The Daily Princetonian: Class of 2020 Commencement Issue

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Jonathan Ort ’21

BOARD OF TRUSTEES treasurer James T. MacGregor ’66 Douglas Widmann ’90 Alexia Quadrani Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 trustees vice president Kavita Saini ’09 Francesca Barber Craig Bloom ’88 Abigail Williams ’14 Kathleen Crown Gabriel Debenedetti ’12 trustees ex officio second vice Stephen Fuzesi ’00 president Jonathan Ort ’21 David Baumgarten ’06 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 Louis Aaron ’22 Michael Grabell ’03 John G. Horan ’74 secretary Rick Klein ’98 Chanakya A. Sethi ’07 president Thomas E. Weber ’89

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A Class and Its Story

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n September 11, 2016, nearly all 1,312 members of the Class of 2020 streamed into the University Chapel for Opening Exercises. It was one of their first times together as a class.

Twenty years prior, Toni Morrison had found Princeton “redolent with the breath of the emotional life lived here and the intellectual life made manifest here.” Over their four years on campus, the students of the Class of 2020 would make good on both.

Those students, however, arrived at a university wrestling with its own past. The previous November, students from the Black Justice League had occupied the office of President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83, in protest against the University’s celebration of white supremacist Woodrow Wilson Class of 1879.

On that September afternoon, as the Class of 2020 sat awe-struck beneath granite pillars and stained glass, acrimony and prejudice surged across the world. As Eisgruber reflected, “This September follows a searing summer, a summer filled with loss and grief and violence around our planet and in this country.”

Fifty-eight days later, Donald Trump would win the presidency of the United States. Just as

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Princeton was grappling with its historical contradictions, so too was the nation.

Today, historic achievements distinguish the Class of 2020, which includes musicians and athletes, mathematicians and anthropologists, artists and engineers. Alongside the seniors, 493 graduate students earned Master’s degrees and PhDs, reaching the highest levels of academic endeavor. At the Class’ virtual Commencement ceremony on May 31, Nicholas Johnson ’20, the first Black valedictorian in Princeton’s 274-year history, told his peers, “I find it hard to imagine that four years have passed since we first walked through FitzRandolph Gate together.”

“We have learned an incredible amount since then,” he continued. “More importantly, we have learned that we have far more to learn.”

As the Class of 2020 celebrated all it had achieved, campus was empty. But the work of making Princeton a better place continues. To that centuries-long conversation, the Class of 2020 has submitted its own indelible contribution.

This, then, is the story of a remarkable Class and its students — the triumphs they earned and the travails they endured, the heights they scaled and the legacies they left behind.

managing editors Benjamin Ball ’21 Elizabeth Parker ’21 Ivy Truong ’21 Cy Watsky ’21 Sections listed in alphabetical order. chief copy editors Lydia Choi ’21 Anna McGee ’22 associate copy editors Celia Buchband ’22 Sydney Peng ’22 head design editor Harsimran Makkad ’22 associate design editors Abby Nishiwaki ’23 Kenny Peng ’22 head features editor Josephine de La Bruyère ’22 head multimedia editor Mark Dodici ’22 associate video editor Mindy Burton ’23 head news editors Claire Silberman ’22 Zachary Shevin ’22 associate news and features editor Marie-Rose Sheinerman ’22

head opinion editors Rachel Kennedy ’21 Madeleine Marr ’21 associate opinion editors Shannon Chaffers ’22 Emma Treadway ’22 deputy associate opinion editor Kate Lee ’23 editorial board chairperson Zachariah Sippy ’22 associate prospect editors Paige Allen ’21 Lauren Fromkin ’23 Cammie Lee ’22 Auhjanae McGee ’23 head sports editor Tom Salotti ’21 Alissa Selover ’21 associate sports editors Josephine de La Bruyère ’22 Emily Philippides ’22 Rachel Posner ’22

associate news editors Naomi Hess ’22 Allan Shen ’22

144TH BUSINESS BOARD business manager Louis Aaron ’22 director, digital products Andy He ’23

This issue was designed by Harsimran Makkad ’22.

This Year’s Undergraduate Class

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he Class of 2020 comprises a diverse and vibrant array of students, whose unique backgrounds and experiences inform the Class’ collective perspective.

In 2015, 29,303 students applied to Princeton, in what was then the largest applicant pool in the University’s history. The following fall, 1,312 matriculated as members of the Class of 2020.

Of those students, 20 percent identified as Asian, 9 percent as Hispanic, 8 percent as African American, and less than 1 percent as American Indian.

In total, 153 students, or 12 percent of the Class, hailed from 49 countries beyond the United States. Stateside, 200 students came from New Jersey, 156 from New York, and 129 from California.

During their time at Princeton, members of the Class studied a striking range of subjects, from phi-

losophy to chemical engineering, from geosciences to African American studies. Approximately 76 percent of the Class received Bachelor of the Arts (AB) degrees, while the other quarter earned Bachelors of Science in Engineering (BSE).

In the classroom, on the field, and on the stage, 2020 alumni earned countless honors, as they sought academic challenge, won championships, and captivated audiences.

Among many other incredible students, the Class of 2020 includes two Rhodes Scholars, a Jeopardy! contestant, and the fift h pick in the 2020 WNBA draft.

Under the Class of 2020’s leadership, Princeton became the first Ivy League school to secure 500 Ivy League Championships.

In this special retrospective, we chronicle how the Class of 2020 got there.

Where did the Class of 2020 come from?

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Congratulations to the

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Congratulations to the Great Class of 2020!

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FROSH YEAR 2016-17

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As Princeton adopted a new motto, students advocated for undocumented immigrants and protested the election of Donald Trump. Myesha Jemison ’18 made history as the first Black woman elected Undergraduate Student Government president, and Bella Alarie ’20 played on the USA Basketball Women’s Under-19 World Cup Team.

November 17, 2016

NEWS | U. community members protest to call for U. action protecting undocumented immigrants

December 12, 2016

NEWS | Myesha Jemison ‘18 brings life of leadership p.6 experience to USG Presidency

March 16, 2017

SPORTS | Tigers fight to the wire, fall to Notre Dame 58-60 in March Madness’ round of 64

March 30, 2017

OPINION | Princeton needs a journalism certificate. Here’s why.

Three years ago, then-sophomore Emily Erdos ’19 called for Princeton to offer a journalism certificate.

Just over a year later, the faculty unanimously approved just such a program.

April 18, 2017

NEWS | U. to rename spaces for Toni Morrison, Sir Arthur Lewis

April 26, 2017

OPINION | Letter to the Editor: Workers’ message to students “When a snowstorm hit this past winter, essential campus dining staff…were offered the opportunity to come to campus the night before. That was good, but the conditions workers found when we arrived were not.”

June 1, 2017

NEWS | BJL members reflect on successes, seek greater engagement Along with other acts of civil disobedience, the Black Justice League (BJL) in November 2015 occupied President Eisgruber’s office to force the administration to consider demands intended to make Princeton more hospitable to Black students. Their displays of resistance would reverberate throughout the Class of 2020’s time at Princeton.

July 16, 2017

NEWS | U. confirms U.S. citizenship of graduate student convicted of espionage in Iran An Iranian court convicted Xiyue Wang, a History graduate student, on espionage charges, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Over the next four years, his case would spark widespread outrage, as an international coalition worked towards his eventual release.

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Myesha Jemison ’18 brings life of leadership experience to USG Presidency

By Maya Wesby | December 12. 2016

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n Friday, Dec. 9, Myesha Jemison ’18 secured the majority of votes to become the Undergraduate Student Government president-elect. When she begins her term in February, Jemison will be the University’s first Black female USG president. It’s a victory that is both well-deserved and exciting, according to Jemison’s friends and University faculty members, who say that the leadership and skills she’s developed throughout her life prepared her for this role.

Jemison was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Va., in a predominantly Black and Puerto Rican neighborhood. Her hometown environment not only allowed her to practice and become comfortable with the Spanish language — Jemison is now a Spanish and Portuguese concentrator — but it also gave her a chance to see the potential her neighborhood had in developing educational resources. According to Jemison, the quality of education in Virginia Beach neighborhoods, such as the structure of schools and how teachers interact with their students, depends on the quality of life people have in those neighborhoods. Consequently, lower quality schools correlate to negative stereotypes surrounding the students who attend.

Jemison attended one such lower quality school, but soon moved to a gifted school in the third grade. She then won a scholarship to attend the local private school, which she attended for a year before moving to the Bayside High School Health Sciences Academy, a magnet school where Jemison developed her love for research and medical studies. She was involved in a variety of activities, including becoming captain of the basketball team, a role that altered her understanding of leadership.

“Leadership isn’t just a position that you fill, but more so the way you live your life, and navigate throughout the world,” Jemison said. “Something that my coach told me when he talked to us about why he chose myself and another senior to be captain, was that it wasn’t necessarily what I said but what I did and how I responded to what he said.”

She added that when given a task by her coach, as well as in other situations, she learned to lead by example while also showing love for the people that she led.

Jemison considered applying to the University after winning the Princeton Book Award, which led her to do more research on the University. At the time, the only other Ivy League schools she knew of were Harvard and Yale. Another reason she applied was that a teacher for her AP U.S. History class believed her to be an “Ivy League girl” and encouraged her to apply to schools that most of her classmates were not applying to.

“I appreciated that I had a teacher who saw potential in me. For a teacher to push you on what you’re thinking of for your college goals was really great,” Jemison said.

Jemison went on to participate in the Freshman Scholars Institute, the University’s summer program that allows incoming students to “experience the intellectual, co-curricular, and social life at Princeton,” according to its website.

She noted that the program helped her immensely in preparing her for the academic workload of the University.

“FSI prepared me to teach myself things, and making sure I was really proactive about asking questions, and understanding that you don’t have to have all the answers. Another thing about FSI is

she makes people feel welcome every day, in every interaction.

Santiago said that another part of what makes Jemison an effective leader is that she genuinely takes interest in and helps others, for example, in helping him figure out his concentration. He was thrilled with Jemison’s election win, and is excited to see her continue to break barriers.

Jemison described finding out about her victory as a very emotional experience. She said that she called her mom, who was probably more excited than she was. She was excited to have won, but that she was even more excited for the initiatives that would be implemented and the voices that would be heard under her governance.

Jemison has been involved in a number of activities and communities on campus, and she added that she’s been informed of the needs and wants of a variety of students from leadership roles in Princeton Caribbean Connection, Community House, and the Diversity & Equity Committee.

She also currently serves as a Residential College Advisor in Forbes College, a role in which she has “gone above and beyond to foster an inclusive community,” according to Forbes Director of Student Life Mellisa Thompson in an emailed statement. She also noted that Jemison “has proven to be a thoughtful, caring and a supportive person for her zees,” adding that she is a role model to the University community.

Justine Levine, Director of Studies for Rockefeller College, shared a similar sentiment in an emailed statement, noting that Jemison “has always exhibited an altruistic spirit” and is an embodiment of the University’s informal motto, “In the nation’s service and the service of humanity.”

Jemison has also served as the vice president of the University’s gospel choir, working closely with president -Myesha Jemison ’18 Briana Payton ’17.

“Myesha has always had a sweet air about her. She genuinely cares about people in her life … and it’s just been great because we love the school, we have to challenge it sometimes, so knowing her. It always brightens your day when you see her. She’s that it continues to be such a great institution. To be a place where full of joy, and ever strong,” Payton said, noting that Jemison has students can call home.” joy in spite of challenges she has faced.a She added that through her USG presidency, she hopes to create “She does so much on campus, and she maintains a kind of lichange on campus and serve as a link between students and adghtness about her even when she’s got literally the whole world on ministrators when the latter are not accessible. her back,” Payton said.

“Something that I hope came across in my platform was that “It’s about time, and there’s no one else I’d rather have take that the things I was advocating for were things that I wanted out of place.… I think Black women do so much, but I think so many tiPrinceton, but were more so things that students have repeatedly mes we’re not recognized for the work that we do, or for the way said they want out of the University. I think it’s a great opportuthat we serve,” Payton said. “And for her to be in such a public planity to help make that happen, but also to establish long-lasting tform of leadership is really great… for her to have a larger platrelationships with students and administrators to create an enviform to say ‘This is what we can do’, not only for ourselves but for ronment where change can readily occur on campus,” she added. making the entire University community better. And so I think She said that one of the aspects of her platform she is most excited it’s absolutely fabulous that there’s a Black woman who is USG preabout is the creation of a social action committee, which will creasident. What can I say — it’s Black Girl Magic.” te an opportunity for students to not only discuss issues they care Jemison said she hopes to go into researching the intersection about, but also to branch out of the Orange Bubble, so that studenbetween science, technology, and society with regard to public ts can stay engaged with events that happen outside of campus. health services. She is a Mellon Mays Fellow, which puts her on “I think that’s something that should be continued not only track to become a professor and, she hopes, to help others pursue now in my time at Princeton, but beyond that,” she said. research. She hopes to put this knowledge into working in foreign Samuel Vilchez Santiago ’19 said he is most excited about solaffairs. ving inequity issues on campus during Jemison’s presidency and Ultimately, in her USG presidency, Jemison aims to create giving a voice to student minority groups who feel underrepreseninitiatives that are effective, long-lasting, and what students ted in the University’s current climate. He added that Jemison exemwant. plifies the skills and values a leader requires, and that one thing

that it really allows you to establish a strong network of friends,” she said, noting that her closest friends today are those she met through the program.

Soraya Morales Nuñez ’18 was roommates with Jemison during the program and described her as a loving friend and compassionate person. When Nuñez had a family emergency during freshman year, Jemison put her in contact with the appropriate University administrators so that she could receive enough funds to go home. Nuñez also noted that Jemison is largely quiet and humble in what she does and the impact she has, so much so that she didn’t know Jemison was running for USG president until the candidates were announced.

Jemison said she joined USG her sophomore year for a variety of reasons. While she was looking for activities at the University, she was also looking for opportunities to make an impact and to have the opportunity to work with both students and administrators.

“Something that I decided that I wanted to do throughout freshman and sophomore year and that I was already trying to do was listening to what students wanted out of their Princeton experience,” Jemison said. “A lot of times, people are like, ‘You should be grateful you go to Princeton’, and we definitely are grateful, but

“Leadership isn’t just a position that you fill, but more so the way you live your life, and navigate throughout the world.”

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SOPHOMORE YEAR 2017-18

With Honor Code referenda, a newly-resumed transfer program, and faculty approval of a new calendar, reform swept campus as the Class of 2020 finished its second year. Institutional reckoning and classroom controversy only added to the debate. In sports, field hockey reached the NCAA quarterfinals.

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November 3, 2017

NEWS | U. undergraduate, Microsoft sue Trump p.8 over DACA

March 11, 2018

SPORTS | Women’s basketball clinches Ivy League Championship, heads to NCAA Tournament p.9

March 15, 2018

NEWS | Hundreds turn out for gun control protest at Frist Several hundred demonstrators gathered in front of Frist Campus Center to protest for increased gun control after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., which killed 17 people.

April 8, 2018

OPINION | Mercy should be the guiding principle of Honor Code reform On March 26, the Honor System Review Committee discussed its preliminary findings regarding the three suspended referenda — which passed with overwhelming support from the student body.

April 27, 2018

NEWS | U. approves certificate program in Asian p.10 American Studies

May 3, 2018

NEWS | 20 years of female leadership on Prospect Avenue

May 4, 2018

OPINION | Editorial: How Women Became Tigers “Despite progress for women on campus, the University has a long way to go in addressing sexual misconduct, combating misogyny on male sports teams, and rectifying the lack of female mentors.”

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U., undergraduate, Microsoft sue Trump administration over DACA

By Marcia Brown and Rose Gilbert | November 3. 2017

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he University has launched a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The U. filed the joint complaint on Nov. 3 in federal court in Washington, D.C., alongside Maria De La Cruz Perales Sanchez ‘18 and Microsoft.

The Trump administration had announced the end of DACA on Sept. 5, subject to action from Congress. Yesterday, the administration said that they would not include the program in the current spending bill.

Former President Barack Obama established DACA by executive order in 2012. It provides work authorization and relief from deportation for undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children. An estimated 17,400 immigrants in New Jersey are DACA recipients.

The joint complaint explains that terminating DACA “severely harms her and other DACA-enrolled young people” as well as employers who hire such beneficiaries. The U.’s announcement comes after U. President Christopher Eisgruber ‘83 voiced his support of DACA previously in open letters to congressional leaders and Trump. The U. faculty also issued a letter supporting DACA beneficiaries.

In a press release, Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said that Microsoft was “deeply concerned” about the possibility of ending DACA. Smith added that changes to DACA would “drastically disrupt” the lives of roughly 800,000 Dreamers. “Although undocumented, these young people grew up in the United States,” wrote Smith, adding that they “attended our schools, built careers and started businesses, bought houses, started families and became part of our communities.”

The lawsuit’s plaintiffs claim that DACA’s termination is a violation under the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment, “including its guarantee of equal protection under the law, as well as the administrative Procedure Act,” the U. press release stated.

In addition to Microsoft, companies such as Univision Communications, Inc., Google, Spotify, and IBM Corporation have voiced support on the issue, according the press release.

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tation and enables them to continue their work or education here. As part of the program — and in order to remain protected —individuals were required to provide the Department of Homeland Security, under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, with highly sensitive and personal information. Additionally, Dreamers, as DACA beneficiaries are known, were required to submit to a background check and pay a significant fee.

Since the government has promised that it would not use the information provided by DACA recipients, if the program ends, Dreamers will be more vulnerable to deportation.

The U. contends that DACA’s termination will cause a “loss of critical members of its community,” according the press release. Additionally, Microsoft and its subsidiary LinkedIn have noted that they employ at least 45 DACA recipients in roles ranging from software engineers to financial analysts.

At the time of publication, Perales Sanchez had not yet responded to requests for comment.

Princeton DREAM Team, an immigrant rights advocacy student group, has also not yet responded to requests for comment.

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Chris Eisgruber ’83, Maria De La Cruz Perales Sanchez ’18, and Brad Smith ’81 speak to reporters outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 12, 2019. That day, the Court considered a number of DACA cases, including the U.’s 2017 complaint.

The joint complaint explains that terminating DACA “severely harms her and other DACA-enrolled young people” as well as employers who hire such beneficiaries.

SPORTS

2018 Ivy League Tournament Champion Tigers heading to NCAA Tournament

By Christopher Murphy | March 11, 2018

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eading into the game, the final words women’s basketball head coach Courtney Banghart told her players in the locker room were, “You’re champions. Now go out there and play like it.”

Boy, did they ever.

The Princeton Tigers matched up against a Penn team known for its physical front court and historic excellence. Winners of the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, the Quakers were hoping to win the tournament for the second straight year against the Tigers, snatching away an NCAA berth from the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League. On their home court, the Quakers survived a thrilling game against Harvard and went into the game against the Tigers hoping their momentum and physicality would win the day.

Then the Tigers stepped on the court.

Winning 63–34 and sweeping the season series against their rivals from the city of brotherly love, Princeton dominated the Ivy League Tournament final from start to finish. The game gave Princeton fans flashbacks of the epic 2014-2015 team that went 30–0 in the regular season. The Tigers made sure no one stole away their NCAA Tournament bid and, when the final horn sounded, began to celebrate something that they have been working towards for the last 364 days.

“We said at the beginning of the year that we were going to take care of business,” said sophomore guard/forward Bella Alarie, who was named MVP of the Ivy League Tournament. “That was our team motto, and we certainly did it. We did it this year.”

Right out of the gate, the Tigers challenged the Penn defense with open looks from the perimeter. Hallmarked by their physicality in the paint and ability to dominate the glass, the Quakers were simply out-worked on the boards for the entire game, as Princeton continued to win offensive rebounds, generate second chance opportunities, and find open looks from beyond the arc. The Tigers finished with 48 total rebounds and 12 offensive ones; in contrast, the Quakers only had 31 total rebounds “That’s always our first goal, to have our defensive play come before our offensive play,” Alarie explained. “We just had such great defense today we were blocking shots we were communicating … and our defense led to our offense.”

The beneficiary of this defensive performance was freshman guard Abby Meyers, who earned All Ivy Tournament Team Honors after her dominant performance. She finished with a game high 18 points on nearly 50 percent shooting and scored 11 in a row for the Tigers as they opened a 24–3 lead early in the second.

“I got to give it to my teammates for getting me those open looks,” Meyers said after the game. “I want to win for the seniors and I want to make every shot I attempt and to win it for them is just amazing.”

Perhaps the only time Penn threatened Princeton in the

game came midway through the second quarter when the Quakers scored seven in a row to cut the lead to 24–10. But then freshman guard Carlie Littlefield — the three-point specialist in Princeton’s semi-final victory over Yale — hit a three-pointer to stop the Penn run. By halftime, the Tigers were back up by 19 points.

The second half proved to be much of the same. As the Tigers continued to contest every Quaker shot, Penn simply could not make enough baskets to climb back into the game. The Quakers improved upon their dismal 7.1 shooting percentage from the first quarter minimally for the rest of the game, ending with a shooting clip of 22.2 percent. As the game got closer to its finish, the Orange and Black fans who made the trip continued to get louder until they finally had their opportunity to storm the court with their champion Tigers.

“I’m so proud to be a Tiger today,” Alarie continued, beaming after the game, “and I am so excited to play in the NCAA Tournament.”

The Ivy League win and the ensuing NCAA Tournament berth nearly completes the legacy of this senior class. As freshman on that 2014-2015 dream team, the seniors will be returning to the big dance after winning the Ivy League Tournament for the Tigers and capping off a year’s worth of work to get back to this position.

“I’ll remember this team for different reasons,” said Banghart. “I’ll never forget this one for the senior leadership and the power of how your team plays to the personality of your seniors.”

The Tigers are grabbing their dancing shoes and heading back to the NCAAs later this month. The team’s opponent has yet to be determined; according to the latest updates in ESPN’s Bracketology, the Tigers are projected as a 12 seed and will play the fifth seeded Maryland Terrapins in Athens, Ga. The official bracket will come out today at 7 p.m.

“There are some matchups I like better than others,” Banghart continued, “but the matchup I like the best is Bella being aggressive, Abby shooting the ball well, and Leslie at the high post.”

Banghart alluded to the power of the Ivy League Tournament in preparing her team for potential NCAA matchups.

“At this [the Ivy League Tournament] there are only good teams left,” explained Banghart. “Playing Yale and then playing Penn on their home floor and beating both, I think it has given us some good preparation moving forward.”

In a few days, the Tigers will be looking ahead, attempting to cement their legacy in a NCAA Tournament run.

“It’s a dream come true,” Meyers said after the game. “I’m so excited for the NCAA Tournament, and I’m just going to take in every second of it.”

“I’m so proud to be a Tiger today, and I am so excited to play in the NCAA Tournament.”

-Bella Alarie ’20

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U. approves certificate program in Asian American Studies

By Rebecca Ngu | April 27, 2018

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fter 40 years of campaigning by Asian-American students, alumni, faculty, and staff, the University officially approved a certificate program in Asian American Studies on April 2. The establishment of the certificate, received with delight and tentative hope by students, marks a historic achievement and important beginning for a longer journey of establishing a thriving Asian American studies field at the University.

“Never in my wildest dreams could we imagine that we could get this by the time I was a senior,” said Nicholas Wu ’18, former president of the Asian American Students Association, who has been involved in the campaign since his first year as a student.

“Now we’re on the cusp of something really big,” Wu said.

Wu is former head opinion editor at The Daily Princetonian.

While Asian American studies classes have been offered in the past, such as Beth Lew-Williams’s HIS 270: Asian American History, which attracted almost 100 students this past fall, the certificate creates an institutional home for Asian American Studies. This necessitates a mandate for the University to hire more faculty and provide more diverse classes, according to Anne Cheng, director of American Studies, professor of English, and long-time advocate for the new certificate.

Previously, Asian American Studies was supported on an ad hoc basis through visiting faculty and speakers, such as the Asian American Speaker Series. Now, as an established program, faculty can develop a real curriculum and methodology for Asian American Studies.

The new certificate will not only help to establish Asian American Studies as a field at the University, Cheng said, but will also hopefully present a model of interdisciplinary and trans-national ethnic studies in the 21st century, in contrast to its early years.

“In the 1980s, it was about identity politics,” Cheng said, explaining that Asian American Studies was part of a general movement for ethnic studies that emerged in the ’60s and ’70s. Buoyed by the radicalism of the time, students asserted “Asian-American” as a radical act bridging “Asian” and “American” as a singular identity worthy of scholarly study.

At the University, advocacy for Asian American Studies began as long ago as the early 1970s, with the creation of Asian American Students Association. It started with what Helen Zia ’73 described as “episodic, student-initiated seminars.” Zia, a prominent writer and activist who has worked to advance Asian-American and LGBTQ+ rights, attended two of these student-run seminars in her undergraduate years in the University. These seminars imparted an important education to her and her peers that later translated to greater civic and political engagement.

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Zia credited these early student seminars for their later community organizing.

“There was an awareness: ‘Oh, we have a connection to this democracy,’” she said. “We have a connection to this society. We have skin in the game here. We have contributed to this, and it was so important for people in our communities to see that. We weren’t just, as the books used to say, sojourners.”

While the work of pioneering Asian-American scholars to assert an Asian-American identity by isolating and homogenizing it was politically important, Cheng encouraged thinking about Asian American studies in relation to other categories and Asian-American-ness itself as a very heterogeneous category.

“You don’t come here to reaffirm what you already know,“ she said. “You come to really question what this category means and what it can do.”

Rebecca Weng ’18, former vice president of Asian American Students Association, has been part of the campaign since her first year. She described herself as “tentatively hopeful” about the program.

“I want us to celebrate how far we have come but also how long it took to get here,” she said, citing how schools like UC Berkeley and Columbia University launched Asian American studies programs decades ago.

Weng expressed a feeling of urgency for University administration to invest resources and hire faculty in Asian American Studies.

“I think American Studies is a great program,“ Weng said.

“I just also hope that the greater administration in Princeton is really backing it because some of it is just hiring people

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The University officially approved a certificate program in Asian American Studies after 40 years of campaigning.

and finding more bodies on campus to teach the classes that you would need to have a functioning certificate program.”

The future of Asian American Studies is haunted in some ways by the struggle of Latino Studies, which in the past few years has been a program existing in name only.

“There was a certificate in place, but so few people were able to get the certificate because there just weren’t enough courses,” Weng said. “When people say ‘No one is getting the X certificate, it’s not necessarily because they don’t want to. It could just be logistically difficult for students to do so.’”

The Latino Studies and Asian American Studies certificates will be coordinated through the American Studies program this fall.

Next semester, Asian American Studies will feature a new class, ASA 347: The Asian American Family, taught by incoming professor Paul Nadal. It also features a cross-listed course, AMS 404: Race and Ethnicity in 20th Century Popular Performance, taught by professor Brian Herrera.

An invitation has been sent to the eminent Asian-American historian Nayan Shah to temporarily replace Beth Lew-Williams, who will be on leave next year, according to Cheng.

Now that student interest has driven the University to finally create a certificate, the question now is whether students will “vote with their feet” and sign up for classes and pursue the certificate in Asian American Studies, Cheng noted.

“I want to thank the administration. I want to thank the students for all the work for getting us here,” Cheng said.

“But this is the beginning. We’re not done.”

JUNIOR YEAR 2018-19

As students and faculty considered curricular equity and the wrestling team made history, Maria Ressa ’86 endured political repression in the Philippines. The year culminated in student protests to reform Princeton’s Title IX office.

October 26, 2018

PROSPECT | Pumpkin carving with refugees: An encounter

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This event, which began during the Class of 2020’s first year at Princeton, has since blossomed into an annual tradition.

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Forcing four interceptions on defense, the Tigers headed home with an Ivy League Title and the promise of the first bonfire in five years.

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n a cold, windy, and even snowy Saturday afternoon at the Yale Bowl, Princeton picked off Yale — literally — to clinch a share of the 2018 Ivy League title and the first bonfire since 2013. Three Princeton players rushed for more than 100 yards, the defense forced four interceptions, and Princeton cruised to a 59–43 win over Yale, the highest score ever for the two teams in their historic rivalry.

One might have wondered whether Princeton would be ready for the game after an emotional and gritty win over Dartmouth. They answered that concern quickly as sophomore running back Collin Eaddy scored rushing touchdowns on the first two Princeton offensive plays with an interception by sophomore linebacker Jeremiah Tyler in between.

Fifty-four seconds in, the Tigers were already up 14–0.

“I told my son [Eaddy] was going to have 150 yards rushing today,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace ’90. “After the first play, I told [Eaddy]: halfway there.”

As Yale drove the ball on the ensuing drive, the defense would stand tall again, forcing a pick. Tyler tipped the pass by Yale quarterback Griffin O’Connor — making his second career start — and linebacker Tom Johnson came away with the interception. Just a few plays later junior Ryan Quigley burst up the middle and waltzed in for a 38-yard run. The best offense in the FCS was rolling on the ground and up 21–0 not even five minutes into the game.

“They were so ready to walk into this historic stadium and play,” said Surace about his team’s fast start. “We had a really good gameplan, and we executed some plays.”

The game was full of career performances for both teams. O’Connor, only a freshman, broke the single-game Yale record for passing yards with 465, at times hitting seam routes with NFL-quality precision. Had it not been for those early interceptions, this game may have been totally different. For the Tigers, making his first career start in place of the injured Charlie Volker, Eaddy had 265 yards and 3 touchdowns slicing through the defense and steamrolling defenders near the goalline.

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“The offensive line did incredible,” said Eaddy. “Nothing special by us, that was really all them.”

Junior running back Ryan Quigley, who ran for 113 yards himself, agreed.

“All the credit to the O-line, we were just doing our jobs,” he said. “When the O-line makes holes like that, we’re just going to run as fast as we can.”

Midway through the second quarter showed just how powerful — at times unstoppable — this offense could be. After being stopped on 3rd and goal, Surace didn’t hesitate to leave the offense out on the field. Naturally, he turned to senior quarterback John Lovett — perhaps the NCAA’s newest “Johnny Football.” Lovett took the QB power and walked in for the score, putting the Tigers up 35–7. It was the 19th straight game with a rushing touchdown for Lovett, tying an Ivy record. Later Lovett showed off his arm, hitting senior receiver Jesper Horsted on the deep post, with Horsted doing the rest to score. At halftime, Princeton held a commanding 42–14 lead.

Yale opened the third quarter with some incredible catches, as the Bulldogs used the lack of a Princeton pass rush to stretch the field. O’Connor hit back to back plays of over 40 yards, one being an incredible catch by Yale receiver Reed Klubnik. After the Princeton traded a touchdown for a field goal, O’Connor drove the Bulldogs into Tiger territory again, hitting Klubnik for 50 yards. But on 4th and 6, he could not find his receiver along the sideline and after video review, the play stood as an incomplete pass.

In a game that even featured snow at one point, Yale refused to give in to the Ivy League’s best team. After another Lovett run to put the Tigers up 59–28 early in the 4th quarter, Yale buckled down on defense and made Princeton work to attain its title. O’Connor hit Klubnik on another seam route, and running back Alan Lamar plunged into the end zone for the first score. Three minutes later, O’Connor would hit Klubnik and his other receiver JP Shohfi for a two point conversion. Suddenly, this game was 59–43 and Princeton couldn’t seem to move the ball.

“We didn’t get any pass rush,” Surace said about the defense’s second-half struggles.

“We’re going to have to go back and watch the

video and see how we can be better this week.”

After Lovett was sacked with 4:42 to go, Yale had one more chance to score. However, senior linebacker Mark Fossati came up with a clutch interception, giving the Tigers the ball back with four minutes to play. From there, the offensive line and running backs did their job, knocking Yale down and out for the count.

Defense was certainly at a premium in this game, as the teams put up a combined 1129 yards in the game. However, Princeton won the game in the turnover battle, just another way this team has shown it is able to beat opponents. Yale’s freshman quarterback dazzled in his team’s near-comeback in the second half, but his four interceptions proved too much to overcome.

“It’s not just his arm strength and accuracy, it’s his poise and maturity,” said Surace in praise of O’Connor.

Princeton deservedly clinched its 12th Ivy League title exactly one year after Yale celebrated a title of their own in Princeton. It has a chance to clinch the League outright with a home game against Penn next Saturday. While there will be no playoff games due to athletic rules set by the University, if the Tigers win, they win would finish undefeated and recognized as one of the best teams in the FCS. Before this game, they climbed up to 11th in the NCAA FCS coaches poll; a statement win like today’s may be enough to move them into the top 10 for good.

There is clearly still work to be done in the Princeton football season. Lovett will continue to drive defensive coordinators crazy, while the defense will look back on today as a learning opportunity.

Princeton has cause to celebrate, but the team still has one more game to prepare for, next week’s finale against Penn.

“It’s really hard to win an Ivy League title, and I know the work they’ve put into it,” Surace said. “Enjoy it today, but then tomorrow we’re back to work.”

“It feels great,” Quigley added. “But we’re not really focused on the bonfire, we’re focused on Penn.”

Yet today, the Tigers took care of business and have guaranteed to give Princeton’s campus something they’ve been anticipating since 2013: a bonfire. So start gathering that wood, because this is going to get exciting.

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“They were so ready to walk into this historic stadium and play. We had a really good gameplan, and we executed some plays.”

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Title IX office protests come to a close, will return for the P-rade

By Ivy Truong | May 16, 2019

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fter two hundred hours and several days of rain, on Wednesday, May 15, Princeton Students for Title IX Reform’s (PIXR) sit-in in front of Nassau Hall has come to a close.

For over a week, beginning on May 7, these student activists had weathered thunderstorms and cold nights during reading period.

“At the 200th hour, we must now value our health and well-being, since the University has made it clear through placations, delays, and refusals to make public actionable commitments that they will not address this crisis with due urgency,” K Stiefel ’20, one of the organizers of the protests, announced to several dozen protesters in front of Nassau Hall.

The activism against the University’s Title IX process, however, does not end there. PIXR has vowed to have a presence during this year’s P-Rade, which occurs on Saturday, June 1. The students will reconvene everyday in front of Nassau Hall at 4 p.m. to count down the days until the P-Rade.

This particular demonstration comes in the wake of a wave of alumni support to not donate to the University’s Annual Giving campaign until the protesters’ demands are met. At the time of publication, the pledge has garnered over 1,300 signatures.

The announcement about the end of the sit-in had immediately followed a demonstration in front of Prospect House, where several dozen protesters gathered while University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 met with six representatives of the protesters inside the building. According to a PIXR statement, this meeting was off-the-record.

“It is reassuring that Eisgruber and Calhoun are no longer pretending that we do not exist,” Stiefel said to the protesters after the private meeting. “Acknowledging six students in private meetings and attempting to refuse to discuss our community call to action is not meeting our demands. But we will take this victory.”

These representatives were Tori Gorton ’21, Rebecca Sobel ’19, Ananya Joshi ’19, Madeleine LeCesne ’19, Kirit Limperis ’19, and Aisha Tahir ’21.

This meeting with Eisgruber marks the protesters’ first formal interaction with the University president during the sit-in, several days after PIXR called for Eisgruber’s signature on three actions. On the third day of the sit-in, the protesters had set up two chairs in front of Nassau Hall, one chair for Eisgruber and another for Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun.

Over the past week, the University has issued several actions and statements in response to the protesters. For

instance, on May 14, Calhoun, along with the University Student Life Committee and the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct, met with PIXR protesters.

On May 10, Eisgruber, via a letter to Vice President for Institutional Equity and Diversity, authorized an external review of the Title IX office. Until Wednesday, May 15, however, Eisgruber had not addressed the protesters themselves.

After the meeting, Eisgruber released a statement to the University community, where he affirmed the University’s commitment to addressing the harms of sexual misconduct “through policies that are simultaneously fair, compassionate and effective” and acknowledged the necessity of student input. “[W]e cannot succeed without the benefit of student input,” Eisgruber wrote.

Eisgruber, however, noted that policy changes must be made through the University’s governance process, which ensures that the University reforms its policies “in a way that is deliberative, well-informed, fair, and open to all views and perspectives.”

“It would be wrong to try to circumvent or override these processes in response to the urgings of a particular group, no matter how heartfelt or vigorously expressed its claims might be,” he wrote.

When asked for what they thought prompted today’s meeting with Eisgruber, Nathan Poland ’20 said that he hoped that Eisgruber’s “moral consciousness finally kicked in.” Micah Herskind ’19 added that he believed it was the pressure of the protests.

“He ignored us for as long as he could, and he can’t do that anymore,” Herskind said.

Before the meeting began at 4 p.m., the student activists had chanted “This Dean’s Date assignment is long overdue” and “We did the work — how about you?” in front of the building. In emails sent to various listservs, students were urged to wear University gear. Several seniors were even protesting in their caps and gowns, having just picked them up.

“Part of the expectation [coming into the meeting] is that we won’t keep on getting empty promises. That’s what the University loves is to make vague commitments to upholding vague values,” Herskind said.

Five open expression monitors and at least five officers from the Department of Public Safety stood outside Prospect House during the meeting, which lasted for a little over an hour.

As the meeting ended, student activists lined up on both sides of the driveway leading into Prospect House, holding signs that read “We Need Transformative Justi-

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For over a week, these student activists had weathered through thunderstorms and cold nights during reading period.

ce” and “Please Talk to Us,” to greet Eisgruber as he departed from the building.

Multiple activists also held signs that read “17 days,” which represented the number of days left until the P-Rade.

As Eisgruber left the building’s vicinity, the protesters began chanting “17 days” and marched to the front of Nassau Hall, where Stiefel and Sofie Kim ’20 announced the end of the physical sit-in. While there, Herskind also publicly announced the upcoming demonstration at the P-Rade and called for the protesters to clean up the grounds that they had occupied.

Shortly after the announcement, Poland alleged in an interview with The Daily Princetonian that he was reassigned from his job at Commencement as direct retaliation for his participation in the protest, especially since he had been in communication with Associate Secretary Christine Gage, his employer during Commencement for most of the semester.

“It’s really frustrating because I feel, much the same way as so many students at the University feel, where there is no where to turn to, no one that’s listening, no one’s that willing to be an advocate for us,” Poland said to the ‘Prince.’

In another email to Gage, which was obtained by The Daily Princetonian, Poland said that this reassignment

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would hurt him as a student on financial aid, who relies on the job and its hours to support himself. He also wrote that it was unacceptable to be informed about this change less than a month before the start of his assignment.

University spokesperson Ben Chang disputed the allegation and directed the ‘Prince’ to the initial email sent to Poland about his reassignment. In the email, Gage said that due to a “leadership transition” in June, there would be additional staff available that would make an intern not needed.

Chang confirmed that the leadership transition refers to the consolidation of the Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President and Secretary, which was announced in September 2018. Chang also added that Poland’s reassignment will have no bearing on his pay, hours, or housing access.

Though the physical sit-in has ended, protesters are cautiously optimistic about the progress to come, noting that many students have lost faith in the administration during the sit-in. Multiple protesters explicitly showed distaste for Eisgruber’s actions — or lack thereof — throughout the protest. “[Eisgruber] is here because we’re here, and if he doesn’t respond to students’ concerns, then there’s no point of him being here,” Lencer Ogutu ’20 said.

Despite the disappointment in the administration’s actions, several activists have praised the Title IX reform movement and the people who compose it. Poland noted that the protest allowed the activists to “find each other.”

Kim echoed his sentiments.

“We can’t trust the University, but we can trust each other,” Kim said. “I think that’s one of the strongest things that have grown from this protest, and that is what going to continue to push us to work.”

This story was updated at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 16 to include President Eisgruber’s statement concerning the Title IX reform protests. This statement was published before the story’s initial publication.

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Though the rising seniors had weathered years of political upheaval, nothing could prepare them for COVID-19. With seasons cut short and theses interrupted, the Class of 2020 demonstrated extraordinary strength and community in the face of a global crisis.

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SAYING GOODBYE

“I understand that people’s entire lives have been upended because so has mine. But that in no way justifies the mindless anger and insults which dehumanize innocent Chinese civilians, who themselves have suffered tremendously.”

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‘Beloved’ author, U. professor Toni Morrison dies at 88

By Allan Shen | August 6, 2019 Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Toni Morrison, Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, renowned author, and Nobel laureate, died on the evening of Aug. 5, 2019.

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oni Morrison, a renowned author, Nobel laureate, and the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, at the University, has died at the age of 88.

“It is with profound sadness we share that, following a short illness, our adored mother and grandmother, Toni Morrison, passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends,” read a statement released by the Morrison family. “Although her passing represents a tremendous loss, we are grateful she had a long, well lived life.”

The first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, Morrison is the author of 11 novels in addition to children’s books and essay collections.

Morrison’s celebrated novels include “The Bluest Eye” (1970), “Song of Solomon (1977), “Beloved” (1987), among others. Morrison’s most recent book, “The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations,” was published in February of 2019.

In addition to her 1993 Nobel Prize, Morrison’s other honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the National Humanities Medal in 2000,

and a 1988 Pulitzer Prize for her novel “Beloved.”

“Toni Morrison’s brilliant vision, inspired creativity, and unique voice have reshaped American culture and the world’s literary tradition. Her magnificent works will continue to light a path for generations of readers and authors,” wrote University spokesperson Ben Chang in an email to the Daily Princetonian.

Morrison received a bachelor’s degree in English from Howard University in 1953 and a master’s degree in American literature from Cornell University in 1955. Morrison joined the Princeton faculty in 1989 and transferred to emerita status in 2006.

“Through her scholarly leadership in creative writing and African American studies, and through her mentorship of students and her innovative teaching, she has inscribed her name permanently and beautifully upon the tapestry of Princeton’s campus and history. We are fortunate that this marvelous writer made Princeton her home, and we will miss her dearly,” Chang added.

In her award, the Swedish Academy described Morrison as an author “who, in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality.”

“Toni Morrison’s brilliant vision, inspired creativity, and unique voice have reshaped American culture and the world’s literary tradition.”

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On Sunday, the University community bore witness to a fully virtual and remote commencement — the first such adaption of the ceremony in its 273-year history — as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.

The video event, which was broadcast online, included remarks from Nicholas Johnson ’20, the University’s first black valedictorian, as well as University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 and journalist and Chief Executive Officer of Rappler Maria Ressa ’86.

Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Dean of the Graduate School Sarah-Jane Leslie *07 presented the candidates for undergraduate and graduate degrees, respectively.

At just over 47 minutes in length, the virtual ceremony was much shorter than previous in-person iterations.

The event began with an addendum to Eisgruber’s pre-recorded remarks, which addressed the recent murder of George Floyd and racial injustice in the United States. In his opening speech, delivered from Nassau Hall’s front steps, Eisgruber extended sympathies to those experiencing loss as a result of COVID-19, congratulated the families of graduating students on their contributions, and expressed his anticipation of an in-person event in May 2021.

“We have witnessed yet again how this nation’s long legacy of racism continues to damage and destroy the lives of black people,” read Eisgruber’s words, as they scrolled silently across the screen.

Later, Eisgruber addressed the unique nature of this community gathering.

“I wish we could all be together right now on the front lawn of Nassau Hall,” he noted. “For now, however, I am delighted to have this opportunity to celebrate vigorously, enthusiastically, and virtually the recipients of advanced degrees from our graduate school and the graduating seniors of our great class of 2020.”

“Each and every one of you has

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lost something precious and irreplaceable, in far too many ways,” he continued. “You have seen how fragile our world is.”

Eisgruber expressed optimism, however, about the future of the class.

“What will you do with this hardship?” he asked. “The losses are real and painful. What they took from you was beyond your control — what you take from them, however, that is at least partly up to you. It is thus worth asking, how will you remember these difficult times.”

Johnson and Ressa, speaking from their homes in Canada and the Philippines, respectively, also examined the disruption and loss wrought by the novel coronavirus.

“You are standing at the rubble of the world my generation created,” Ressa said. “The upside? Your class will be among the first to have a freer hand to imagine and create the world as it should be — more compassionate, more equal, more sustainable.”

“This new disease is not going to disappear quickly, and it will likely

give rise to a new normal,” Johnson noted. “Let us rise to the occasion, to make transformative strides in advancing solutions to the world’s most pressing problems,” he said.

Johnson continued, “Let us fight passionately to ensure that this stressful period of sacrifice will be remembered as a moment in history when diversity of thought, creativity, compassion, and bravery, conquered fear of a common threat to humankind. With perseverance we will overcome. More than ever, let us build a better normal.”

Between the speeches and ceremonies, the stream cut to shots of the University campus in springtime, predominantly featuring up-campus buildings, including Nassau Hall itself.

Following a brief oration from salutatorian Grace Sommers ’20, delivered in the traditional Latin, Eisgruber called upon Dolan to present the candidates for undergraduate degrees.

Standing at a socially-distant po-

Melanie Lawson ’76, the University orator and an alumni trustee, pre-

nothing short of outstanding.”

dium to the president’s left, Dolan’s remarks touched on the unfulfilled ideas she had envisioned for the day.

“As I look out onto the empty lawn in front of Nassau Hall on this beautiful May day, I imagine each of you gathered shoulder to shoulder, wearing your caps and your gowns, shining with joy,” she said.

“And I imagine your families and friends, lining the fences surrounding your chairs, beaming with pride.

I also imagine my faculty, colleagues, and members of the University community up on the dais behind me, delighting in your accomplishments.”

Leslie, placed on Eisgruber’s right, presented the president with the candidates for graduate degrees.

“Our graduate degree recipients have distinguished themselves through advanced studies, through original research contributions and through dedication to public service,” she noted. “Their achievements are

The University community bore witness to a fully virtual and remote commencement — the first such adaption of the ceremony in its 273-year history — as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.

stances allow.”

ebrate as exuberantly as circum-

sented honorary degrees to chemical engineer Dr. Frances Arnold ’79, philanthropist and humanitarian Ray Chambers, news anchor Robin Roberts, chemical engineer William R. Schowalter, and former U.S. Ambassador and Executive Director to the Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank Linda Tsao Yang.

The Rev. Dr. Theresa Thames, Associate Dean of Religious Life and of the Chapel, delivered a benediction, which mirrored an invocation given

by Dean of Religious Life and the Chapel Rev. Alison Boden.

“Class of 2020, please keep imagining and shaping this world,” Thames said, “just like you have helped shape Princeton University in ways we never imagined.”

Following Thames, the Class of 2020 singers performed a rendition of “Old Nassau.”

Director of the Lewis Center for the Arts and recent U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith then read one of her poems. Standing in the center of the East Pyne courtyard, Smith read “Political Poem,” a work from her 2018 collection “Wade in the Water,” while the camera switched between her and views of an empty campus in bloom.

Smith’s reading ushered in a number of short, home-recorded messages from University alumni, including American Ninja Warrior co-host Matt Iseman ’93, U.S. Representative and University Trustee Terri Sewell ’86, two-time Olympic gold-medalist Caroline Lind ’06, and Nobel Laureate Kip Thorne *65.

With that, the stream ended — cutting to a slide with the University’s logo above the phrase “Congratulations Graduates!”

Earlier in the event, Eisgruber offered advice on how to celebrate the ceremony’s conclusion and, accordingly, graduation from the University.

“With those qualities, and with the education you complete today, you have the opportunity to chart a new course,” he said. “I hope you seize that opportunity. For today, though, I hope simply that you cel-

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Toni Morrison, a renowned author, Nobel laureate, and the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, at the University, has died at the age of 88.

“It is with profound sadness we share that, following a short illness, our adored mother and grandmother, Toni Morrison, passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends,” read a statement released by the Morrison family. “Although her passing represents a tremendous loss, we are grateful she had a long, well lived life.”

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should be released “immediately.”

On Dec. 5, MTV Lebanon initially reported that Wang had been freed by Iranian authorities after Swiss mediation. At that time, BBC Persian allegedly had a U.S. source stating that the story could not be confirmed. However, early this morning, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Switzerland’s involvement via Twitter.

“We thank the Swiss government for facilitating the return of Mr. Wang, and are pleased the Iranian government has been constructive in this manner,” he wrote.

Upon his release, Xiyue Wang was presented an American flag

by U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stated that Wang’s release is part of a prisoner swap, with the United States freeing Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani. In an interview in Sept.

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The first African American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, Morrison is the author of 11 novels in addition to children’s books and essay collections.

Morrison’s celebrated novels include “The Bluest Eye” (1970), “Song of Solomon (1977), “Beloved” (1987), among others. Morrison’s most recent book, “The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations,” was published in February of 2019.

In addition to her 1993 Nobel Prize, Morrison’s other honors include the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012, the National Hu-

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also extremely important to continue to be deliberate in meeting new members of your class that you have not previously necessarily met and working to develop those new relationships, even after that period in freshman year and that first portion of sophomore year when people are extremely social and extremely outgoing. I think it’s very easy to kind of, you know, retract or contract yourself at a certain point. But, again, most of the most significant learning that I’ve experienced while at Princeton has been a consequence of these types of personal interactions with other members of my class.

DP: Do you think Princeton has changed you? If so, how?

NJ: I think Princeton has changed me by facilitating a significant amount of learning and personal growth, both with respect to my academic discipline, with respect to my worldview, and also with respect to my knowledge of my own person. I think that facilitating that type of learning and that type of growth has been transformational in who I am today compared to who I was four years ago. And I think that coupled with that, Princeton has very much helped me develop a toolset or a skill set that will stick with me throughout the rest of my academic and professional career.

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Princeton really has been a leader among its peer institutions in reflecting about its role in perpetuating the institution of slavery. I think particularly the Princeton & Slavery Project which was started a few years ago as a coalition across professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students has been very, very helpful at uncovering these previously buried stories and thinking critically about what can be done now, today, to try and make the Princeton environment a more open and supportive environment.

DP: What advice would you give your first-year self?

NJ: One thing that I started doing a lot more as an upperclassman that I wish I had started to do more from the beginning of my Princeton career is, on the one hand, to be extremely protective of the time that I put aside to spend with my close friends on campus. When I reflect back on a lot of the bonding moments, a lot of the conversations I’ve had, both with close friends and acquaintances in my year, the growth and the learning that has come from those exchanges has often been some of the most significant learning that I have done over the course of my Princeton career. So I think that it is extremely valuable to protect the time that you set aside to develop and maintain those relationships.

And then on the flip side, I think it’s

Nicholas Johnson ’20 is the first black valedictorian in University history.

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Xiyue Wang, a University graduate student who has been held in Iran for alleged espionage since 2016, has been released, according to a press release sent by President Donald Trump around 6 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 7.

“After more than three years of being held prisoner in Iran, Xiyue Wang is returning to the United States,” Trump wrote. “Freeing Americans held captive is of vital importance to my Administration, and we will continue to work hard to bring home all our citizens wrongfully held captive overseas.”

Xiyue Wang was detained in Iran on Aug. 7, 2016, while conducting research for his work in the University history department. He was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison. In 2018, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions concluded that Wang’s arrest had no legal basis and that he

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Nicholas Johnson ’20 was recently named the valedictorian of the University’s Class of 2020, making him the first black valedictorian in the University’s 274-year history. Johnson is a concentrator in operations research and financial engineering (ORFE) from Montreal, Quebec, pursuing certificates in statistics and machine learning, applied and computational mathematics, and applications of computing. After graduation, Johnson will spend the summer interning remotely with the D.E. Shaw Group as a hybrid quantitative researcher and software developer before pursuing a Ph.D. in operations research at MIT beginning in fall 2020.

In a conversation with The Daily Princetonian on May 13, Johnson shared his reflections on being named valedictorian, responding to challenging situations, and growing as an undergraduate.

The Daily Princetonian (DP): What was it like finding out that you were valedictorian?

Nicholas Johnson (NJ): It felt very rewarding and empowering, particularly when I was informed that I was the first black valedictorian in Princeton’s history. So it is actually I suppose a funny story of how I was, in fact, notified. The University made the first official press release on April 27, at which point they confirmed that I had in fact been selected as the valedictorian but hadn’t yet confirmed that I was the first black valedictorian.

And it was only in an interview I was doing last week on Thursday, I believe, that the University did in fact confirm this as they were asking me a question. So they really put me on the spot, and it was a lot to take in and a lot to absorb in the moment. It is extremely empowering. It means a lot to me, particularly given Princeton’s history. And I hope that this event serves as inspiration to other students who look like me and all people regardless of race, gender, and age.

DP: What does being valedictorian mean to you?

NJ: I think it’s very empowering, as I was mentioning earlier, specifically in the context of Princeton’s history. The first nine presidents of Princeton were slave owners.

Several professors were as well, and slaves have previously been auctioned on Princeton’s property. So I think given that historical context, those historical beginnings, to now have had a black valedictorian is a very significant event.

However, at the same time, the fact that it has taken 274 years is alarming and just goes to

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A concrete step backwards KiKi Gilbert and Nathan Poland October 4, 2019

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f we do not denounce both white supremacy and white supremacists with clarity and conviction, the University can never hope to uproot and dismantle the racism nestling in its crevices. Though the University touts an increasingly diverse student body, the administration persists in taking concrete steps backwards to ensure that some of its students will feel perpetually uncomfortable on campus. Besides feeling uncomfortable, there’s a sense that the University is actively undervaluing the campus experiences of marginalized students by silencing their input on institutional matters.

In this case, the University’s concrete step backwards is yet another memorial on campus dedicated to avowed white supremacist Woodrow Wilson. We denounce Woodrow Wilson not for the sake of denouncing Wilson, but for the urgent and timely denunciation of the havoc that white supremacy and all of its vestiges wreak upon our world. After years’ worth of conversations on the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, discussions bolstered by a renewed interest in and reaffirmation of Wilson’s abject white supremacy, the University has erected its final word on the matter.

The final word is a permanent and soaring monument dedicated to Wilson’s “complex legacy,” which — as the Wilson Legacy Review Committee insists — has established “both positive and negative repercussions” in times to come. The monument’s title — “Double Sights” — is a nod to double consciousness, which sociologist W.E.B. DuBois coined to describe the peculiar experience of black Americans never embodying both their “blackness” and “Americanness” simultaneously.

Double consciousness is not the same thing as reckoning with the good and the bad contained within a single person; it is not about manufacturing complexity for a person upholding the racist conditions that DuBois was responding to. As an aside, using a black-colored beam to describe the “bad Wilson” and a white-colored beam to describe the “good Wilson” utilizes a tired trope.

No matter what progressive strides Wilson may be said to have made, racism colored his worldview, and we cannot separate the “positive” actions he undertook on behalf of pro-white institutions from his staunch personal belief that “a Negro’s place [is] in the corn field.” Even if the University simply wanted to assert that Wilson was a complex, misunderstood, and avowed white supremacist, cementing this opinion in the form of a monument does not add to the conversation, but instead dominates it, officiating Princeton’s stance on Wilson’s legacy and stamping out student

dissent. The absence of a plaque providing context for the statue and the inaccessible height at which the vast majority of Wilson’s words are displayed testify to the University’s intent to put this discourse beyond reach. So let’s provide some context.

Student organizers known as the Black Justice League were the first to seriously and persistently challenge Wilson’s legacy on campus, an action that culminated in an occupation of President Eisgruber’s office in 2015. But an anti-Wilson stance has had far less to do with Wilson himself and more to do with the longstanding systems of racism that Wilson both upheld and deepened.

It was precisely because the BJL understood the pervasive and systemic nature of both the University’s and this nation’s anti-blackness that Wilson was a suitable ideological target for an anti-racist movement. The University — which was the last Ivy League to officially begin admitting black-American undergraduates, and was long known as “the Southern Ivy” — was a haven for Wilson’s particular strain of racism, and remains a haven for watered-down denunciations of white supremacy. To some black students, the implications of this feel far-reaching.

To attempt to nuance the stance of a white supremacist is dangerous, but to devote both material and immaterial resources — time, money, and energy — to the legitimization of aforementioned nuancing is personally disrespectful.

Each time a student walks near Wilson’s new monument, they’re going to be viscerally reminded of the University’s persistent half-hearted fretting over the question of what to do with a man like Wilson.

Though the University would have us believe otherwise, it’s rather uncomplicated: Woodrow Wilson — an avowed white supremacist — should be unequivocally condemned.

At the very least, the University could hide its racist skeletons in the closet, as opposed to openly acknowledging and then attempting to soften the white-supremacist agenda that Wilson so openly embraced. In no uncertain terms, by continuing to “complicate” the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, the University reinforces its own unwillingness to outrightly challenge racism.

So again, why has the University spent more time, money, and effort trying to complicate the uncomplicated matter of Wilson’s white supremacy, as opposed to dedicating resources towards making this institution more hospitable for people of color that call this campus home?

The simple answer is, this university and its administration cannot see the forest for the trees. The focus should

not be on Wilson, but rather on the racially marginalized people — students, staff, visitors, and more — who must endure a tacit embrace of white supremacy on this campus.

Instead of building a physical monument that towers over students’ heads, the University could follow Harvard’s footsteps and help put over 7,000 units of affordable housing over people’s heads. Endowing a “living memorial” to support the students and community members grappling with the palpable effects of having white supremacy as a tenant of this university and this nation would be a much more impactful demonstration of taking a stand against the future Woodrow Wilson was trying to build.

Such a “living memorial” would actually serve people and seek to promote collaboration between the University and local partner organizations in order to tackle a host of

“If we do not denounce both white supremacy and white supremacists with clarity and conviction, the University can never hope to uproot and dismantle the racism nestling in its crevices.” local issues, including housing insecurity, food scarcity, and disparate access to healthcare. These are pervasive problems just beyond — and more often than we would like to admit, within — the Orange Bubble, in the neighboring communities of Trenton, Newark, and the town of Princeton.

To both continue engaging in these conversations and to take a stand against yet another memorialization of a white supremacist associated with our campus, please join us for a silent protest and community gathering at 4:15 p.m. onwards in front of the Wilson School on Saturday, Oct. 5.

KiKi Gilbert is a junior Philosophy major from Charlotte, N.C. Nathan Poland is a senior African American Studies major from Rockville, Md.

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hirty-seven-year-old Xiyue Wang GS was sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage in an Iranian court on Sunday. Wang is a fourth-year graduate student and researcher at the University working on a doctorate in history, Vice President of Communications Daniel Day said in a statement to the ‘Prince.’

Day also confirmed that Wang is a U.S. citizen.

According to The Washington Post and the Mizan News Agency, Wang was born in Beijing, but is no longer a Chinese citizen since becoming an American citizen. China does not recognize dual citizenship.

The Washington Post reported that Wang had been sentenced for “infiltration” based on a warning last year from Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

Day explained in a statement that Wang was originally arrested in the summer of 2016 while doing “scholarly research on the adminis24 THE DAILY PRINCETONIAN

trative and cultural history of the late Qajar dynasty in connection with his Ph.D. dissertation.” According to The New York Times, the University had already known about Wang’s arrest and had been working to free him.

Wang is being advised by Stephen Kotkin, a Professor of History and International Affairs. According to Professor Kotkin, Wang was studying late 19th and early 20th century governance in predominantly Muslin regions, such as Qajar Iran, Afghanistan, and imperial Russian Turkestan.

“Xiyue Wang is a remarkable, linguistically gifted graduate student,” Kotkin said.

“He is innocent of all the charges. In Tehran, Wang collected documents that were one hundred years old. He had a prestigious fellowship to continue his Ph.D. fieldwork in Russia.”

This sentence comes as tensions between the United States and Iran are on the rise.

The Iran nuclear deal, negotiated under the

Obama administration, has not been met with favor under President Trump’s administration. Trump has indicated his intention to possibly dismantle the deal. Further, he must decide by Monday if Iran is complying with the agreement, according to American law which requires the U.S. certify if Iran is in compliance every 90 days, according to The New York Times.

Chair of the history department Keith Wailoo could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.

Abhiram Karuppur ‘19 contributed to the reporting of this story.

An earlier version of this story erroneously stated that Wang held dual U.S.-Chinese citizenship. Wang renounced his Chinese citizenship upon becoming a U.S. citizen because China does not recognize dual citizenship. The ‘Prince’ regrets the mistake.

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Fourth-year history graduate student Xiyue Wang with his wife Hua Qu and their now sixyear-old son.

Xiyue Wang released from detainment in Iran

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iyue Wang, a University graduate student who has been held in Iran for alleged espionage since 2016, has been released, according to a press release sent by President Donald Trump around 6 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, Dec. 7.

“After more than three years of being held prisoner in Iran, Xiyue Wang is returning to the United States,” Trump wrote. “Freeing Americans held captive is of vital importance to my Administration, and we will continue to work hard to bring home all our citizens wrongfully held captive overseas.”

Xiyue Wang was detained in Iran on Aug. 7, 2016, while conducting research for his work in the University history department. He was convicted of espionage and sentenced to 10 years in an Iranian prison. In 2018, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions concluded that Wang’s arrest had no legal basis and that he should be released “immediately.”

On Dec. 5, MTV Lebanon initially reported that Wang had been freed by Iranian authorities after Swiss mediation. At that time, BBC Persian allegedly had a U.S. source stating that the story could not be confirmed. However, early this morning, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed Switzerland’s involvement via Twitter.

“We thank the Swiss government for facilitating the return of Mr. Wang, and are pleased the Iranian government has been constructive in this manner,” he wrote.

Upon his release, Xiyue Wang was presented an American flag by U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Ed McMullen.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stated that Wang’s release is part of a prisoner swap, with the United States freeing Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani. In an interview in Sept. 2019, Zarif said he had offered to swap Wang and an “Iranian professor” over a year ago.

Soleimani had been arrested in the United States in 2016 for allegedly violating trade sanctions by attempting to transport biological material to Iran. Prior to the prisoner swap, Soleimani was facing a federal trial in Georgia, according to Bloomberg.

Wang has not seen his wife, Hua Qu, or son since 2016.

His wife has been a strong advocate in the University community, working to bring awareness about his imprisonment. In a statement posted to the “Free Xiyue Wang” Group’s Twitter account, Hua Qu stated that “[her] family is now complete.”

“Our son Shaofan and I have waited three long years for this day and it’s hard to express in words how excited we are to be reunited with Xiyue,” she wrote. “We are thankful to everyone who helped make this happen.”

Stephen Kotkin, the John P. Birkelund ’52 Professor in History and International Affairs and Wang’s thesis advisor prior to his imprisonment, told The Daily Princetonian in an email that his “joy is beyond words.”

“Once Wang finishes an expected medical examination at the U.S. medical facility in Germany, and returns home to his family and colleagues, he’ll resume his work on his PhD full-time,” Kotkin wrote. “In fact, while braving wrongful imprisonment in Iran, he had continued his work as best he could, reading books, studying new languages, and writing in the prison.”

Kotkin also noted that, despite Wang’s ordeals, his “profound admiration for Persian culture, deep sympathy for peoples of the Muslim religion, intense curiosity about local governance practices, and an unquenchable thirst for historical study of the entire region” has remained unchanged.

“His love for the life of the mind helped him endure his unjust ordeal, and will enable him to complete his degree with distinction,” Kotkin emphasized.

Since Wang’s detainment in 2016, various graduate students and friends of Wang have been active advocates for his release. In a statement to the ‘Prince,’ the “Free Xiyue Wang” group president Michael McGovern GS wrote that the group is “beyond excited.”

“Hua Qu has worked tirelessly on behalf of her husband, and now it is time that we as a community prepare to welcome Xiyue Wang home,” McGovern wrote.

In the past three years since Wang’s imprisonment, the “Free Xiyue Wang” group has held vigils and Days of Action advocating for Wang’s release.

In addition, the Asian American Students Association (AASA) has contributed substantial support to the group and has “hosted informational community meetings and tabling events specifically designed for contacting government representatives” to raise awareness among the undergraduate population.

“We are overjoyed and relieved to hear that Mr. Wang has finally been released and will be able to reunite with his wife and son, who he has been apart from for far too long,” the AASA executive board wrote in an email to the ‘Prince.’ “Going forward, we plan to continue collaborating with the graduate students to provide any support that Mr. Wang and his family may need.”

The University itself had also taken an active role in advocating for Wang’s release. University spokesperson Ben Chang, in an email to the ‘Prince,’ gave the following statement from an unnamed University official.

“Throughout Wang’s imprisonment, Princeton University had formal and informal conversations with government officials and others advocating for his release,” the University official wrote. “Princeton also worked to directly support Wang, working to ensure that fellow students and faculty were able to remain in touch with Wang through regular, at times daily, phone calls.”

In a Dec. 7 statement, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 expressed his joy regarding Wang’s release, and his gratitude towards all parties who mediated the release.

“We would like to extend our thanks to the United States government, the government of Switzerland, and the students, faculty and staff who continued to advocate for Xiyue’s freedom throughout this ordeal,” he wrote in a statement.

Iran is currently holding at least four other U.S. citizens as prisoners, according to Reuters.

In his tweet, Pompeo noted that the State Department “will not rest until we bring back every American detained in Iran and around the world back home to their loved ones.”

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n an online petition that had garnered 352 student signatures as of Thursday afternoon, Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) urged the University to “make sure that no one is left behind” as the University responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among other steps, the petition asks the University to meet the needs of the graduate student community, ensure continued pay for campus employees, and cover healthcare and transportation costs that may arise from COVID-19.

Of the signatories, 319 are graduate students, while 33 are undergraduates.

“We applaud the university on its recent communications and assurance that undergraduate students with housing or financial insecurity as well as international students would be exempt from the order to leave campus,” the petition reads.

“However, in communication with many Princeton community members over the last few days,” the document continues, “we have discovered some gaps in consideration that must be addressed and filled.”

The petition outlines 16 demands, which seek to establish a “universal floor for all of the Princeton community members,” according to Hrishi Somayaji GS, one of the petition’s authors. Somayaji expressed hope that the University will standardize compensation and other policies across academic departments.

University Spokesperson Ben Chang directed students to the University’s COVID-19 website and noted that the Graduate Student Government and the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School are addressing the issues raised in the petition.

The petitioners expressed concern that the COVID-19 pandemic could increase financial strain on graduate students and University employees, particularly through lost wages and funding.

Chang noted that the University plans

to reimburse graduate students who have already “incurred travel or conference expenses for which they have applied for and already been promised financial awards from the Graduate School … regardless of whether the related activity can occur, and our expectation is that all funding sources on campus are doing the same.”

Even so, Paresh Chandra GS, a fourth-year in the comparative literature department, cited an instance of being denied reimbursement for an academic conference, now cancelled due to the virus.

PGSU also noted that the switch to online learning would present challenges for graduate student preceptors, pointing to concerns about laptop accessibility and changes in time zone.

“Something that’s on our minds is that these are situations in which there’s a lot of discretion both in terms of what resources are available to us in our jobs and also what’s asked of us in our jobs at the department level,” Liora O’Donnell Goldensher GS said. “That’s part of what we want the University to work on standardizing.”

The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning will offer “support and guidance” during the switch to online learning, according to Chang.

On March 17, the University’s office of Human Resources announced that staff may take a maximum of 14 “COVID-19 days,” which apply to “benefits-eligible employees who are unable to work, either on campus or remotely, because of hardships related to the coronavirus.”

“COVID-19 Days are separate and distinct from those when staff may be working from home, for which no leave time is needed,” the memo notes.

PGSU asked that the University expand this policy to allow unlimited paid sick leave for those employees who contract COVID-19.

“The country does not know that much about this virus,” Somayaji said. “People don’t know how long it would take to recover from the virus. These types of things are indicative of the fact that the University does not go far enough in what is currently offered to grad[uate students].”

PGSU members emphasized the need for flexibility in their academic and research timelines.

“It’s going to happen that some of us need to do a lot of care-giving for our families or get sick ourselves,” O’Donnell Goldensher said. “The timelines of our work are going to be disrupted by those things. We still don’t have clarity about how our program

deadlines or our funding deadlines are going to be adjusted to account for those facts.”

For international graduate students, whose visas may expire before they are able to finish their work, “a six month delay effectively means going back home and trying to finish a PhD remotely,” Chandra said.

In a statement to the ‘Prince,’ Chang emphasized that the University’s academic requirements for graduate students would be modified this semester, in recognition of the pandemic’s far-reaching implications.

“No student who has difficulty meeting requirements because of illness, care-giving, or unexpected childcare duties will see their re-enrollment or academic standing affected,” he wrote.

In the past week, the University required all undergraduates to return to their permanent residences for the rest of the semester, with a few categorical exceptions. Graduate students, many of whom call the University their permanent residence, were not required to leave.

Instead, Dean of the Graduate School Sarah-Jane Leslie GS ’07 requested that all graduate students who are able voluntarily depart campus by March 30.

“If you have the option to go to another residence, going there is an act of public-spirited generosity towards your fellow graduate students who have no choice but to remain,” Dean Leslie wrote in an email to graduate students on March 17.

Petitioners, however, perceived lack of support for graduate students seeking to leave campus. The petition called on the University to reimburse “transportation costs; storage costs; rent for those displaced from university housing; and food and living expenses for students who lose access to meal plans.”

While undergraduates were refunded $150 for moving costs incurred by an early departure, “graduate students are receiving relocation assistance to return home that is based on actual need, and not based on a predetermined and capped dollar amount,” Chang said.

Graduate students “for whom relocation costs are a significant impediment” were encouraged to reach out to Dean Lisa Schreyer at the Graduate School or apply for emergency funds administered by the Graduate School. Those on housing and meal plans were offered prorated refunds.

“It’s going to happen that some of us need to do a lot of care-giving for our families or get sick ourselves.”

-Liora O’Donnell Goldensher GS

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or the Class of 2020, graduation should have been the bittersweet culmination to four years on campus. Yet, earlier this year, COVID-19 forced the Class to bid Princeton an abrupt and unwelcome farewell.

As the coronavirus overtook the world, seniors navigated the most formidable challenges they had ever faced — not least, finishing their theses and capstone projects amid a pandemic. Graduate students with families hunkered down off campus, while PhD candidates defended their dissertations remotely.

In the same 1996 speech in which she celebrated the “breath” of Princeton’s emotional and intellectual lives, Morrison pondered the institution’s future. She asked, “Will instruction be executed solely in solitude by the isolated handling of sophisticated new machines?”

Today, Morrison’s question resonates with stunning prescience — especially considering that Eisgruber cited those very words last September, as the Class of 2023 sat in the Chapel for its own Opening Exercises.

Though unthinkable then, the pandemic left the Class of 2020 no choice but to learn “solely in solitude.”

At this critical moment, Princeton’s newest alumni are poised to fulfill the motto unveiled in their first year: to live “in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.”

An incredible community of leaders, advocates, scholars, and visionaries have graduated from Old Nassau. A world in need of remaking awaits them.

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Carletti, Sarah Aurelia Carson, James Francis Byrne Casey, Elisabetta Cavallo, Mark Cerenzia, Paolo Luigi Cernuschi, Ying-kit Chan, Chiung-Yin Chang, Chandrakanth Reddy Chappidi, Aaron Charlop-Powers, Anthony Nathan Chase, Sria Chatterjee, Ching-Yu Chen, Maura Chen, Mingyu Chen, Xi Chen, Yichen Chen, Wai Ling Cheung-Lee, Alisha Chitrakar, Shin Hang Chiu, Xin Rong Chua, Spencer Koncius Clark, Daniel Brendan Cooney, Simon Joynson Cooper, David Jose Corcino Paulino, Caroline Elizabeth Corcoran, Andrew Cornelis, Maria de Lourdes Corona, Maia Cotelo, Matthew David Cournoyer, Santiago Cuellar, Emma Laraine Curran, Xiaoliang Dai, Ruth Dannenfelser, Amitesh Datta, Charles Ydelfonsode de la Cruz, Brandon de la Cuesta, Sonia Angela de Laforcade, Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Luciana Debenedetti, Keita Federico DeCarlo, Robert William Decker, Raul DeLaRosa Jr., Joseph Victor DeLaTorre, Tyler DeRubio, Benson Dale Deverett, Francisco Andrés Díez, Stephanie Dimos, Alli Corrine Divine, Liyu Dou, Sarah Elizabeth Drohan, Kay Jane Duffy, David Edward Dunning, Joseph Lawrence Durante, Esra Durukan, Rajkrishna Dutta, Nathan Lang Eckstein, Naoki Egami, Joseph Oliver Eichenhofer, Lindsey Brooke Eikenburg, Alicia Madeleine Ejsmond-Frey, Nyssa T. Emerson, Megan Ayana Emmanuel, Cassandra Victoria Emmons, Alex Michael Entz, Cenk Ergün, Sarah Sheereen Etaat, Jeremy Ryan Fague, Yale Wang Fan, Tomer Moshe Faraggi, Patrick William Farrell, Teddy Jonathan Fassberg, Alireza Fatollahi, Veronica Fegatilli, Kyle Gerard Felker, Vanessa Jessica Feng, Lorenzo Filippi, Jonathan D. Fine, Angelique Firmalino, Jordan Samuel Fix, Erik Fredericksen, Jessica Jane Frick, Guanghong Fu, Will Cong Fu, Maria-Magdalena Fuchs, Kay Gabriel, Ryan George Gagnebin, Daniela Gandorfer, Zhongqiao Gao, Joshua Nathaniel Garrett-Davis, Jenna Marie Gaska, Pierre Yves Gaudreau Lamarre, Jorge Gaupp Berghausen Pérez, Eva J. Ge, Abu Mathen George, Carly Lay Alfonso Geronimo, Jonathan Michael Ghergurovich, Christopher-Marcus Gibson, Michael Ross Glass, Levi Matthew Golston, Alex Gomez, Robin Gomila, Kai Gong, Wenyan Gong, Joseph Harold Goodglass, Curtis Clint Goos, Gokul Gopalan Ramachandran, Jennifer Gossels, Christy Vaughn Graves, Rebecca Alice Louise Gray, Martha Johanna Groppo, Nathan Elias Grube, Luis Francisco Guerra, Abdullah Guler, Yashna Gungadurdoss, Yixin Guo, Jasmine Jones Haddaway, Artin S. Haghshenas, Dzmitry Halavach, Maciej Stanislaw Halber, Sarah Katherine Hammer, Clair Han, Han Hao, Rachel Lee Harris, Samantha Rae Hartzell, Jiawei He, Zhiyuan He, Adeline Anastasia Heck, Tyler Matthew Heist, Jonathan Klein Henry, Michael Andrew Hepler, James William Macarthur Heppenstall, Thomas Hodson, Borislav Hrisimirov Hristov, Kathleen Hu, Ziyao Hu, Hao Huang, Thomas Huelskoetter, Ryan James Hughes, Danielle Betty Hull, Heather Ann Hunter, Hannah Elizabeth Hunter-Parker, Thomas James Huntley, Matthew Benjamin Incantalupo, Matteo Ippoliti, Jason Iuliano, Hope McKenzie Jackson, Mark Ryan Jahnke, Michael Louis Jemison Jr., Christian Baadsgaard Jepsen, Lisa Jian, Jie Jiang, WeiLiang Jin, Zhaorong Jin, Jennifer Kevetter Johnson, Rebecca Ann Johnson, Christina Eleni Karas, Jennifer Jean Kasbohm, Charalampos Katsiardis, Lorraine Charity Keeler, Andrew Kim, James Hyeongjin Kim, Lauren Jessica Knight, Korhan Koçak, Suriya Kodeswaran, Hannah Michelle Korevaar, Svetlana Kosterina, Natalie Hi’ilani Kotkin, Kimberly Kracman, Anastasiya Yaroslavovna Kravchuk-Kirilyuk, Anne Kuhnen, Hsin-Ya Kuo, Michael Stephen Lachanski, Jennifer Lam, Tzvi Lamm, Leah Langer, John Carey Lansdowne, Erika Diane Soto Larsen, Dana Elizabeth Lee, Kyung Min Lee, Priscilla Ann Lee, Tia Saelyun Lee, David Kent Lennington, Jeffrey Benjamin Lestz, Mark Letteney, Chang Li, Haochen Li, Zongxi Li, Sihang Liang, Diana April Liao, Rebecca Suejin Lim, James Charles Lipson, Xinyi Minnie Liu, Ying Liu, Yuan Liu, Zijia Liu, Nicholas John Lopez, Tim Louthan, Mauricio Alejandro Loyola Vergara, Yinji Lu, Daniela Lugo Romero, Krystal Karyan Lum, Jingyu Luo, Yiyi Luo, Chao Ma, Cong Ma, Joon Hyuk Ma, Yechi Ma, Scott Angus Maclennan, Mathis Maehlum, Asya Magazinnik, Sonali Mahendran, Cate Louise Mahoney, Mahsa Malek, James S.L. Mao, Margaret Celeste Marin, Chester Edward Markwalter, Miranda Claire Marraccini, James K. Martin II, Steve Martinez, Daniel Charles Maslan, Justice Joseph Mason, Domenica Wayde Massamby, Emily Laura Master, Sarah Copenhaver Matherly, Jackson V.H. Matteucci, Christy Jeanne Matthews, Lauren Mattioli, Eric Justin McCrery, Claire Ann McGuinness, Michael Patrick McKeown, Katrina McLaughlin, Rachael Sarah McLellan, David Bragg McNamee, Aghiles Meddour, Akshay Karankumar Mehra, Marcela Sofia Melara, Jenna Mellor, Djeniffer Melo, Shu Meng, Anne Caitlin Mennen, David Michta, Erin Lynn Miller, Maggie Hall Miller, Matthew Keith Mills, Connor Martin Mills, Owen Wister Minott Jr., Alberto Mizrahi Benmaman, Stephen Monroe, Rita Isabela Morales, Isabel Mae Morris, Anahita Zohreh Mostafavi, Mitchell Aaron Nahmias, Rebecca Kristine Napolitano, Jascha Wallace Narveson, Michelle Pauline Nedashkovskaya, Ching Ho Justin Ng, Mai Lin Nguyen, Gandalf Nicolas, Qi Nie, Zipei Nie, Lev A. Nikulin, Ila Nimgaonkar, Vanessa Maria Notario Perez, Alex Gregory Novoselov, Emre Oezkan, Emma Mary O’Halloran, Alexander Pachman, Renato Pagliara Vasquez, Cecilia Palombo, Anita Hsu-Yuan Pan, Mengying Pan, Sunil Pandey, Giuliana Pardelli, Kristofer M. Pardo, Nathan Francis Parker, Eric Parolin, Federico Pasqualotto, Emma Catherine Patten, Tommaso Pavone, Liqing Peng, Christopher John Peters, Anna Pidgorna, Andrea Placidi, Leonid Pogorelyuk, Utsav Ashish Popat, Joshua Michael Mitchell Portzer, Andrew Thomas Proctor, Elisa Sophie Prosperetti, Liana Pshevorska, Thomas Patrick Pumir, Congling Qiu, Zhang Qin, Federica Querin, Jelena Radovanovic, Angela Radulescu, Martin Paul Rauch, Tanika Raychaudhuri, Orlando Reade, Patrick Francois Reilly, Anna Louise Renken, Tracy Ellen Reuter, Carly Richman, Jean Rimailho, Matthew Paul Ritger, Rocio Rodarte, Emily Montgomery Romano, Carlo Rosati, Nina Rouhani, Aric Carlin Rousso, Hannah Florence Rubinton, Sagatom Saha, Ezelle Sanford III, Emilce Santana, Danielle Priscilla Santiago Ramos, Olivier Savary Bélanger, Danielle Rebecca Schlesinger, David Philip Berrigan Schroeren, Ariel Schvartzman Cohenca, Maira Dyer Seeley, Fionnuala Riana Seiferth, Manna Selassie, Ashley Semanskee, Sepehr Shahshahani, Devika Shankar, Travis Keith Sharp, Yair Shenfeld, Benjamin Joseph Shields, Denis Shishkin, Yubo Shu, Justin Ezekiel Silpe, Scott Howard Silver, Joel David Simon, Srishti Singla, Elena Sizikova, Sachin Lees Smart, Mariah Shell Smith, Henrietta Cecily Smith, Russell Tyler Smith, Annika Kale Socolofsky, Sondre Ulvund Solstad, Alexander Song, Emily L. Spratt, Elizabeth Hannah Stern, Alexandra Still, Denis Andre St-Onge, Shreya Parvathi Subramani, Narayan S. Subramanian, Dylan Sullivan, Emily Godfrey Sullivan, Chris Sun, He Sun, Weiqi Sun, Xin Sun, Yixin Sun, Elliot Taffet, Tatiana Leonidovna Taranenko, Andrew Michael Taverner, Eric Isaac Teitelbaum, Nathaniel Tek, Mélanie Terrasse, Gelila Terrefe, Solomon Gezahgne Tesfaye, Henry Robert Thackeray, Grace Ning Tien, Steven Ellington Tignor, Alisa Tiwari, Zi Siang Desmond Toa, Carolyn Hartle Tobin, Sean William Toland, Kaia Juulia Tombak, Anh Bao Ton, Sophie Miriam Blackman Travis, Arturo Trejo, Caroline June Trippel, Jack Twilton, Isaac Kazuo Uyehara, Hossein Valavi, Jeffrey Angelo Valdez, Cameron Alexander VanSant, Ryan VanZuylen, David Vartanyan, Alejandra Vazquez Plata, Prashanth Sanjeev Venkataram, Alexander John Hoff Villec, Brody Brett Jordan Viney, John Stanley Vrolyk, Sameer Narahari Wagh, Joshua John Wallace, David Austin Walsh, Xin Wan, Kaizheng Wang, Long Wang, Wudi Wang, Ashwin Krishna Warrior, Eric William Webb, Kyle Brandon Weeks, Alexandra Jean Wheatley, Amy Williams Navarro, Theodore Oswald Wilson, Benjamin Yana Winer, William Charles Witt, Christian Klaus Wolf, Audrye Yunqi Wong, Anqi Wu, Lindsay Theresa Wylie, Yonglong Xie, Zeyu Xiong, Gur Yalon, Yuzhen Yan, Yujing Yang, Zhenbin Yang, Eyan Yeung, Kuishuai Yi, Hongxu Yin, Jeffrey Michael Young, Yingxian Estella Yu, Olga Zakharova, Andy Zeng, Fang Zhang, Han Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hejia Zhang, Jiashuo Zhang, Kaiyue Zhang, Linfeng Zhang, Ran Zhang, Songtian Sonia Zhang, Xiaoxi Zhang, Yue Zhang, Hao Zhao, Yunqin Zheng, Yiqiao Zhong, Qilei Zhu