senior Dinner, and continued the tradition with Friday’s event.

“I am truly blown away — this is a FEED supper dream come true,” Lauren remarked.

Lauren later expressed thanks for the University’s level of engagement, commending the Class of 2016, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne and others for their active participation.

“I am very proud, as a Tiger, to see the Princeton community come together in such a way, around an issue that is very close to my heart,” she said.

The event took place in McCosh courtyard at 5 p.m.

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interesting. Zuma said that educating a man is educating a citizen, but educating a woman is really like educating a nation.

“I thought it was an optimistic, uplifting speech laying out the future of South Africa but also Africa in general,” Wu said. “I thought it was a pretty successful speech in that it put across an image of Africa as being ready to take that next step from freedom as a basic point to prosperity over the next 50

years.”

Zuma was elected for the first time by the Parliament of South Africa in 2009 following his party’s victory in the general election, and was reelected in 2014.

He participated in resistance against South Africa’s apartheid government in the 1960s, and served 10 years in Robben Island prison alongside previous South African President Nelson Mandela.

Zuma is credited with establishing peace in the KwaZulu-Natal region and won the position of national chairperson of ANC as well

as the party’s chairperson position for the KwaZulu-Natal region within his own party.

Zuma has also been a source of controversy, having been charged with rape in 2005, though the case was thrown out in 2006. He also faced charges of racketeering and corruption following his financial advisor’s conviction for corruption and fraud.

The charges were dropped in 2009.

The lecture, entitled “Africa Rising,” took place at around 4 p.m. in Ivy Club and was organized by the Princeton African Students Association.

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membership last year.

Kappa president Sophia Robertson-Lavalle ’16 did not respond to a request for comment, and Theta president Devon Naftzger ’16 deferred comment to Snowden.

Snowden explained that the sororities initially reach out to potential new members at the end of the summer, and students who decide to register are taken to the three chapters to get a feel for them and talk to the members. After the second night of rushing, the students rank their preferences and the sororities make lists of what students they would like to take. These results are then matched in a manner that tries to make everyone as happy as possible, she said.

This method of rushing differs from fraternities. Male students rush one individual fraternity and recruitment differs for each organization.

The University prohibited freshmen from rushing in September 2012 and does not officially recognize fraternities and sororities on campus.

Fall recruitment took place Sept. 23-25.

Snowden said that although rush gets a bad reputation and is considered exclusive, exclusivity is not the goal of the process. The difficulty, she said, is that there are only three sorority chapters on campus and each one can only take so many new members without it becoming infeasible.

“It’s not our goal to be exclusive,” she said. “In an ideal world, we want everyone to find a place.”

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Messy adventures, home and abroad Bennett McIntosh columnist

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ore than any before, the column I published two weeks ago, “Study Abroad sucked – you should try it!” attracted deeply personal feedback from friends, acquaintances and strangers. In that column, I told part of the story of my term abroad (if I could fully condense any five months of my life into 800 words, they would not be five months worth writing about). But there are many other stories — stories new friends told me over dinner, stories old friends sent from new homes, stories strangers emailed me and, of course, Prianka Misra’s story, published last week on these very pages.

Prianka told of a positive, re-energizing experience and suggested that those who didn’t anticipate similar experiences perhaps shouldn’t go abroad at all. I found this problematic — for I did not anticipate such a negative experience, nor was that resulting misery the dominant feature of my experience abroad.

I emphasized isolating aspects of my story in an explicit attempt to counter the prevailing, over-optimistic narrative — that Study Abroad will be an unmitigated adventure.

Many friends — who I thought until then had also had unequivocally amazing experiences abroad — confided in me after reading my column that they, too, had been unpleasantly surprised by periods of their experience which were more isolating slog than adventure.

This does not mean that I or anyone else had entirely negative experiences, nor that the “learning edge” I advocate living in is necessarily a negative setting. Any time you escape your comfort zone is life on the learning edge — from Prianka’s Cape Town taxi escapades and diving with sharks to my adventures in Scottish cuisine (the whiskey is amazing, the haggis… less so). Nor must life on the learning edge be a foreign adventure: a conversation with a libertarian or anarchist or philosophy major on campus can challenge us to learn and grow in an entirely different way than an encounter with mental health demons or sharks or haggis.

Indeed, I learned and grew from many wonderful adventures abroad: the whiskey, haggis and castles, the ancient foreign capitals from Reykjavik to London to Paris, the wonderful people and spirit of my temporary home in Brighton. But there were times I was miserable. And when I was, it was all-consuming.

This, too, is life, and it would be a shame not to learn from that as well. And I did. I learned that adapting to a new community does not come easy to me, but that it is something, with intentionality, that I am capable of. I learned how much the friends who supported me — here and abroad — cared for me. I learned little things too, discovering aides to contemplation and inspiration like waves crashing on a rocky beach or live music in Celtic pubs. I would be wrong to say I am grateful for my misery, but I am certainly grateful to know what it taught me, so I can avoid it in the future.

Whether we choose to Study Abroad or not (and we should), similar transitions abound, especially at our age. Life is change. One recently graduated friend who reached out to me after reading my column noted that she was experiencing very similar feelings of isolation in her new job in a new city, another mentioned feeling almost as isolated from changed friends and communities upon her return from her term abroad as she did while there. Similar feelings are a part of freshman year for many, if not all, of us — if you don’t recall feeling that way, just take a glance at Yik Yak. Even sophomore year — with no geographic transition — can start with feelings of listlessness or confusion, as freshman friends and institutional support falls away; the resulting “sophomore slump” is much studied and of significant concern to those charged with encouraging our mental health. It’s not just solitude to embrace and recharge from, its loneliness, and a sense of — in words one friend uttered and many echoed — “I feel like I should have my life figured out by now, but I feel like I’m starting over.”

Prianka may be right about Study Abroad, that “perhaps it isn’t for everyone,” but challenging transitions are something we all must overcome. Why not challenge yourself in the relatively safe context of Study Abroad? I chose to go abroad because I needed a break from the Orange Bubble, not because I knew how it would turn out. Was it the best decision for me? I don’t know. Frankly, I don’t care. I’ve long since learned it’s impossible and unproductive to wonder what the best decision would have been, rather than focusing on bringing good out of the situation I’m in. Am I happy about where I am now? Undoubtedly.

So Study Abroad, have your adventure, find yourself — whether it be in the thrill of a Cape Town sunrise, or in gloomy Britain. Your life is out there — beyond the bubble and your comfort zone, and it will be messy and occasionally painful and wonderful and beautiful.

Bennett McIntosh is a chemistry major from Littleton, Colo. He can be reached at bam2@ princeton.edu.

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y grandmother and I were on the floor, our legs stretched out where the coffee table should go. I was happy because she rolled a six. ­­Rolling a six meant landing on Boardwalk and my hotel, and it meant counting her money stack to see if she still held $2,000. She didn’t. I grinned and shouted and paraded my victory as 5-year-old children do, but my grandmother only sighed.

“I don’t like Monopoly very much,” she said.

I don’t mean to sound literary, but college has a lot of Boardwalks.

There is tuition and board to pay, and a hundred students who are reading this paper live in a literal hotel. It’s worth it, for the most part. I must have believed differently in March because I rebuked Campus Dining for its steep fees, but my argument then was weak.

I had been upset about the Block 95 plan. It costs $18.08 a meal this semester, far more than Chinese takeout or a private buffet.

But high cost alone does not prove an abuse of monopoly power. Columnist Erica Choi ’18 pointed out that other block plans cost as little as $13.28 a meal, adding that I should have grounded my comparison in the price of guest meals. The faults in my first column go on.

A week passed after Choi’s response before I asked a dining hall worker what meals cost without a plan. He flipped pages in his binder, eventually reading prices to me from beneath his Campus Dining cap. I could buy breakfast for $9.60. Lunch and brunch were $11.75. Dinner, $16.50. His glasses looked back up at me, eyes confused because I had already swiped in. I was confused, too. These prices did not make sense.

Imagine that a friend visits you for a day. She doesn’t have a meal plan, so she pays out of pocket for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

That night she will board the Dinky $37.85 poorer. Meanwhile, those same three meals will cost you $39.84 because you are on the Block 235 plan. If you had been on Block 95, the meals would have cost $54.24. In other words, when you sign your dining contract you are agreeing to buy hundreds of meals, pay up front and pay extra.

The Block 95 plan costs $1,038 more than a non-student would pay for the same number of meals.

Students must purchase a meal plan if they are living in a residential college.

Executive Director of Campus Dining Smitha Haneef said in a phone interview that the Block 95 plan is designed “to provide flexibility … to less frequent users.”

Now, I’m not an economist, but I know someone who is. I left the worker at his swipe station and wandered down Prospect Ave. until I stood in the cool shadow of

Fisher Hall, one floor below the office where economics professor Elizabeth Bogan sat chatting stocks with a student from her introductory economics class. A clock ticked away the minutes separating her from a train to Boston.

I entered with a notepad and pen, prepared to jot notes on the erudite economic theory that could justify Campus Dining’s price structure. But Professor Bogan had no lecture.

“That they charge less for guests than they do on a meal plan is hard to explain on an incremental cost plan,” she said. “If anything, it should be the opposite.” I asked if the inflated meal plan costs could indicate that Campus Dining had a monopoly. “Yes,” Professor Bogan said. “They certainly have monopoly power.”

Campus Dining is not alone. The University grants monopoly power to more than a dozen businesses vying for student dollars, often to the detriment of students. The Dorm Furnishings Agency, for example, brags that their microwaverefrigerator hybrid is the only solution to the Fire Safety policy’s ban on microwaves. Dormitories Manager Ken Paulaski explained to The Daily Princetonian in a November 2, 2014 article that “not all dormitories can handle the electrical load required for microwaves,” but that the MicroFridge brand is permitted because its “Safe Plug” technology turns off power to the refrigerator when the microwave is in use.

If safety were the only reason for the microwave ban, however, Mr. Paulaski’s department would allow us to buy a Safe Plug appliance directly from MicroFridge. Alas, this is forbidden. “If your microfridge was not rented through the Princeton Student Agencies,” the University’s dormitory regulations warn, “you will be asked to remove it by a given date. If the microfridge is not removed, the unauthorized appliance will be confiscated and Fine Schedule #3 applies.” The rental costs $150 per semester, or $1,200 for four years.

MicroFridge sells a comparable model for $438.

With margins like that, profits run high. One student said in an interview that his agency pays triple the publicly advertised price — so his three-hour shift pulls in $100 a week. The student was granted anonymity in order to freely discuss the subject.

“I don’t necessarily think it’s fair,” he said, “but I don’t want to mess anything up.”

When I owned a hotel on Boardwalk, I didn’t want to mess things up either. But I’m getting to be a bit like my grandmother. I don’t like monopolies very much.

This article is the second in a threepart series examining Universitysanctioned monopolies on campus. You can read the first here.

Newby Parton is a sophomore from McMinnville, Tenn. He can be reached at newby@princeton.edu.

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featured a forced fumble by junior defensive back Dorian Williams, which senior defensive back John Hill returned for 48 yards. The following drive for Lehigh, junior linebacker RJ Paige made arguably the most thrilling play of the game, picking off Lehigh’s Shafinsky and taking it 36 yards all the way to the endzone. It was the first interception for the Princeton defense this year.

The Princeton defense wouldn’t have to wait long to rattle Shafinsky again — the Lehigh quarterback was picked off once more, this time by senior defensive back Khamal Brown. The remaining drives in the quarter for each team were unsuccess-

ful for each team. Thus, the Tigers walked into the final quarter ready for the kill, up 31-13.

While a cheery mood finally returned to the over 15,000 fans in Princeton Stadium, they received a slightly nasty jolt at the start of the fourth quarter — the Hawks forced a fumble on Kanoff and took it in for the touchdown. While Princeton blocked the extra point, Lehigh had narrowed the gap down to 31-19.

The Tigers, however, responded with vigor. They hit Lehigh on the following drive with a touchdown, behind strong running from Rhattigan and senior running back DiAndre Atwater, and topped off with a pass to junior tight end Scott Carpenter. On Lehigh’s next drive, Williams would make himself known once more, forcing another

fumble and returning the ball for 39 yards.

The rest was clean business for the Tigers. Rushing touchdowns from Atwater and junior running back AJ Glass capped the game for Princeton on offense. Though Lehigh earned a garbage-time touchdown of their own, the Tigers walked away victorious, 52-26. It was their best offensive output in almost exactly a year, as they had beaten Davidson 56-17 in their 2014 season opener.

Looking to next week, the team hopes to keep its strong offensive and defensive production going as they prepare for their first Ivy League game this season against Columbia (0-2). The Tigers look to keep their streak going against the Lions — Princeton has come out on top in the last four matchups against Columbia.

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another beautiful ball from Asom.

Her superb performance this game put Lussi in a tie for fourth place all-time in women’s soccer scoring with 36 goals, 11 goals off the record of 47. Incredibly, Lussi already has eight goals this season through nine games and two assists for 18 points.

Mimi Asom added to her assist total and remains the second-place points leader of the team with 11 points.

Junior goalkeeper Hannah Winner recorded her second career clean sheet as the defense held firm in the second half, and the Tigers outshot the Bulldogs 19-6.

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match against a scrappy Dartmouth team (6-1-2, 0-01) that just tied Brown 0-0 in double overtime. After just one game, Cornell, Princeton and Harvard sit atop the

league, and next weekend’s games should help clear up the standings a bit.

The Tigers will play Saturday at 7 p.m. in Hanover for Dartmouth’s home opener.

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Tigers defeat Lehigh 52-26, move to 2-0

By Miles Hinson sports editor

2006 was the last time Princeton won its first two games of the season. It was also the last year the team had gotten off to a start like this one. Defending Powers Field in their first home game of the season, the Tigers (20) rocked the visiting Lehigh Mountain Hawks (2-2), rolling to a 52-26 victory. With the victory, they break a fourgame losing streak against Lehigh, going back to 2010.

Princeton, however, was not totally dominant from the first whistle. They did manage to strike first, and in quick fashion — they moved down 75 yards in just under three minutes, and punctuated the drive with an eightyard touchdown from junior running back Joe Rhattigan.

Lehigh responded as they got their first touchdown on the Tigers in just under two minutes, spurred on by a 64-yard bomb from quarterback Nick Shafnisky to wide receiver Sasha Kelsey. The Tigers finished the first quarter up by three, thanks to senior kicker Nolan Bieck’s field goal from 38 yards. The field goal, more-

over, puts Bieck at 3-3 on the season.

After forcing another stop, the Tigers seemed to be closing in on another score, making their way through the Lehigh defense with the end of the first closing in. However, choosing to go for it on fourth-and-three instead of a field goal, they failed to get the first down.

It was after this, it seemed, that the tide turned in Lehigh’s favor. The Hawks tied up the game with a field goal on the opening drive of the second quarter. Princeton responded not with a score, but with a three-and-out. This point was the critical juncture in the game. The energy that had permeated throughout the stadium in the beginning of the game had dissipated. The Tigers had to come back strong on their next play.

After Lehigh took their first lead of the game with another field goal (putting the score at 13-10), Princeton got the spark it needed.

Sophomore quarterback John Lovett, having gotten his first action in NCAA football in the previous game, made two key plays for the Tigers on their first successful drive of the

quarter — the first, an 11 yard rush, which gave Princeton a first down and the second, a gorgeous 33-yard completion to senior wide receiver Isaiah Barnes. Princeton finished the drive with another touchdown, again from Rhattigan, putting them up 17-13.

As the noise level from the Tiger faithful began to rise once more, Lovett prepared for his third impact play of the quarter. As the Tigers forced another three-and-out and took back the ball, Lovett made a play on the receiving side, reeling in a 33-yard pass from junior quarterback Chad Kanoff. Kanoff struck the Hawks once more to end the half, hitting senior wide receiver Seth DeValve for the 26-yard touchdown pass.

With Lehigh unable to make headway at the end of the quarter, the Tigers went into the half up 24-13 at the end of the half.

Clearly, a strong offensive showing breathed life into Princeton at the end of the first half. In the beginning of the second, their success came on the backs of highlight-reel worthy defensive plays. The first Lehigh drive See FOOTBALL page 7

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Sophomore quarterback John Lovett passed, rushed and received excellently in the Tigers’ win over Lehigh.

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Women’s soccer dominates Yale 3-0 at Roberts Stadium

By Grant Keating staff writer

The women’s soccer team (6-3 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) opened their Ivy League schedule this Saturday with a convincing victory over Yale (3-4-2, 0-1-0) in front of a home crowd of 458 at Roberts Stadium. It took the Tigers until the second half to break the deadlock against a tough Yale defense, but once the Tigers did, the f lood-

gates opened as they added two goals to complete a convincing 3-0 victory over their Ivy League rivals.

This victory was vital for the Tigers as they earned three important points in their quest for the Ivy League title. The Tigers managed to beat the Bulldogs for the first time at home since 2003.

It was sophomore defender Natalie Larkin who opened the scoring for the

Tigers. She was assisted by an in-the-box chip from freshman forward Mimi Asom, who had just collected the rebound of a shot that ricocheted off the crossbar.

Almost 10 short minutes later, junior forward Tyler Lussi put in her first goal of the game on a delightful cross from junior defender Jesse McDonough, before Lussi completed her brace in the 90th minute after See W. SOCCER page 7

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This weekend was the first Princeton-Army battle in two years, with last season’s matchup cancelled.

Sprint Football continues to face struggles, falls to Army

By Tom Pham associate sports editor

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Princeton, now on a four-game win streak, hopes to keep things going in their next game at Dartmouth.

After a disappointing 4813 defeat against Chestnut Hill (1-0), the Tigers (0-2) had their home opener against the United States Military Academy (2-0) in an attempt to end their 102-game streak without a victory against a CSFL opponent. The Tigers have not had great success against Army in recent history, as the team was shut out in five of the last six meetings, losing 57-0 in their most recent meeting in 2013 and only gaining 60 offensive yards.

However, this meeting was not any better for the Tigers, as they were completely dominated in every part of the game. Despite their best efforts, the Tigers lost 86-0 against Army. Army scored 23 points in the first quarter before tacking on 23, 19 and

21 more points in the three quarters after that.

Army’s offense was firing on all cylinders, as they picked up 499 yards of total offense and scored four passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns. Army had contributions from many different players, with Jaylen Collier rushing for 69 yards with one touchdown and Patrick Riley who had 48 yards and two touchdowns.

Keegan West, Quay Gilmore and Ronald Fricke III each added a touchdown of their own as well as the whole team racked up a total of 288 rushing yards.

Army’s passing game was also efficient, as they went 14-21 with 211 yards and four touchdown passes, led by Brady Miller who had three touchdown passes of his own and Keegan West who had one touchdown pass and 128 yards.

On the other hand, the Tigers’ offense struggled for most of the game, gaining a paltry total of two offensive yards, losing 79 yards on the ground and gaining 81 yards in the air. Junior quarterback Chad Cowden did not have a great game, going 9-20 for 81 yards with an interception and he was also sacked seven times. Freshman quarterback Matt Martinez did not fare much better, failing to complete any of his three attempts, while also throwing a pick and getting sacked once. Senior wide receiver Patrick Yu led the Tigers with six receptions for 51 yards.

Despite this poor result, the Tigers will look to bounce back as the season progresses. Next Saturday, the team will have an intersquad scrimmage at 1 p.m. before heading to Ithaca, N.Y. on Friday, Oct. 16 to face Cornell (2-0) at 7 p.m.

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