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Hye Jee Kim ’21: “It’s a pastel mess but it’s a lot of fun!”

By Kris Hristov Contributor

On a hot and humid Sept.

16, 2018, Undergraduate Student Government hosted fall Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue.

Festivities started around 10 a.m., as students and visitors received their wristbands at 1879 Arch and proceeded to cool off in the Fountain of Freedom. Student groups and friends gathered for photos in front of the Wilson School building.

“It’s a pastel mess but it’s a lot of fun!” said Hye Jee Kim ’21.

Vendors such as Rita’s Italian Ice, Chabad BBQ , Oink

and Moo BBQ , and others lined Prospect Avenue with free food and drinks for students.

At 2:30 p.m., the crowd began to assemble at Quadrangle Club for this year’s headliner act, Cheat Codes.

DJ CTE (Colin Tonge ’21) opened for Cheat Codes.

“I feel that the Lawnparties are an excellent way for students to de-stress and have some fun,” said Theodora Petrovich ’22. “However, I personally found the timing of the event to be strange. If it were to occur on a Friday evening, it would’ve been perfect.”

Also performing were Two Friends at Tiger Inn; Waka Flocka Flame at Colonial

Club; NICE at Ivy Club; DJ Cream at Cottage Club; Rozes at Tower Club; Michael Carsley at Cloister Inn; and Shower Thoughts, Spencer Hadley and Band, and Yeenar at Terrace Club.

“Despite being blisteringly hot, it was great to see friends and dress up crazily,” Scott Overbey ’21 added.

“I like the idea of a private music festival for Princeton students, it’s very unique but could be expanded upon,” said Chris Brisbin, a visiting student from the University of Delaware.

While students enjoyed the day, it took months of preparation to organize and plan the exact details of the event.

Coordinating this effort was the USG Social Committee and its chair, Liam Glass ’19.

Despite difficulties in finding an available artist during a busy time of year, Glass stated that the committee was very excited for the show.

Turnout at Lawnparties was sizeable, with students going from club to club for performances.

“We expect turnout to be great this semester, last spring’s was too,” Glass said.

Glass added that in the future Lawnparties may see more student performers, depending on what students say in polls. Polls may also be used more heavily in the

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future to select headliners.

USG has previously surveyed the student body to find musical preferences for headliners that will suit the tastes of a sizable proportion of students.

“I aim to represent the musical tastes of students.

The two genres that best matched the student body’s taste were EDM and hip-hop/ rap,” Glass explained.

Glass added that the same survey also showed a significant, though lesser, interest in having more alternative rock, country, and pop music on campus, so USG hopes to organize events this semester that will bring a wider variety of music to campus.

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Professor Kevin Kruse discusses Twitter fame combatting ahistoricity

Blind 9/11 survivor Michael Hingson speaks about overcoming challenges

By Ben Ball

By Isabel Ting

This story originally appeared July 23, 2018.

Like a lithe cat, history professor Kevin Kruse carefully eyes his prey before pouncing. Only Kruse’s prey is ahistorical facts and his territory is Twitter.

Rapper Kanye West was one of Kruse’s recent targets.

After a hiatus from Twit-

ter, Kanye West stirred up controversy almost immediately by espousing support for Donald Trump. Met with backlash, West argued the Republican party was the party that freed the slaves, while the Democratic party was the party of slave owners.

But according to historians, the parties’ current views on race and civil rights have changed significantly since the Emancipation ProclamaSee TWITTER page 2

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Runners take-off from the starting line at Bloomberg Hall Saturday morning at 10 a.m.

Tenth annual Butler– Wilson 5K raises money for Trenton soup kitchen

By Allie Spensley Associate News Editor

The annual Butler-Wilson 5K, a run/walk and charity fundraiser benefiting the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, was held for the tenth time on Saturday morning. Nearly 200 participants, including students, faculty and staff, and members of surrounding communities, ran on a course that looped from Bloomberg Arch to Streicker

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Bridge, central campus, and back.

Typically held after the first or second week of classes, the event is organized each year by one or two of the resident graduate students in Butler College. The course is officially certified

by USA Track & Field, and the race was professionally timed by Tri-State timing.

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Michael Hingson, blind motivational speaker and survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, spoke on Friday, Sept. 14 about how he changed his disability into an asset and how he has battled persistent discrimination. Hingson was invited to speak to celebrate the 9th annual Inclusion in Science, Learning a New Direction conference on disability. HingSee HINGSON page 3

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tion. West, however, implied the parties are the same ones that existed at the time of the Civil War. Although West’s statements referenced historical fact, to many users, his tweets ranged from overly simplifying the two parties’ histories to being downright false.

Kruse promptly took to Twitter and replied to the rapper, ultimately creating a 40-tweet-long twentiethcentury lesson on exactly how and why the two parties changed their stances on civil rights.

“If somebody with that kind of platform, with that kind of attention, is out there saying things that just don’t fit with historical record, then I’ll intervene,” Kruse said.

Professors at the University often use social media, and Twitter specifically, for a variety of unique purposes and aims. Kruse is among a number of professors and academics being referred to

as #twitterhistorians. Kruse said his goal is to respond immediately to false representations of history and ensure that fact prevails over fiction.

According to Kruse, West is far from the only person on Twitter pushing over-simplified narratives.

Regarding the tweets in question, Kruse claims West is a part of recent pushback against the idea that the Republican and Democratic parties changed their ideas on race since the civil war.

“This is a basic thread of American political history,” Kruse said. “There’s been a concerted effort on a part of some partisans on the right to deny this for some reason.”

For all of his tweets, Kruse said that he never starts out planning what he’ll share on social media. He said he sees his role as purely reactive.

He just keeps an eye out for claims put forward by prominent figures and responds accordingly.

Kruse emphasized that he is somewhat selective in choosing who to react or respond to. He said he has no intention of picking on ran-

dom Twitter users. Instead, he’s more likely to respond to someone with a substantial following who advances an ahistorical narrative.

“As historians we could spend all day going through Twitter correcting things that are wrong,” Kruse said. “I let a lot of pitches go by before I swing.”

While social media platforms might seem like unorthodox places for academic work, Kruse said the imme-

diacy and ubiquity of Twitter today provide a place where scholars can and should speak out for the sake of the truth and the culture around them.

“In general I think we have an obligation to engage,” Kruse said. “I feel like it’s a service we have to provide.

I think there’s a hunger for the expertise and I feel that if we’re not out there providing that, they will go to sources who don’t have expertise, but an agenda.”

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son’s book, “Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust,” debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list. “[The blind] don’t like to be told that we can’t do something,” Hingson said with a smirk. “It only makes us want to do it more.”

Hingson was born two months premature and placed in an incubator. At four months old, he still did not demonstrate sensitivity to bright sunlight and was declared blind.

Having been blind his whole life, Hingson has had to repeatedly fight the perceived stereotype that the blind can’t accomplish as much as sighted people.

“A lot of people believe that the blind can’t do stuff,” Hingson said. “And it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy because the blind [then] grow up thinking that they can’t do stuff.”

However, Hingson pointed out that not everything is the way it looks and that sighted people also have disabilities. He joked that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb because sighted people are disabled in the dark, whereas the blind are not. He added that statistically, blind drivers have had proportionally fewer accidents than sighted drivers.

According to Hingson, prior to the early 1980s, no person with a disability could buy life insurance. He added that insurance companies told the blind population that being blind “by definition” means that they will die sooner than the rest of the population.

However, Jim Omvig, a blind man from Iowa, demanded that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners produce the evidence, and no statistics could support the statement. In fact, Hingson emphasized that there is no statistical evidence that blindness is a cause of early

death.

Rather than viewing loss of sight as a weakness, Hingson embraces his blindness. When he was searching for a sales job, his wife reminded him to turn his perceived disabilities into assets.

In his cover letter, Hingson wrote to his employer that as a blind person, he has had to “sell” himself all his life just to be able to survive. For example, he has had to convince others to let him rent an apartment, enter grocery stores with his guide dog, and board airplanes.

“Do you want to hire someone who sells for [only] eight to ten hours a day and goes home and the job is done,” Hingson asked, “or do you want to hire somebody who truly understands sales and sells 24 hours a day as a way of life?”

He was hired for the job in 1989. Hingson also pointed out other benefits of hiring the blind that employers may not consider.

“Blind people are more likely to stay on the job with you,” said Hingson. “If you’re loyal to them, they’re going to be loyal to you because they appreciate the fact you’ve given them the job opportunity, especially since the majority of the blind can’t get jobs.”

Hingson gave a particularly remarkable example of how the blind are capable of taking care of themselves: the story of how he was able to safely escape the 9/11 terrorist attack. Hingson’s office was located on the 78th floor in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. After escaping to the ground floor with his guide dog and one of his friends, David, Hingson was left stranded when David panicked and left Hingson behind. However, Hingson navigated Fulton Street by himself and caught up to David on his own. Amid David’s numerous apologies, Hingson proved to himself his ability to be independent.

The lecture was held in Maeder Hall Auditorium in Andlinger Center at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 14, 2018.

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sistently raises several thousand dollars for TASK: its nine-year donation total is over $22,000.

Mary Prokop, a residential graduate student in Butler College who led the organization of this year’s race, said that the annual donation from the race makes a significant impact on TASK. “Because we have formed such a good relationship with [TASK] over the years, we know that it’s really helpful to them to be able to count on our donation every year,” Prokop said.

Prokop estimated that the race generated $2,300 in donations this year. A representative from TASK could not be reached at the time of publication.

Organizing the race required over 30 hours of work throughout the summer, Prokop said. Early steps included getting the date

approved by campus recreation, booking a professional timing company, and securing sponsors in order to provide prizes to the top finishers. In the week before the race, organizers worked to advertise the event and recruit volunteers from Butler and Wilson Colleges to register runners, stock water stations, and perform other day-of tasks.

This year, sponsorships came from about a dozen local organizations, including The Bent Spoon, Olives, Princeton Running Company, and Small World Coffee. Prizes such as gift cards were given to raff le winners, the two largest registered teams, and the fastest three male and female runners.

This year, the top male finisher was Liam Collins ’19 and the top female runner was Barrett Gray ’20.

Gray said she ran the 5kKwith other members of the Princeton Running Club.

“Running club always does [the 5kK as our first kind of

race of the season,” she said.

“It’s a good way to get started with a nice relaxed race.”

No University affiliation is necessary to register for the event, which annually attracts runners through advertisements in online race directories such as Running in the USA. This year, the youngest participants were five-year-old twins and the oldest was a 71-year-old man from California.

“We actually have great representation from the community, even outside of Princeton as a town,” Prokop said.

“I really like [the 5K] because you see a nice swath of campus,” said Bryan LaPointe GS, who ran the race for the second year in a row. “It’s for a great cause, and you also feel good about doing it yourself because it’s good exercise,” The race was held at 10 a.m.

It was followed by free refreshments for runners and an awards ceremony where the prizes were distributed.

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Why can’t we be friends?

Liam O’Connor

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hile studying in Frist Campus Center one night, I overheard a conversation at a nearby table. A student was considering whether to take POL 315: Constitutional Interpretation. Ultimately, he decided against it. The reason?

He disagreed with the political views of its professor — famed conservative Robert George — and thought that his work was “unscholarly” because of them.

My jaw practically dropped to the floor. Although I haven’t taken POL 315, I have watched George lecture on the Constitution in the James Madison Program. I too disagree with many of his views, but describing this man — who quotes Plato off the cuff — as “unscholarly” is akin to saying that the sky is purple.

His picture is probably next to the definition of “scholar” in the dictionary. Supreme Court justices have cited his publications, and a New York Times writer called him “this country’s most influential conservative Christian thinker.” Never mind that his class has a 4.60 course rating, is described as “absolutely amazing” in reviews, and has produced renowned alumni across the ideological spectrum.

Such talk isn’t rare here. Nor is it confined to our class schedules. Political intolerance pervades student life at the Universi-

ty. When dealing with people and academics, we must look beyond our differences or else risk augmenting divisions in our already fractured campus community.

Politics are now a litmus test for the people with whom we interact. A friend once told me that her boyfriend wasn’t “woke enough,” so she dumped him. In another conversation, a different friend said of a prominent conservative classmate, “it’s horrifying that someone could be friends with him.” I guess that also makes me horrifying.

Unfortunately, my anecdotes aren’t isolated incidents. Instead, they are part of a larger national trend. Pew found that 63 percent of consistent conservatives and 49 percent of consistent liberals have friends that share their views. Their answers may be due to the fact that half and a third of them, respectively, say that it’s important to live around people who are politically similar to themselves. The sacred bond of marriage isn’t enough to ignore politics either. Almost a quarter of consistent liberals and nearly a third of consistent conservatives would be unhappy if a family member tied the knot with a person from “outside” of their party.

These decisions have geographical implications. In what’s dubbed “the big sort,” neighborhoods have become segregated by political beliefs. The number of people residing in counties in which a presidential candidate won by a landslide increased by 22 percent between 1976 and 2004.

As a result, more Americans are living in echo chambers where blind tribalism dominates.

Partisans may argue that it is appropriate to build relationships based on politics. Otherwise, people would befriend fascists and white supremacists, normalizing their harmful agendas in society.

Some deplorable political beliefs can’t be overlooked. They may affect the way that people treat those around them. But the bar for determining what is socially objectionable is currently too low. There’s little tolerance for even slight ideological differences.

Further, choosing friends by politics condemns others to extremism. Psychological research has shown that people are more politically polarized in groups with homogenous views. Pushing people away from friendships because of their seemingly unpalatable beliefs only makes their beliefs worse.

Having friends with whom we disagree isn’t hard. As President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote in the Pre-Read’s foreword about Professor Keith Whittington, “Our friendship has been longlived and valuable not in spite of our disagreements, but partly because of them.” George’s own friendship with Cornel West is another example of two very opinionated people bridging the ideological divide.

Differences are an opportunity to learn as much as they are to argue. Reasonable people can disagree on major issues due to their life experiences or fields of knowledge. They can also set aside their differences and find commonalities.

In my academic life, I attend public lectures with diverging

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perspectives. Last year, I took a history class taught by a conservative professor and a more conservative preceptor. While their opinions were occasionally apparent, they stuck to the historical facts and presented a balanced overview of the subject. It’s still one of the best courses that I’ve had at the University.

Outside of class, I barely notice my friends’ political beliefs.

They’re one component of many that makes them unique individuals. If I feel uncomfortable about the direction of our conversations, I switch the subject.

A few days ago, I talked with a conservative friend, and we never once spoke of politics. Our opinions differ on gun control, foreign policy, and illegal immigration. Yet we both love studying history, debating the latest school news, and watching classmates’ theatrical performances.

Friendships humanize those that are often portrayed as “the other side.” The liberal prochoice girl may not respect life at conception, but she may show empathy for life by volunteering at an orphanage. Conversely, a conservative trickle-down economics guy may not realize how his policies enable inequality, but he may give away his wealth to charities. We miss these desirable characteristics when exiling acquaintances for their opposing political beliefs.

In short, we shouldn’t pick friends like we pick Supreme Court justices.

Liam O’Connor is a junior concentrator in Geosciences from Wyoming, Del. He can be reached at lpo@ princeton.edu.

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A call to change the pre-med curriculum Morgan Lucey

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n every University graduating class, there are hundreds of students who plan to pursue a career in medicine.

Medical schools have tough enrollment requirements such as organic chemistry, molecular biology, and physics to start, on top of a wide range of electives and extracurriculars. The work of students who successfully complete all of the requirements should be commended, given the difficulty of these classes on top of the time commitment required for clinical experience and studying for the MCAT. These classes and experiences are integral to a future career as a doctor — biochemistry, for example, provides a foundation for learning how certain drugs affect metabolism and cell func-

tion, which is undoubtedly necessary for doctors. Yet as comprehensive as premedical requirements are in some areas, they are lacking in others that are critical to an effective career in medicine.

The past two summers, I have worked at medicinerelated internships, without actually spending time in a hospital or lab. In both of these positions, one thing became clear: There is a lot more to medicine than simply the science of the human body. Doctors face many other problems, ranging from health care inequality due to geographic concerns to determining when it is appropriate to prescribe pain medication in light of the opioid epidemic. The current medical school requirements allow one to understand the science behind these issues, but they do not provide a comprehensive understanding of how our current legal and health care systems constrain the science. Though many universities, ours included, offer

classes that deal with these subjects, none of these courses are required to attend medical school. Similarly, achieving a desirable score on the MCAT does not require knowledge of public health issues. Many pre-med students complete their undergraduate experience without considering the challenges a doctor might face outside of the exam or operating rooms.

Global and public health classes should be required for medical school, as opposed to just an afterthought if they fit in one’s schedule (which, with the guaranteed busy schedule of a pre-med student, they probably don’t). These courses allow students to understand the logistics and struggles that their patients may face on a daily basis. For example, the New York Times recently reported on the case of a woman traveling over 100 miles to the nearest hospital to give birth. This was the closest health care facility with an obstetrics/gynecology department, as the hospi-

tal in her own small town had recently closed down due to lack of funding. The trek that the woman was forced to make, without an alternative birthing plan, put both her and her baby’s well-being at risk. If a doctor is aware of the complications that may arise from a woman’s waiting hours with contractions before receiving any medical attention, then the doctor may choose to change the birthing procedure to ensure convenience and safety for the future, perhaps putting patients on bed rest in the hospital close to due dates.

Similarly, if given comprehensive knowledge of how insurance policies work, doctors would be able to aid women seeking coverage of proper reproductive health care in today’s tumultuous political climate.

These changes deal with our own country, but imagine the difference doctors could make in international programs, such as Doctors Without Borders, if they received education in foreign government’s health care

systems as undergrads.

One might argue that more pre-medical requirements will deter students from taking other classes during their undergraduate careers, such as electives and other courses they may be more interested in.

However, if students cannot see the value of understanding the public health systems guiding medicine, then medical school may not be the right choice for them. The primary motivating factor behind pursuing a career in medicine should be helping patients.

Knowledge of biochemistry or physics is invaluable for directly helping patients alleviate their symptoms, but the ability to help patients navigate the complexity of their health care systems once they leave the examination room is equally important.

Morgan Lucey is a rising senior studying neuroscience from Scottsdale, Ariz. She can be reached at mslucey@princeton.edu. This story originally appeared online Aug. 12.

Brett Kavanaugh’s ‘pro-women’ rhetoric is hollow Katherine Fleming

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upreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is trying to convince Democrats that he would not be an anti-women judge. But his opening statement to the confirmation hearings should do little to assuage anyone.

Kavanaugh spoke at length about how much he loves his mother, wife, and young daughters. He talked fondly of his daughter’s amazing hugs and the success of the girls’ basketball teams he coaches. I’m happy for Margaret that she just turned 13 and got her braces off. Kavanaugh is clearly a very proud dad and coach. But frankly, what does any of that have to do with evaluating how he would rule on issues concerning the rights of women and girls before the law? What does it tell me about whether my right to make my own reproductive decisions without undue burden or state interference will be protected with Kavanaugh on the bench?

Kavanaugh emphasized the value of the strong women and girls in his life, echoing the broader GOP discourse of celebrating individual “strong women” while failing to protect and/ or proving actively hostile

to the rights of women in general. Most people, politicians included, love at least a few women — whether those be their mothers, sisters, wives, girlfriends, aunts, etc. But that tells us very little, if anything, about their political positions vis a vis gender equality. The only thing in this personal vein I can think of that would genuinely help me to evaluate Kavanaugh substantively would be if he stated that because his daughters might someday need abortions, he is committed to upholding Roe v.

Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

This isn’t about whether Kavanaugh is personally threatening to women. It is about whether he is politically threatening to women. I believe he is. Kavanaugh wants it both ways. He repeatedly stated in his remarks that his personal beliefs will not influence how he rules because partisanship is not what the judiciary is about. Yet at the same time, he sought to invoke his personal love for strong women and girls and his personal commitment to mentoring female clerks to reassure senators and viewers that he would not be an anti-women’s rights judge.

What has Kavanaugh said about substantive issues that disproportionately af-

fect women? Very little, so far. He made abstract statements; his words were slippery and vague enough that they could not be pinned down as any sort of concrete commitment.

For instance, he said that his mother taught him, by her own example, that a judge does not decide on abstract principles. Each case is about the people involved, so a judge must put herself or himself in the shoes of those people. But my question is: Where was Kavanaugh’s empathy when a 17-year-old immigrant girl needed an abortion and had already been forced by the Trump administration to delay her abortion by almost a month? Kavanaugh’s decision in her case would have forced this young woman to delay her abortion even longer. (Fortunately, his decision was reversed in a subsequent hearing.)

For me, it does not take a large stretch of the imagination to put myself into the shoes of “Jane Doe” in this case. I think about what I would feel in such a situation: overwhelming panic, terror, anger, and desperation. I would be outraged to have my personal reproductive decision dragged before courts and the judging eyes of men like Kavanaugh. In such a situation, I would think of his decision

as unbelievably callous and insensitive to my predicament. So I ask: Can Kavanaugh really put himself into the shoes of plaintiffs like Jane Doe? Also, Kavanaugh knows very well that a Supreme Court case is never just about one case, or one set of people. There are always principles involved — that is why the case made it to the Supreme Court. Decisions must be made with careful consideration of history, present, and future — for instance, careful consideration of the women who have died because abortion was illegal and those who would die if the constitutional right to safe, legal abortion were lost or gutted.

Kavanaugh expressed deep reverence for the retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, summarizing Kennedy’s legacy in one word: “liberty.” But what does that mean? Will he uphold that legacy? Because at the core of Kennedy’s legacy of liberty were (some) gay rights and (some) abortion rights.

Kavanaugh stated again and again that he is “prolaw” and would interpret the law, not make it for a political purpose. If this is so, then it seems he should be committed to upholding Roe v. Wade because it is (in his own words) “settled

law.” To reverse it at this point in time would be a flagrantly political act. Yet Kavanaugh’s leaked emails undermine even that tepid ‘pro-law’ statement, as he expressed doubt that Roe really is settled law and said that even if it is, precedent can “always” be overruled.

Kavanaugh stated that he stands for “equal rights, equal dignity, and equal justice under law.” But does Kavanaugh recognize how important reproductive choice is to that “equal dignity”? It is illustrative to contrast Kavanaugh’s undefined statement about dignity with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s statement during her own confirmation hearing that the ability to make a decision about whether to bear a child is “something central to a woman’s life, to her dignity.”

Neither Kavanaugh’s vague statements of principles nor his statements about his love for the women in his life should give us reassurance that he would bring any commitment to substantive protections for women and girls to the bench with him.

Katherine Fleming is a senior concentrator in history from Brookline, Mass. She can be reached at kf leming@ princeton.edu. This story originally appeared online Sept. 7.

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Women’s tennis makes strong start at season-opening invitational

By Michael Gao Staff Writer

The Princeton women’s tennis team began their fall season with a powerful performance at home in the Princeton Invitational tournament, showcasing their strength and versatility against Syracuse, Penn, and Temple.

The Tigers have been steadily improving on the courts over the last few years, emerging as the heavyweights in the Ivy League and a force to be reckoned with even for traditional, big-name tennis powerhouses. Last year, after also starting their season with strong showings at the opening invitational tournaments, Princeton powered to a stellar 19–4 record. Along the way, they achieved a perfect 7–0 record against Ivy League opponents and even defeated highly nationally ranked opponents like Auburn. Their success earned them a spot at the NCAA regional tournament, where they would end their season with a loss to the University of Illinois, then the 19th-ranked team.

Since then, Princeton has retained most of its starters from last year’s successful season and built a strong

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recruiting class, leaving its prospects rosy for the upcoming season.

Playing at the Cordish Family Pavilion this weekend, the Tigers overwhelmed their competition.

Over the course of the tournament, Princeton played a series of singles and doubles matches against each of the other three teams, with final standings being recorded as the cumulative wins across the whole weekend.The Tigers made an immediate impression on Friday night, with Princeton winning seven out of eight of their singles matchups and two out of four of their doubles. Several returning players had impressive singles victories, including senior Nicole Kalhorn, junior Clare McKee, and sophomore Stephanie Schrage. But the strongest performances came from first-years Grace Joyce and Brianna Shvets, who dispatched their foes in straight sets despite having just finished their first week of classes. Joyce later joined Kalhorn while Shvets joined sophomore Nathalie Rodilosso to win their first doubles matches against Penn, making Friday an excellent debut for the two program additions.

Princeton continued its

strong performance on Saturday, pulling ahead in six of eight doubles matches and four of eight singles matches. It was again an excellent day on the court for first-years Joyce and Shvets, who won both their singles and doubles matchups decisively. Other noteworthy performances included McKee, Shvets’ doubles partner, who won another straight set victory

over her Penn opponent, and Kalhorn, who played with Joyce in the doubles set and then survived a grueling three-set slugfest against Penn’s Curnic.

The Tigers capped off a difficult weekend by winning five of eight singles matches on Sunday. Mckee, Shvets, Kalhorn, and senior Catalina Vives all won their singles matches and managed to go a perfect

3–0 in tournament play.

The Princeton Invitational served as a potent reminder of the Tigers’ depth and strength at both singles and doubles as they approach this upcoming season. Princeton players will next head to Wisconsin for the Milwaukee Invitational, where they’ll have the chance to play against collegiate athletes from across the nation.

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Clare McKee and the rest of women’s tennis began their season this weekend with three days of matches at the Princeton Invitational .

Weekend review

Football @ Butler: W 50–7 Football kicked off its season in dominant fashion with a 50–7 road win against Butler. Senior quarterback John Lovett, who missed the entire 2017 season due to injury, returned to lead a prolific Princeton offense Saturday, throwing for 177 yards and two touchdowns and adding another 48 yards and two touchdowns rushing. His favorite target was senior wide receiver Jesper Horsted, who caught both passing touchdowns, along with 140 yards receiving. Senior running back Charlie Volker was near unstoppable on the ground, rushing for 162 yards and two touchdowns. Princeton was also stellar defensively, limiting Butler to 259 total yards and just one touchdown, while forcing two turnovers.

Women’s Volleyball vs. UNH: W 3–1, vs. Maryland: W 3–2, vs. Temple: L 1–3 The reigning Ivy League champions participated in the 2018 Cherry & White Challenge this weekend at McGonigle Hall at Temple University, defeating the University of New Hampshire 3–1 on Friday and the University of Maryland 3–2 on Saturday. Junior outside hitter Devon Peterkin and junior right-side hitter Maggie O’Connell were key in the win over Maryland, contributing 16 and 14 kills respectively. The latter match was the second Big Ten win for the Tigers in 2018 (they beat Northwestern in their season opener), but the team then fell to Temple 3–1 to conclude the weekend.

Field Hockey vs. Monmouth: W 4–1, vs #13 Delaware: W 4–2 The Tigers hosted the Monmouth Hawks Friday afternoon at Bedford Field. Princeton toppled Monmouth 4–1 with goals from senior midfielder Elise Wong, sophomore midfielder MaryKate Neff, freshman striker Ali McCarthy, and senior striker Sophia Tornetta. Junior goalkeeper Grace Baylis contributed two saves to the match. Sunday, the fifth-ranked Tigers took down thirteenth-ranked Delaware 4–2, with sophomore midfielder Julianna Tornetta contributing two of the goals for Princeton.

Performances of the week

Senior wide receiver Jesper Horsted Horsted helped propel Princeton’s offense to a 50-point performance in their season opener against Butler. He was on the receiving end of 140 of Princeton’s 214 passing yards and also caught two touchdowns.

Men’s Soccer vs. Boston University: W 1–0: The men’s soccer team defeated Boston University on Sherrerd Field this past Saturday. Princeton had 22 shots on goal, as opposed to BU’s 4 and scored one to move past the Terriers 1–0. Senior midfielder/forward Jeremy Colvin delivered the game-winning shot in the 62nd minute with the assist going to junior defender Bobby Hickson. The win brought Princeton’s record on the season to 3–3.

Women’s Soccer vs. Drexel: Draw 0–0 Women’s soccer played Drexel to a relatively uneventful scoreless draw against Drexel Sunday evening. The two teams were evenly matched, with Drexel posting 12 shots and four shots on goal and Princeton putting together 10 shots, three on goal. Freshman forward Gabi Juarez generated most of the opportunities for Princeton offensively, contributing Princeton’s only three shots on goal. Junior goalkeeper Natalie Grossi made four saves to keep Drexel off the board.

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Senior forward/midfielder Jeremy Colvin Colvin scored the only goal in Princeton’s 1–0 win over Boston on Saturday. The goal came immediately after a corner kick, as junior defender Bobby Hickson found the open Colvin, who finished the goal.

Stat of the Day

50 Number of points scored by football in their season opener at Butler .

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