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ACLU’s Anthony Romero ’87 wins Woodrow Wilson Award, says namesake would be ‘spinning in his grave’ By Caitlin Limestahl Assistant News Editor
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Anthony Romero ’87 speaks at Alumni Day on Feb. 22.
At the University’s annual Alumni Day celebration, held on Saturday, Feb. 22, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Executive Director and 2020 Woodrow Wilson Award winner Anthony Romero ’87 reflected on a career of service and the irony of receiving an award named after the president whose very policies the ACLU was created to oppose. The contested legacy of
former United States and University President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, whom Romero described as being “equal parts racist and visionary,” continues to generate controversy on campus. Most recently, the “Double Sights” installation precipitated campus-wide debate about Wilson’s lionized role at his alma mater. “Let’s talk about the elephant in the room, shall we?” Romero said, garnering laughter from the audience.
“There’s a good chance that Woodrow Wilson is right now spinning in his grave like an Olympic figure skater as an award in his name is bestowed on the executive director of an organization literally established to oppose a xenophobic, anti-immigrant, flagrantly unconstitutional Palmer Raids that he oversaw and engineered.” “I accept this award with glee,” Romero continued. The Woodrow Wilson Award is the highest honor See WILSON page 2
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Nobel laureate Kip S. Thorne GS ’65 discusses black holes, receives James Madison Medal By Allan Shen Associate News Editor
Known for his contributions to gravitational physics and astrophysics, as well as his theory that space wormholes can be used for time travel, 2017 Nobel laureate Kip S. Thorne GS ’65, became the recipient of the University’s highest graduate alumni honor and delivered the James Madison Medal Lecture on Alumni Day 2020. Established in 1973 and named after the University’s very first graduate alumnus, James Madison GS ’1771, by Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA), the James Madison Medal is awarded annually to an alumnus or alumna of the University Graduate School “who has had a distin-
guished career, advanced the cause of graduate education or achieved a record of outstanding public service.” Previous recipients of the James Madison Medal include former University President Harold T. Shapiro GS ’64 (2004), experimental physicist and Nobel laureate John Bardeen GS ’36 (1973), retired U.S. Army General and former Central Intelligence Agency Director David H. Petraeus GS ’85 GS ’87 (2010), as well as numerous other prominent alumni of the graduate school. Thorne lectured to a fully occupied first floor of the Richard Auditorium. Thorne began his lecture, titled “Adventures in Inspiration: Exploring the Warped Side of Our Universe,” by re-
marking on the theme of “inspiration” that defined his career as a physicist. “The most important thing I got from Princeton was inspiration, and the most important thing that I’ve given to the next generation is also inspiration,” Thorne said. Thorne wasn’t always going to be a physicist. As a child growing up in Utah, he dreamed of becoming a snowplow driver. All that changed when his mother took Thorne to a geologist’s lecture on the solar system when he was eight years old. In 1953, in a used book store in Salt Lake City, Thorne found a copy of “One, Two, Three, … , Infinity” by the physicist George Gamow, a book that inspired Thorne to become a theoretical physiSee THORNE page 3
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2017 Nobel laureate in Physics Kip S. Thorne ’65 narrated the story behind the search for gravitational waves during Alumni Day 2020.
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In the second Undergraduate Student Government (USG) meeting of the year, the Senate heard updates from various campus organizations, including the University’s Transportation and Parking Services (TPS) and the USG Movie Committee, as well as a proposal for Campus Club to be converted to a co-op dining option. Charlie Tennyson, Debby Foster, and Kim Jackson of TPS presented a brief overview of the Campus Mobility Plan. They offered a potential rework of the Tiger Transit bus route that they are calling “Tiger Transit 2.0,” expansions to campus sidewalks, and restrictions on scooter and bike parking. They also discussed possible policies regarding regulation of scooter usage that will address speed limits, off-limits path-
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ways, and appropriate parking locations. TPS plans to release regulations in the near future. “In the policy, it will say that scooters are not allowed in academic and administrative buildings,” Foster confirmed before discussing potential parking resources similar to bike racks that would be appropriate for scooters. They noted that graduate student engagement with their survey has been much greater than that of the undergraduate student body, likely because University transit is one of their main sources of everyday mobility. Attendees also heard a proposal from Zoe Zeitler ’20 regarding the conversion Campus Club to a co-op that will hopefully bring a more “intersectional community” to Prospect Avenue. Zeitler proposed two models of membership, one taking into consideration
The 144th Editorial Board releases its mission statement, while guest contributors Shannon Heh ‘23 and William Gu ‘23 argue that, in comparison to other universities, Princeton is lagging behind in its confrontation of climate change.
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rental fees for the building including 100 members and the other open to 70 members. The presentation noted that dues would hopefully be around $2,000 per semester. U-Councilor Juan Nova ’23 raised concerns about this conversion. “I would be wary that there might be a certain culture that develops with this club,” he said. “Campus Club not having this culture to it is what makes it so inclusive, especially to the undergraduates that are coming into such a concept as the Street.” Zeitler said she is aiming for the proposed co-op to continue being the welcoming space for all students that Campus Club serves as now, saying “We would love to invite some student groups to host events there if they would like to.” In an interview with The Daily Princetonian after the meet-
ing, Zeitler stressed the flexibility of this proposal. “I’m open to any possibilities that allows there to be more co-ops. I’m not so stuck to this idea of using Campus Club as a space,” she said referencing an idea that was raised at the USG meeting of renting a building off campus to create this space. “Putting students in charge of the space could do much for it,” Zeitler said, referring to the potential implementation of an outdoor gym, Kombucha counter, a greenhouse, and a modern and academic library. She worked with two former 2D co-op members, Michelle Campeau ’19 and Prabha Upreti ’19, to draft the presentation. She was also inspired by various discussions with current co-op members about Charter not being accepted as a co-op and the announcement that Pink House is going to be dissolved.
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The Movie Committee is looking to implement a few changes in the following semester, including the possibility of Garden Theatre ticket pickup being available in Frist Campus Center, the reservation of RCA advisee group tickets, and an increase in the number of first-run movies shown for free with students’ PUIDs. Jess Ma ’21 of the Movie Committee noted that attendance for movies that are currently in theatres is much higher than re-run movies. The Garden Theatre sold out of free tickets to Parasite, 1914, Little Women, and Joker. She also reported that Movie Committee applications have risen significantly from last year’s “five to eight” to this year’s 22 applications. USG also approved funding for a Service in Style fashion show and the Menstrual Products Task Force’s “Periodpalooza,” both receiving $2,500 each.
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that alumni of the undergraduate college can receive. Its recipients are chosen based on their embodiment of Wilson’s phrase-turnedinformal University motto, “Princeton in the Nation’s Service.” Romero connected Wilson’s complicated legacy with the nation’s own, but he also acknowledged the blemishes on the history of the “famously progressive” ACLU. He referenced the organization’s historic lack of female leadership and failure to fully commit to representing the thousands of Japanese-Americans unjustly incarcerated during World War II. “Every institution, whether it’s Princeton or the ACLU, has to struggle with a legacy of bigotry and intolerance that often sits beside altruistic and high-minded goals. It’s tough to admit, but racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and a host of other diseases are in our society’s DNA. So how do we cure ourselves? The answer is by fully exploring and exposing our past,” he said. “Today, despite sincere and effective efforts to weave the diverse elements of Princeton’s student body into a vast and beautiful tapestry, there are still some, lamentably, who feel like outsiders, who feel alien-
ated, who feel like they don’t belong. But activism and public service can change that,” Romero said. Romero lauded the activists who brought national attention to Wilson’s legacy, specifically the Princeton Black Justice League, who occupied Nassau Hall in 2015, and the Wilson Legacy Review Committee, which curated the talk “Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy: Wrestling with History” and upon whose recommendation “Double Sights” was commissioned. “I believe that ref lecting on that past will make Princeton a stronger institution,” he continued. “I think Woodrow Wilson’s continued presence on this campus provides administrators and students with a daily reminder that we must probe those areas where we still fall short of our aspirations.” “I like to think that if the ghost of Woodrow Wilson were ambling around this campus with this faculty and these students, he too would be transformed and humbled and changed,” Romero said. Romero reflected on his 18-year term as ACLU Executive Director, during which membership grew exponentially — from 320,000 members at the beginning of his tenure to its current 1.9 million members. He also discussed his path to Princeton as “a working class Puerto Rican kid from
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Anthony Romero ’87 speaks at Alumni Day on Feb. 22.
a vocational high school that didn’t send many kids to the Ivy League.” “In those first few months, I was full of doubt,” Romero recalled. “I worried that I had only been admitted here as an affirmative action candidate. I’m sure many first-year students feel overwhelmed, but coming from my background, from my life before, this was like a foreign country whose language I barely understood.” “I worked hard, I earned my place, and now I’m proud, in fact thrilled, to say that I was admitted through affirmative action
and to stand as an example of why it works and how important it is to reach into the ranks of nontraditional students,” he said. During the Q&A, Romero noted several important ACLU cases currently before the courts. He described cases on a range of topics spanning from LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, reproductive rights, and religious liberties. Romero predicted that the outcomes of these cases could impact voter habits in the 2020 presidential election. “You win all seven, you lose all seven, or you have
a mix, four months before the national election? Could be quite a volatile moment. It could be the type of term that either motivates the base of President Trump to say ‘this is why we have to keep him in office, because look at these decisions that were wrought,’ or [it] could also serve the other way,” Romero said. Romero entered and left the stage to a standing ovation from an audience of alumni that spanned generations. Romero’s talk was held in Richardson Auditorium at 10 a.m.
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cist. “I fell in love with those ideas and decided that I wanted to become a theoretical physicist working on relativity, and so here I am,” he said. After graduating from the California Institute of Technology in 1962, Thorne arrived at the University as a graduate student, and researched under the mentorship of the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, John Archibald Wheeler, who made great contributions to many aspects of 20th century physics including quantum information science, nuclear physics, and general relativity. “John Wheeler was tremendously inspirational. I walked into his office at the Palmer Physical Laboratory [now Frist Campus Center] for the first time to meet him,” Thorne recounted. “He invited me in and gave me a personal 90-minute lecture about the collapse of heavy stars.” The “collapse” would later become known as black holes, a name Wheeler is credited for popularizing. Thorne remarked that at the time, Wheeler predicted that black holes were not likely to truly exist and instead reflected imperfections in the physical theories at the time, while wormholes, hypothetical structures connecting different points in spacetime, were more likely to exist. However, Thorne said, it turned out to be just the opposite: thousands of black holes have been detected, while no wormholes have ever been seen. Thorne went on to recount the long story of the Laser Interferometer GravitationalWave Observatory (LIGO), an enormous physics experiment that successfully detected gravitational waves for the first time in September of 2015, which ultimately resulted in the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics to
Thorne, Weiss, and Barry C. Barish, the Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics Emeritus, at Caltech. LIGO was the largest project ever funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and represented the collaborative efforts of over a thousand scientists from 15 countries. Thorne’s lecture, which took place 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22, concluded with a standing ovation. The presentation of the Woodrow Wilson Award took place shortly after the lecture. Chair of the Department of Physics and the Class of 1909 Professor of Physics Herman L. Verlinde, who is a theoretical physicist studying the mathematical foundations of string theory and its applications to such things as black hole physics and quantum information theory, commented on the current excitements in the research of the physics Thorne spoke about. “The merging of quantum mechanics and gravity is where all the questions are. We are currently still learning about what gravity really is, what spacetime really is,” said Verlinde. “When you put all these things together, it’s still a very interesting story that mashes together with even other modern ideas like quantum computing.” University Vice President for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Professor of Astrophysical Sciences David J. McComas drew connections between Thorne’s work on gravity physics and the research that currently takes place at the University’s PPPL. “Generally speaking, I would say, there’s a lot of plasma physics in understanding how stars work, ultimately, we really try to understand the multi-messager response,” remarked McComas. “I don’t think people have gotten very far along in thinking that through; I think that’s another forefront that’s out in front of us.”
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The fight against climate change: what can Princeton learn from other top American institutions? Shannon Heh & William Gu Guest Columnists
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s the repercussions of climate change are expected to be increasingly disruptive in the near future, universities across the country have placed larger emphases on sustainability and reducing climate emissions. To better understand how Princeton measures up against its peer institutions, members of the Princeton Student Climate Initiative (PSCI) have compiled a report analyzing over 75 institutions in the United States, evaluating a wide variety of factors, including carbon neutrality dates, greenhouse gas emissions, and usage of renewable energy sources. Through independent research, PSCI has found that over the past decade, as leading institutions have achieved unparalleled milestones in the fight against climate change, the University has fallen behind many of the top players who have directed this widespread transition toward clean energy and net-zero emissions. In examining and emulating the notable efforts of peer universities (which we have summarized below), the University could adopt a stronger stance toward confronting the increasingly imminent threat of global warming. Our findings reveal exceptional initiatives implemented by universities that, we believe, should be given greater recognition: In 2015, Harvard University broke records as the only higher-education institution in the world to attain over 100 LEED certified buildings. In 2019, Carnegie Mellon University purchased enough renewable energy credits, or RECs, to power 100 percent of its electricity usage. The same year, Rice University converted over 75 percent of its campus cars to electricity-pow-
ered vehicles. And by 2021, Stanford University will be 100 percent solar powered. These feats are not just limited to private institutions. The University of Oklahoma became 100 percent wind-powered back in 2013, and in 2019, the University of California system announced plans to completely divest from fossil fuels, cutting its $80 billion portfolio from further investments in an industry that is the driving force behind climate change. But how do Princeton’s accomplishments compare? Unfortunately, based on our comparative analyses of Princeton’s emissions reductions, carbon neutrality goals, and renewable energy sources against other universities’ efforts, we conclude that Princeton’s progress has been lagging. We first examined the dates by which individual universities aspire to reach a net-zero carbon footprint (by balancing the amount of carbon it emits and removes), or its “commitment date” to carbon neutrality. Since carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas emitted by our population, many universities have announced their target to achieve carbon neutrality in the near future. Currently, only four of the sampled colleges (Middlebury, Colgate, American, and Colby) are 100 percent carbon neutral. In 2019, Princeton announced their commitment to 100 percent carbon neutrality by 2046, the 300th anniversary of the University’s founding. Out of the eight Ivy League institutions, this date situates Princeton as the fourth-earliest commitment date. Although Princeton’s commitment goal is commendable, we must acknowledge that certain peer institutions are pushing the boundaries in reaching carbon neutrality within the next five years, including Stanford (2021), Duke (2024), and the
University of California system (2025). Looking at greenhouse gas emissions for Ivy League institutions and Stanford University from 2008 to 2017, the data reveal, fortunately, that all universities have reduced their greenhouse gas emissions over time, with Stanford leading this trend with an astounding 63.5 percent reduction. However, Princeton trails last with only a 15.7 percent reduction, an explicit indication that Princeton needs to hasten its course toward zero emissions. The final factor we considered was university implementation of renewable energy sources, in particular solar, wind, hydroelectric, and biomass energy. Solar energy, known for its cost-saving benefits, dependability, and most importantly, its environmental friendliness, was the most popular renewable energy source for universities across the nation. Princeton’s solar energy portfolio is surprisingly well equipped: a 27-acre solar field, providing 4.5 megawatts (MW) of energy, which results in 3100 metric tons of CO2 emissions saved per year. Construction has begun for an additional 13 MW of solar panels to be located on various parking lots and new acquisitions south of the campus. In total, the 17.5 MW of solar energy would provide for approximately 20 percent of the university’s electricity needs. These numbers dwindle in comparison to Stanford’s solar energy prowess: a mind-blowing 160 MW of solar energy by 2021, accounting for 100 percent of the university’s electricity demands (note: we do recognize that Stanford has the advantage of being situated in sunny California). Moreover, Princeton has not yet implemented other sources of renewable energy commonly used by peer institutions, including wind, hydroelectric, and biomass energy. Further research is
necessary to determine whether these three sources could be realized on Princeton’s campus. Based on PSCI’s comparative assessment of 75 universities’ commitment dates, greenhouse gas emissions, and clean energy usage, it appears that Princeton University’s efforts in fighting climate change are neither exceptional nor inadequate. While it is clear that the University should enact further measures to accelerate their progress toward carbon neutrality as compared to peer institutions, several factors may be affecting the administration’s ability to implement alternative energy sources, such as climate, geography, and the natural abundance of resources located around the Princeton area. Many of our energy needs will possibly need to be sourced from off-campus, requiring the administration to expedite its current search for local renewable energy projects. Princeton should also derive inspiration from the advancements of other institutions to further reduce carbon emissions. Some examples include Yale University’s carbon tax, Rice University’s all-electric campus vehicles, or Southwestern University’s subsidized public transportation. To ensure that the University remains one of the leading educational institutions in America, the administration should look toward other universities’ endeavors to bolster its own. Shannon Heh and William Gu are both first-years and members of the Princeton Student Climate Initiative. Other members of PSCI (Karena Yan, James Porter, and Rifat Islam) also contributed to the research for this Op-ed. For more information on PSCI, please contact PSCL@princeton.edu.
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On digitization Ollie Thakar Columnist
Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to leave campus for a weekend sojourn at my grandmother’s house, reuniting with relatives. Still burdened by a Princeton workload, I brought all of my school supplies with me, remembering in particular that I needed to carry a pencil sharpener, because my grandmother no longer has one. Seated at a round table enjoying dim sum, I confronted my family to discover why no one else had noticed such an anomalous absence from my grandmother’s home. One of my cousins rhetorically inquired, “who uses pencils anymore, anyway?” Before I could blurt out, “I do, for taking notes!” I realized that my insistence on utilizing pencils for schoolwork was, in fact, outdated and unusual. This planted doubt in my mind about my educational philosophy: in an age where technology makes school work more and more convenient, why do I even use pencil and paper to take notes at all? I entertained reasons as to why I should consider going digital — replacing pen-
cils and paper entirely, with an electronic system of notetaking and reading — like the remainder of my family had already done. For one thing, technology consolidates material. Combing through my backpack at my grandmother’s house, I noticed that going digital would render all of the objects inside that were weighing my backpack down unnecessary. A holepuncher, over 12 inches long, resides permanently in my backpack’s front pocket, accompanying a well-used, deformed box of reinforcement tabs. I carry spare pens and pencils too, crammed in with my eraser and pocket pencil sharpener, which dusts the entire load if I neglect to empty it. This extensive collection of items, strewn throughout my bag, serves the sole purpose of facilitating pencil-and-paper notes. Not only might going digital declutter the mess inside of my backpack, but it would also allow me to become more organized. My cousins spoke of elaborate systems of folders on their computers for sorting class notes — systems of folders that I replace with physical binders and dividers. Digital documents are easier
to manage than their physical equivalents: one can separate and rearrange digital notes, and there is no danger of them being ruined by spilled caffeinated beverages, a high risk for me. The single most convincing reason to eschew pencil and paper is efficiency. Indeed, I, like most students, type faster than I write by hand. Taking digital notes, thus, reduces the likelihood of writing slowly and missing an important concept in a lecture. Perusing digital documents to find particular notes, too, is much faster than leafing through tattered pages of handwritten notes. Furthermore, I fall into the large sect of the population who often fail to understand their own handwriting, which would become a nonissue in digital notes. Beyond these larger reasons, adopting a digital system of note-taking and doing homework would be beneficial to the environment, reduce hand cramps, and be cheaper, not requiring me to restock on pencils, paper, binders, and other supplies that wear out with age. Yet, after mulling over these thoughts in my head, I came to the firm conclusion
that I would keep my current pencil-and-paper system. This decision was indubitably motivated at least in part by obstinacy, but also maintained a logical basis. It is precisely the slowness of taking physical notes, with their weight and bulk weighing down my bag and their inability to consolidate neatly, that attracts me to them. The time that handwriting notes takes is time when I can absorb the information I write, time which digital note-taking eliminates. As a visual learner, the processes of drawing charts, putting my thoughts out on paper, and seeing written notes all aid in my understanding. Plus, paper note-taking makes drawing diagrams, a common occurrence in lectures, much easier to do. Wielding tangible symbols of schoolwork — binders, pencil sharpeners, hole punches, etc. — albeit occasionally a nuisance, feels cathartic, while simply reviewing electronic documents lacks this satisfactory feeling. Because I have all of my notes in physical form for each class, I can easily pull out notes from earlier to compare them with my current notes or to refer back
to them. While going electronic would still facilitate comparing or referring to older notes, this process is made much easier with physical documents, for with physical documents, I can mark notes with sticky tabs, and compare as many different notes at a time that I choose. Lastly, the inherent mess of physical notes — which cannot be re-ordered after they are written — represents the inherently disorganized nature of thought, an idea absent from notes on a computer. Reordering notes after I take them to better represent a logical order is another helpful learning activity that digitization prevents from occurring. Seeing disorganized notes in conjunction with organized ones on paper allows me to visualize my learning process, which is impossible on the computer. For all these reasons, though the faults in my current system of schoolwork are high in number, they do not sway me from utilizing pencils and paper. Ollie Thakar is a first-year from Baltimore, M.D. He can be reached at othakar@princeton. edu.
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Women’s basketball remains Ivy League undefeated after 87–55 victory over Dartmouth By Jack Graham Sports Editor Emeritus
No. 23 Princeton women’s basketball’s most recent win in its undefeated Ivy League campaign played out much like many of the previous games: a commanding run featuring stifling defense and efficient offense put Princeton well ahead, and the Tigers coasted to a blowout victory. This time, it just took a bit longer than usual. Princeton (21–1, 9–0 Ivy League) led Dartmouth (8–15, 2–8) by just two points at halftime, but the Tigers outscored the Big Green 53–23 in the second half to win 87–55. The game started with a scary play, as senior forward Bella Alarie went down under the Princeton basket grabbing her knee. She walked back to the locker room with help from an athletic trainer and, fortunately for Princeton, returned to the game later in the first quarter. Her knee didn’t seem to bother her from that point on — she put up 28 points and 12 rebounds in 26 minutes of play. “I was mostly just scared,” Alarie said. “My knee kind of gave out under me, [but] once I walked around and saw the trainer, I knew I was going to be OK.” Even with Alarie on the floor, Dartmouth managed to
keep the game competitive for 20 minutes. The Big Green hit several tough shots and managed to put up 32 points in the first half, just two shy of their point total in Princeton’s
we needed to do a better job defensively.” But in the second half, Princeton’s defense — the best in the nation by points per game allowed — went to
The Tigers led by 22 going into the fourth quarter and were able to rest their starters for the final few minutes. “The message [at halftime] was to just defend the way
Beverly Schaefer / goprincetontigers.com Bella Alarie prepared for play in Saturday’s game against Dartmouth.
66–34 win the first time the teams met. “They play really hard,” head coach Carla Berube said. “They can shoot the ball really well, and I just thought
work. The Tigers allowed four points in the first eight minutes of the third quarter, and stops and turnovers on the defensive end transitioned into baskets on the offensive end.
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we’re capable of defending,” Berube said. “When we got stops, we were getting some great chances in our break.” In addition to Alarie’s 28, Princeton received a career-
high 16 points from sophomore guard Grace Stone on 6–9 shooting. Eleven of those points came in the second half, including several key baskets during the extended third quarter run which gave Princeton its large lead. “I tried to be as confident as I could,” Stone said. “I knew that they were going to double [team] on Bella, [and] they were really packing the paint, so I just needed to find openings, space out, and then just shoot confidently.” Along with a 66–45 win over Harvard on Friday night, the win over Dartmouth represented a successful start to Princeton’s stretch of five Ivy League games in eight days. The Tigers have just two days off before facing Penn (17–5, 7–2) in Jadwin Gymnasium on Tuesday night. With the Quakers two games back of Princeton for second in the Ivy standings, a win would all but secure an Ivy League title for Princeton and make an unbeaten conference record start to look attainable. “It’s such a great rivalry, and I think we have a whole different energy and excitement about that game,” Alarie said. “But I think it’s important to stay centered and focused. It’s our next game, so we’re going to treat it as any other game this season.”
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Women’s tennis vs. Yale: W 4–1 No. 5 Princton women’s tennis team competed at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic this Saturday. The Tigers beat Yale University 4–1. Princeton secured the doubles point after all three of the duos won. No. 23 sophomore Grace Joyce and first-year Daria Frayman proved to be a tough match for Yale’s No. 3 Samantha Martinelli and Jessie Gong, earning a 7–6 win. Princeton sophomore Brianna Shvets and junior Nathalie Rodilosso defeated Chelsea Kung and Rena Lin 6–3, and first-year Zoe Howard and senior Clare McKee overcame Caroline Dunleavy and Rhea Shrivastava 7–5. The singles matches were also a success for the Tigers. The strong matches include Princeton’s No. 17 Brianna Shvets defeat of Yale’s no. 46 Samantha Martinelli 6–1, 2–6, 6–2; No. 57 Zoe Howard’s 7–5, 6–1 win against Caroline Dunleavy; and Clare McKee’s 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 victory over Jessie Gong. The Tigers finished second-place at the Blue Gray Classic after losing to No. 19 Wake Forest University 4–1 in the championship match.
Men’s tennis vs. Arizona: W 4–0 No. 28 men’s tennis capped out their weekend at the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Alabama with a 4–0 win over No. 46 ranked University of Arizona. With wins by the the duos composed of senior Payton Holden and junior Ryan Seggerman and junior Damian Rodriguez and sophomore Justin Barki, the Tigers picked up the doubles point. Singles wins from Seggerman, Barki, senior Davey Roberts, and sophomore Will Peters propelled Princeton to a final victory on Sunday. Earlier in the day the team lost to No. 19 University of Mississippi in a close 4–3 match. Notably, sophomore Karl Poling and Seggerman won their No. 1 and No. 2 matches, respectively. The team’s first game of the Blue Gray was a 4–2 win over No. 44 ranked Auburn University. “We played with tremendous energy and confidence and this will be a great stepping stone for the matches ahead,” head coach Billy Pate told Princeton Athletics.
Mimi Lin ’20, Women’s Swim and Dive: Mimi contributed to women’s swim and dive’s 23rd Ivy League Championship this weekend with a stellar diving performance. She was named the Career High-Point Diving Champion.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Virginia: L 10–12 No. 9 Princeton women’s lacrosse was defeated by No. 8 Virginia on Saturday in the home opener for the Tigers. The battle was tight for most of the game with neither team leading by more than three goals. UVA was the first to score, taking a quick 2–0 lead, but the Tigers rebounded with two more goals by junior Kyla Sears and sophomore Lucie Gildehaus. The Tigers then went on a 5–3 scoring run, taking the lead 7–5. UVA tied the score, but Princeton rallied off one more goal to take the lead going into halftime. UVA started the second half with a three-goal run, keeping the Tigers shy of a goal. Virginia managed to take a 12–9 lead but the final goal of the game came from the Tigers to keep the score at 10–12.
Men’s squash vs. Trinity: L 4–5 No. 4 men’s squash closed out its regular season competition with a nail-biting loss to second-ranked Trinity. The Gamecocks clinched five of the day’s nine victories, with only sophomore Youssef Ibrahim, senior Gabriel Morgan, sophomore Howe Cheng, and senior Adhitya Raghavan logging wins for the Tigers. Cheng had a standout performance with a clean 3–0 sweep over his opponent.
Women’s Squash vs. Harvard: L 1–6 Princeton lost 6–1 to No. 1 Harvard in the squash national team finals. This is Princeton’s second loss to Harvard — the two only losses the Tigers have had this season. The Tigers’ point in the finals came from junior Grace Doyle who defeated her competitor, Maddie Chai, in four games. Four Tigers were named All-Ivy including first-year Caroline Spahr (also named Ivy Rookie of the Year), sophomore Elle Ruggiero, junior Emme Leonard and junior Raneem El Torky. Up next is the CSA individual tournament held March 6–8 at Penn.
Chris Brown ’21, Men’s Lacrosse: In the men’s lacrosse takedown of the NCAA defending champion University of Virginia, Chris Brown contributed four goals and one assist to reach 100 career points.
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Women’s swim and dive Ellie Marquardt and Nicole Venema each scored 96 points during the Ivy League championship, earning them the title of High-Point Swimmers of the Meet alongside Harvard’s Felicia Pasadyn.