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Monday October 9, 2017 vol. CXLI no. 82 STUDENT LIFE
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Honor Committee under USG review By Marcia Brown head news editor
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Code is always welcomed.” However, Flanigan further explained his motive for establishing the committee by noting past difficulties in working with members of the Honor Committee. “One of the big problems I run into is the people who are on the
committee say that [my] proposed reform won’t work,” he explained, adding that members then argue that the confidentiality of individual cases prevents them from explaining why the proposed reform would be ineffective. “I have found that route to be
Jones Act affects local co.
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By Sarah Hirschfield, Talitha Wisner, and Jeff Zymeri
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In a Sept. 28 announcement, the Trump administration waived the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act, a century-old shipping law that regulates coastwise trade between U.S. ports, for a 10-day period. The move, which the administration has claimed will ease hurricane aid shipments to storm-battered Puerto Rico, has drawn criticism from the maritime industry, which will face greater competition from foreign ships if the act is permanently repealed. By contrast, many Puerto Rican politicians
are calling for complete elimination of the act in order to lower costs during the recovery process. Though geographically removed from Puerto Rico, Princeton is nevertheless directly affected by the Trump administration’s position regarding the Jones Act. Anthony Chiarello, president and CEO of Tote Inc., a Princeton-based maritime company and one of the four Jones Act shippers to Puerto Rico, explained that under the Jones Act freight traveling between U.S. ports must be moved on a vessel owned by a U.S. citizen; must be manned by a U.S. crew; and must be built in U.S. shipyards by U.S.
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“The future of the Hispanic community is on you,” journalist Jorge Ramos told students at the beginning of his talk, “Nuestro Futuro: A Conversation with Jorge Ramos,” this Friday. Ramos is the anchor of the Univision news program “Noticiero Univision,” the Univision political news program “Al Punto,” and the Fusion TV program “America with Jorge Ramos.” He has received eight Emmy awards and covered events ranging from the Salvadoran Civil War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Addressing an audience that filled McCosh 50 lecture hall, Ramos urged students to use their education to increase Latino visibility. To make this point, he played a clip from the music video for the popular song “Despacito” by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi and Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee. Although the video has nearly 4 billion views on YouTube, making it the most-watched video in the site’s history, it was not nominated for an MTV Music Award. “So the most watched video was invisible for those who say what’s important and what’s not important, what’s influential and what’s not influential,” Ramos said.
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Invisibility was a major topic in Ramos’s talk. Latinos compose about 20 percent of the United States population, or one in five people, he stated: Yet there are currently only four Latino U.S. Senators, for example. “Where are the other sixteen Senators?” Ramos asked. Ramos moved to the United States from Mexico in 1983 to study at UCLA. “This country gave me the opportunities that my country of origin simply couldn’t,” said Ramos, who worked for a Mexican television news outlet until the Mexican government censored him. “I got here and then suddenly, I was able to say whatever I wanted, complete freedom of expression,” he added. “Reporters were criticizing President Ronald Reagan, and nothing happened. They were not being censored.” “And then came Donald Trump,” Ramos continued, citing Trump’s speech announcing his candidacy for president, in which he referred to Mexican immigrants as racists and criminals. “If you’re an immigrant like me, you come here because you want to work,” Ramos said. “At the end, the reality, the numbers are there: ImSee RAMOS page 5
Contributing columnist Aisha Tahir makes a case for DACA on humane grounds, and columnist Liam O’Connor rebuts columnist Beni Snow’s arguments on lowering the drinking age. PAGE 4
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Christian protesters picketed on Prospect Avenue this weekend.
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workers. When asked whether a Jones Act waiver is doing any good for Puerto Rico, Chiarello expressed that he remains unconvinced. The administration and its supporters’ argument is that the waiving of the Jones Act would allow more foreign vessels to carry additional aid from the United States to Puerto Rico, but “that’s not the issue,” said Chiarello, adding that Tote and its competitors have more than enough capacity as is. “The issue isn’t getting the freight to the island,” said Chiarello. “The issue is getting from the terminal on the isSee JONES page 2
wholly unproductive,” Flanigan said of approaching the Honor Committee or its chair. “I just get the circle,” U-Councilor Diego Negrón-Reichard ’18 said, explained that he has experienced similar pushback. Negrón-Reichard is one of the members Flanigan se-
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By Shriya Sekhsaria news editor emerita
The University celebrated the opening of the new Lewis Arts complex with a dedication ceremony on Friday morning. “The Lewis Center for the Arts sprang from the conviction that the arts enrich our lives, strengthen our connections with one another and the world around us, and engage our imaginations,” President Christopher Eisgruber ‘83 said. Eisgruber added that the path towards the complex began more than a decade ago with the vision of former University President Shirley Tilghman to “seamlessly integrate the creative and performing arts into an undergraduate liberal arts education that is second to none.” The 145,000-square-foot complex designed by Steven Holl Architects is situated near Alexander Street and University Place. It was made possible in part by a $101 See LEWIS page 3
One of the remarkable things about life surrounding Prospect Avenue is its consistency: every weekend, hordes of intoxicated University students can be seen stumbling out of eating clubs on their way to Frist Campus Center for a late meal. However, this past weekend, the Street received unexpected visitors in the form of Christian protesters wielding megaphones and signs condemning evolution and sin. After midnight, in the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 8, five men unaffiliated with the University set up outside of Ivy Club to recognize Sin Awareness Day. They brought several signs with them, some reading “Evolution is a lie” and “Atheism is a temporary condition.” Throughout the night, vehicles from both Public Safety and Princeton Police appeared on the scene. According to upperclassmen, this was not the first time that Christian groups have visited the University. “They come at least twice a year,” Brandon Ward ‘20 said. “I just always ignore them, anyway.” After setting up for the gathering, one man stood on a small platform and shouted at students passing by using a loudspeaker. “We’re not against science, but
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we want good science,” the leader announced to a group of self-proclaimed STEM majors. “And science is man reading God’s thoughts, discovering God’s creation.” Individual members of the group approached passing students to question their “preparation for Judgement Day,” as well as to discuss God’s omniscience. The protesters left most students unimpressed: some instead questioned the gathering’s very presence at the center of the University’s party scene. “I don’t think it’s fair that they’re out here on a Saturday night when there are obviously kids looking to party and have a good time,” Kelton Chastulik ‘21 said. To some students, however, the group was not just flawed in their approach, but also in their efficacy due to their choice of crowd. “I respect that they have an opinion on campus, but they’re preaching to the wrong audience,” Marisela Neff ‘20 said. Most of the students who encountered the group appeared to share this sentiment, with many laughing at and insulting the creationist group. One individual even stopped to ask a protester, “Can you guys turn water into wine?” The group declined to comment for this article.
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Invoking Section 704 Subsection C Clause 2, Academics Chair Patrick Flanigan ‘18 has established a subcommittee on the Honor Constitution. In a question and answer session during Undergraduate Student Government’s Oct. 8 meeting, Flanigan explained that the proposal for the committee had been made public as of the USG meeting notes released Sunday around 3 p.m. U-Councilor Ethan Marcus ’18 asked Flanigan if the Honor Committee Chair Carolyn Liziewski had been approached prior to this committee’s establishment. Flanigan replied in the negative. The subcommittee’s ultimate goal is to put a referendum on the ballot in time for elections in December. A referendum on any reform of the Honor Constitution would require three quarters of the student body and a 33 percent turnout rate. “This is very much a democratic process with experts, students, faculty, and administrators involved,” Flanigan said. Although she is not aware of the specifics of the new committee, Liziewski wrote in an email that “a conversation around the Honor
lected for the subcommittee. “The issue with the Honor Committee is that we’ve seen agenda setting and push back on any reform,” said Negrón-Reichard. “Patrick is doing this kind of amazing thing – tackling something we all agree is an issue.” For the subcommittee, Flanigan selected three U-Councilors, the president of a class, and several students with experience on the Honor Committee or the Committee on Discipline, the latter of which will not be affected by this subcommittee. Flanigan’s selections, confirmed with 15 positive votes and two abstentions, include Negrón-Reichard, U-Council Chair and Honor Committee Selection Committee member Pooja Patel ’18, Honor Committee member and junior class president Chris Umanzor ’19, member of the Committee on Discipline Mary Claire Bartlett ’18, and former member of the Honor Committee Micah Herskind ’19. According to USG senate precedent, new committees and subcommittees can meet before all of the members are formally confirmed, though they cannot take any official action until confirmation. “I wanted people who worked with the process and were experts and who represented the student See USG page 3
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Tote Inc., Princeton-based company, explains how its shipments are impacted by the Jones Act waiver.
land into the people who need the freight.” Chiarello also explained that, as of Friday, Oct. 6, not one foreign competitor has come to the island to move freight. According to real time marine traffic data examined by the Miami Herald, as of 6 p.m. Friday, not a single foreign-flagged ship docked in the Port of San Juan traveled there from a foreign port. However, there were such vessels en route to Puerto Rico. This lackluster foreign response is why Chiarello believes that the waiver will not be extended. On Oct. 6, the Department of Homeland Security told The Wall Street Journal that the waiver would indeed not be extended. Although they were moving fewer freight containers to Puerto Rico two days after the hurricane, Tote Inc. and its competitors have been able to ship more and more in the days after. According to Chiarello, there were thousands of containers still sitting in the terminal in Puerto Rico last week — during the temporary lift of the Jones Act. Chiarello responded to calls some U.S. politicians, such as Sen. John McCain (R.-Ariz.), have made that the Jones Act should be scrapped, arguing that it could have an adverse effect on U.S. jobs. For Chiarello, the current question of the Jones Act is a U.S. worker versus a non-U.S. worker issue. Chiarello also explained that the Jones Act is important for national security because it protects coastal waterways from foreign entities. The U.S. maritime fleet does in fact provide capacity and manpower that the army can draw upon to support military operations. It also limits the access foreign countries have to U.S. waterways. “I wouldn’t want North Korea moving barges and tugboats up and down the Mississippi River. If you don’t have this law, that could occur,” Chiarello said. Additionally, both Republican and Democratic members of the House’s Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation expressed support for the Jones Act when Chiarello testified to the committee on Oct. 3, 2017. The Jones Act is stirring up trouble in the territory, according to Puerto Rico senate minority leader Eduardo Bhatia ’86. “It was fine in the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and perhaps 50s,” said Bhatia. “But, who cares about the navy anymore? They do not play the same role in the defense of the United States as they did a hundred years ago.” Opponents to the legislation, such as McCain, are using this 10-day period to propose that it be eliminated altogether. Since the act was waived, McCain, who did not offer comment, has repeatedly vocalized the need to repeal the act. The outdated piece of legislation doesn’t come cheap, either, Bhatia explained. As a crucial partner to the cargo ships, Puerto Rico essentially provides a third of the ship workers’ income. “Maritime is expensive,” said Bhatia. “It costs Puerto Rico a lot.” Bhatia explained that the Jones Act’s continued existence isn’t the only thing that doesn’t make sense to Puerto Ricans, but that Trump’s 10-day waiver of the act is a clearly impractical, meaningless gesture. “It should be six months,” Bhatia said. “That would give us a breather in Puerto Rico, it might decrease shipping costs, and it would open the concept of competition that doesn’t exist right now.” If the mainland really wants to help Puerto Rico, it needs to give more money to FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster relief, Bhatia said. “Many areas of Puerto Rico,
about 85 percent, have no electricity up to now,” said Bhatia. “They need the resources to get the water going and the grid up and the energy flowing.” Without energy and water, all you have is chaos, Bhatia said. In a larger sense, damage control will take much more than facilitating transport of basic necessities, he added. A solid package of an estimated $70 billion is needed to repair 350,000 homes and countless other hospitals, roads, and bridges, according to the minority leader. Exacerbating the issue of infrastructure is the problem of health care, he added. With Puerto Rico’s allotment of Affordable Care Act funds expiring sometime this year, Bhatia expects that hundreds of thousands of people will relocate to Florida or New York, in search of better care, unless Congress reauthorizes the money. “That is just a travesty,” Bhatia said. The debate over the Jones Act concerns “a win-lose situation,” said Diego Negrón-Reichard ’18, who headed a disaster relief fundraising campaign for the territory,“because Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, and some states along the coast would win by removing these … regulations, but the maritime industry would take a hit.” “I don’t know how substantial that hit would be if you’re only exempting Puerto Rico,” Negrón-Reichard added, “but there is a reason [special interest groups] are lobbying so aggressively. It’s because they wouldn’t be as profitable as they are now. Is that a good reason to chokehold a whole island of 3.5 million U.S. citizens?” Shipping a container from the East Coast of the United States to Puerto Rico costs $3,063, but shipping the same container on a foreign ship to the Dominican Republic costs only around a third of that. The island loses over $500 million every year as a result of the Jones Act, according to studies published by the University of Puerto Rico. “If you really are a Republican and you believe in the free market, then it doesn’t make sense to chokehold the island,” said Negrón-Reichard, adding that this is McCain’s rationale behind supporting the act’s repeal. “The U.S. has a long history of institutional structures that have hindered the island’s economic growth,” Negrón-Reichard said, pointing to Operation Bootstrap — a series of projects headed by the federal government in the second half of the 20th century in which Puerto Rico’s economy industrialized and developed — as one of “the causes of the crisis.” Puerto Rico’s poverty rate, almost 50 percent, is over twice as high as that of the poorest U.S. state. The situation should be viewed in that context, according to Negrón-Reichard. The natural disaster was a “terrible tragedy,” he added, “but we have to make the most of it.” Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló requested the Jones Act waiver shortly after Hurricane Maria hit, arguing that the island needs all the help it can get. He added that the Trump Administration granted a seven-day Jones Act waiver after Hurricane Irma, which was much less devastating to the island. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said that Trump immediately granted the waiver after Rosselló’s call according to an article in the Atlantic. “One hundred years later, [Puerto Ricans’ U.S. citizenship] should mean something,” said Bhatia, expressing his concern that the mainland, swept up in the horror of the Las Vegas shooting, would forget about the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. After all, it was the United States that approved Congress’ passage of the coincidentally-named Jones-Shafroth Act of 1917, making Puerto Ricans statutory U.S. citizens.
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body and were open to reform,” Flanigan explained in response to questions about his membership selections for the committee. He added that he has already been arranging for people to offer outside perspective to the subcommittee by speaking before it – such as from beyond institutions like USG, the Honor Committee, and the Committee on Discipline. Flanigan selected seven people to serve on the committee because that is the number of people who serve on the Honor Committee in a particular case. Six of seven members of the subcommittee will be required to confirm anything that the committee decides – just as it takes six-
member on the Honor Committee to convict an accused student. USG Vice President Dan Qian ‘18, who led the meeting, called it “poetic.” He emphasized that he and the new subcommittee are “really open” to hearing outside opinions. “I really look forward to administrator feedback and feedback from the faculty,” Flanigan said in an interview after the meeting. “I want to work with the committee, but I think it’s important to have a committee with an eye towards reform.” “I hope Patrick, the subcommittee, and I can work together to engage students and faculty in productive conversations about the Honor Code,” Liziewski wrote in an email. Flanigan’s Academics Committee Report touched on several other projects. He noted that he will continue
to prioritize efforts to make the University more inclusive to students with low-income and/or first generation college student backgrounds. He said that, working with Dean Jill Dolan and several other administrators, he is focusing on reducing the financial burden of international travel, and the cost of travel home. Additionally, he noted that he would ultimately like to see the end of summer savings, a program that requires students on financial aid to work during the summer to contribute to the financial aid pack the University provides them. Flanigan’s update on the President’s Committee on the Calendar was definitively negative. He explained that because the committee’s decision must be approved by 2/3 of the faculty twice, it’s difficult to find a workable solution.
to the Wilson School’s library and many of its research programs. Monte Wallace said that when they first endowed Wallace Hall in 1998, he knew that they would live to see its inauguration. However, when they gave to the complex in 2012, they were unsure of living to see the ceremony, especially due to governmental entitlement issues that had arisen with the complex. However, they decided to give to the Dance Building and Theatre anyway because of their belief in the importance and power of the creative and performing arts. “We are convinced that the participation of students in the creation or performance of art … will significantly enrich their educational experience. And not only their educational experience, but their lives after graduation,” Wallace said. The Wallace Dance Building and Theater also includes the Wallace Theater and Hearst Dance Theater, which can seat 150 and 120 people, respectively. Both venues feature LED theatrical lighting, making them one of the first educational performing arts facilities in the region to adopt this technology. New Music Building The New Music Building supplements the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies by allowing the Department of Music to “expand its instructional, practice, and research facilities” according to a University press release. According to Eisgruber, this “magnificent new music building” provides “acoustically advanced practice rooms and teaching studios, and a digital recording studio.” He added that the building would serve as a permanent home to the Princeton University Orchestra and other groups including the Princeton University Jazz Ensemble and Princeton Laptop Orchestra. Wendy Heller, chair of the music department, said that the idea of a space for the arts first came up in a 1985 report by former University President William Bowen GS ’58, where he claimed that the long-term nurturing of creativity and the arts on campus was constrained by the lack of a dedicated space. “What these buildings do for us, what this extraordinary space does for us, is to… show our passion for music in a way that feels best… by actually feeling the music course through our bodies,” Heller added. The New Music Building houses the Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room, providing rehearsal space for the Princeton University Orchestra and other ensembles, as well as space for chamber concerts. It also features a jazz studies studio, among several specialized teaching facilities, and practice rooms equipped with dozens of new pianos from Steinway & Sons. Other Spaces The Arts Tower of the complex, one of its main three buildings, includes the Hurley Gallery, administrative offices, and additional studios. It will host exhibitions of the Lewis Center’s Program in Visual Arts, which will also expand at 185 Nassau Street. Other spaces in the complex were endowed by members of the University community, several of whom were present at the ceremony to cut the final ribbon together
— Sandra Tsang Cohen ’89 and Andrew Cohen ’89, Wyck Godfrey ’90 and Mary Kerr ’90, Margaret Hearst and William Randolph Hearst III, John Hurley ’86, Anthony Lee ’79 and Sharon Lee, William Lucas ’83 and Melissa Friedman Lucas ’84, Joshua Rafner ’77, Michael Spies ’79, Shirley Tilghman, and Christopher Ghaffari ’12, who attended on behalf of his parents Paul and Lauren Ghaffari. The complex also includes other spaces such as the CoLab — a flexible “white box” space for artistic and cross-disciplinary collaborations — and the PLOrk Studio, home of Princeton Laptop Orchestra. New South will continue to host the Lewis Center’s Program in Creative Writing, according to a University press release. The complex is part of a 22-acre development, the largest undertaken in the University’s history. The development also includes Cargot Brasserie and the Dinky Bar & Kitchen, located in two renovated train stations and operated by Fenwick Hospitality Group. The dedication ceremony was attended by donors, alumni, and public officials including New Jersey Governor and ex-officio University trustee Chris Christie. It was followed by a multi-day Festival of the Arts from Oct. 5 to 8 featuring over 100 concerts, plays, readings, dance performances, art exhibitions, multidisciplinary presentations, film screenings, community workshops, and sitespecific events at venues across campus.
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million gift in 2006 from former University trustee Peter B. Lewis ’55, according to a University press release. “Peter’s contributions to Princeton University are legendary. In addition to sharing his wisdom with us as a trustee, he greatly enhanced our campus and programs through his philanthropy,” Eisgruber said. Lewis’s other contributions include Lewis Library and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. Michael Cadden, chair of the Peter B. Lewis Center for the Arts, said that Lewis was a source of light who lit up every room he walked into. He also recalled one of Lewis’s favorite quotes: “Money is like manure. There’s no reason to keep it piled up. Its chief purpose is to be spread around and encourage young things to grow,” Cadden recalled. Cadden said that when he arrived at the University as a “theater guy” to teach 35 years ago, he was an internationally ranked swimmer. He recalled visiting DeNunzio Pool at the time. “The beautiful DeNunzio Pool told me how seriously Princeton took swimming… and I wondered where was the building that shows that it also takes the arts seriously? And here, 35 years later, it is,” Cadden said. Lewis’s daughter Ivy Lewis said that Lewis would have loved the complex, especially since he loved the University, pushing boundaries, and encouraging creativity. “This is an inspirational corner of campus. I look forward to seeing the boundaries of artistic innovation continue to expand here. All of this would have made Peter very happy,” Ivy Lewis said. The Lewis family, Eisgruber, Tilghman, and Cadden then cut the ribbon to inaugurate the complex. The complex comprises multiple buildings that supplement other arts spaces around campus and are connected at ground level by the Forum, an 8,000-squarefoot open indoor gathering and informal performing space. Skylights in a pool above the Forum filter natural light into the space. The complex mainly consists of three buildings — the Wallace Dance Building and Theater, the New Music Building, and the Arts Tower. Wallace Dance Building and Theatre The Wallace Dance Building and Theater now houses the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Programs in Dance, Theater, and Music Theater, as well as the Princeton Atelier, according to a press release from the University’s website. This Wallace Dance Building and Theater was endowed by Monte Wallace ’53 and Neil Wallace ’55. “The Wallaces have a long and distinguished history at Princeton and their name is closely linked to educational progress here from the renovations of laboratories to their generous assistance to the humanities and social sciences and creative arts,” Eisgruber said. The Wallace brothers had previously endowed Wallace Hall, home
“I lose confidence every day in the ability of this committee to bring a palatable calendar to the faculty,” Flanigan said. Flanigan’s report received resounding applause at its conclusion. The rest of the meeting was devoted to USG business from several committee chairs and the president. USG President Myesha Jemison ‘18 noted in her president’s report that her conversations with administrators regarding parking passes have not yielded a positive outlook. Because the University will continue to build, parking passes will continue to become harder to come by. However, administrators did note that they would be working to publicize existing resources more. Jemison also said that she has discussed with administrators the
proposal to have a student trustee in addition to the young alum trustee. She said that while Vice President of Student Life Rochelle Calhoun seemed positive on the proposal, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 was opposed. USG Treasurer Allison Shim ’19 said that the treasurer’s report will come out at the next USG meeting. USG also confirmed the following student groups: American Foreign Policy, Italian Society, The Playwright’s Guild, The Pool Club, Princeton Law Review, and Princeton Melee. Although Qian said that he had to work with some groups to revise their constitutions, ultimately all were confirmed. The next public USG meeting will take place 7:30 p.m. in Lewis Library 120 on Oct. 15.
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ctober 3, columnist Beni Snow’s article titled “Crime at Princeton” made the bizarre claim that “our legal safety is lacking” from underage drinking laws. His article continues to explain how the laws aren’t productive. At the end, he calls on President Eisgruber to advocate for lowering the minimum drinking age to 18 by saying that, “The current system is not stable.” His position is myopic. What Snow doesn’t — and other college students don’t — realize is that the minimum drinking age law is one of the most rigorously studied public health laws in the country. The overwhelming majority of scientific evidence supports it. He omitted important facts about the law and failed to provide an iota of quantitative evidence to explain why the U.S. would be better off with a lower drinking age. Although it’s unpopular among young adults, the minimum drinking age of 21 has saved countless lives. Snow begins his argument by saying “a single Princeton cop” could “theoretically arrest dozens of students in a single night” before criticizing the U.S. for “criminalizing something legal in basically every other developed country.” Both of these arguments suffer from the ad populum fallacy, meaning
they are based solely on the idea that the majority’s will is right. In other words, if Princeton students started stealing from each other, his logic would lead him to say, “we shouldn’t punish these students because stealing is a common practice.” He doesn’t argue why underage drinking is or isn’t a problem that requires enforcement. Then, he recounts the history of how the current minimum drinking age was created. Snow explains that, historically, the age of majority was lowered from 21 to 18 at the state level and encourages a “state-by-state fight” to lower the drinking age. This has two flaws. First, he implies that the drinking age should be lowered to stay in accordance with the age of majority. There’s no legal reason as to why this needs to happen. The age of majority is simply the age at which people become legally responsible for themselves. A cursory glance at the laws will show that a person can’t rent a car until 25, must be 35 to run for president, and has to reach 62 to receive Social Security. The U.S. doesn’t have a singular age for fully endowing a person with all of its privileges, nor should it in the case of alcohol. Second, Snow neglects to say why the laws were enacted. When states lowered the drinking age during the 1970s, they experienced significant increases in youth
fatalities from alcohol-related driving accidents. Meanwhile, states with higher drinking ages had lower rates. Since the National Minimum Drinking Age Act’s adoption in 1984, alcohol-related traffic deaths have been halved and the lives of 900 young people are saved each year — that’s 33,300 lives in total. This trend has been observed in other countries too. New Zealand lowered its alcohol purchasing age from 20 to 18 in 1999. Youth deaths spiked, and new drivers experienced a 15 percent jump in the chances of having an alcohol-related crash. In response to these increases, there were several popular movements to raise the drinking age. But the efforts were quashed by the alcohol lobby. Snow is quick to point out that “sales tax revenue is valuable.” But I don’t think that any amount of public funds could console the parents who would lose children to increased DUI fatalities. While it’s true that Princeton doesn’t experience alcoholrelated driving problems, due to the administration’s ban on cars, this isn’t the norm. The majority of colleges permit students to have cars. We shouldn’t make a public policy decision based on one anomalous school. Snow concludes his article by asking, “Does anyone really believe that if Princeton police suddenly decided to start enforcing the underage drinking laws, every segment
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of the Princeton population would be equally targeted?” I couldn’t find any evidence supporting the notion that minorities are targeted on campuses where underage drinking laws are enforced. The only discrimination in the law’s enforcement is the fact that — as I argued in the spring — they are not applied to elite colleges. College presidents and police chiefs don’t want a wealthy parent or captain of industry alumnus berating them for giving a drinking citation to a student, so they ignore the law. It’s a shame that this happens. There have been several schools — such as Frostburg State University — that have greatly lowered underage drinking rates by enforcing the law all while maintaining their tolerance programs that give medical attention to dangerously intoxicated students. Alcohol has its tendrils in a plethora of college problems ranging from depression to sexual assault, and any decrease in its consumption should be welcomed. The underage drinking law isn’t perfect. It could use some simple reforms, like the reduction of punishments in favor of treatment. But it has saved lives. A lower drinking age has deadly consequences for young Americans. Liam O’Connor is a sophomore from Wyoming, Del. He can be reached at lpo@princeton.edu.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES president Thomas E. Weber ’89 vice president Craig Bloom ’88 secretary Betsy L. Minkin ’77 treasurer Douglas J. Widmann ’90 Kathleen Crown William R. Elfers ’71 Stephen Fuzesi ’00 Zachary A. Goldfarb ’05 John Horan ’74 Joshua Katz Kathleen Kiely ’77 Rick Klein ’98 James T. MacGregor ’66 Alexia Quadrani Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 Randall Rothenberg ’78 Richard W. Thaler, Jr. ’73 trustees emeriti Gregory L. Diskant ’70 Jerry Raymond ’73 Michael E. Seger ’71 Annalyn Swan ’73
141ST MANAGING BOARD managing editors Samuel Garfinkle ’19 Grace Rehaut ’18 Christina Vosbikian ’18 head news editor Marcia Brown ’19 associate news editor Kristin Qian ’18 head opinion editor Nicholas Wu ’18 associate opinion editors Samuel Parsons ’19 Emily Erdos ’19
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don’t remember much about the time we crossed the border,” says Johana Leanos ‘21, “but my sister tells me there were about six people in each trunk.” Leanos is one of the students studying at Princeton under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. In September, when President Trump moved to end DACA and called on Congress to act within six months before he starts to phase it out, Princeton students and faculty were outraged. For his part, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote a letter to the White House in support of DACA, saying that
the “talented and motivated” students the policy protects “came here as a result of decisions made by their parents.” Princeton, he maintained, would help the students as much as it legally can. Abiding by the law is not enough. Princeton holds privilege and power to do more, and by not rebelling to protect its students beyond the legal guidelines, the University has adopted a weak and morally wrong stance. We have to do more for students like Leanos and for students that are even less fortunate. When President Eisgruber says that students under DACA are not to blame here, he implies that the decisions of their parents are. And sure, crossing the border without
legal authorization is a crime in court. But there was a time when segregation was the law and black students were denied entry to institutions of higher learning. There was a time when women, by law, were not allowed to vote. There was a time when Japanese immigrants were put into internment camps. Would Eisgruber have respected the law during those periods, or would he have defended those who were incapable of defending themselves? Would he have marched with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., or would he have respected the law? I recognize that Eisgruber is a constitutional scholar and understands the impli-
cations of breaking the law better than I do. Further, by resisting the law, he would be engaged in a controversial debate that could make him seem anti-pluralistic for students who are not pro-DACA. (When reached for comment, Eisgruber deferred comment to Vice President of Communications, Daniel Day, who declined to comment.) But change is never easy. It’s never accepted without any backlash, and not everyone is in a position to lead it. Princeton is. President Eisgruber is. The consequences of breaking the law should not outweigh our duty to each other. To deport Leanos, who came here when she was one year
old and attends Princeton despite the obstacles life threw at her, just because it is the law is cruel and anti-American. “I am the living representation of the American dream,” she says. And that should be something we can agree on as Americans. This is a moral problem, and President Eisgruber has to treat it like one. “There is a time when you think about funding and donors but this is not that time,” says Leanos. “The DACA community is asking him to not only protect them, but stand by them.” Eisgruber is playing it safe. But time is running out for us to be moderate. Aisha Tahir is a freshman from Alexandria, Va. She can be reached at atahir@princeton. edu.
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migrants are less likely to commit crimes.” In 2015, Ramos wrote a letter to Trump requesting an interview. Trump posted the letter, which included Ramos’s personal phone number, on Instagram. Ramos soon received hundreds of texts and phone calls. “Many people [responded] with racist comments, but half of them were very supportive,” Ramos said. “And about 25 percent [were] asking for the opportunity to sing a song [on Ramos’s show] or for help to publish a book.” Ramos’s news team then covered a Trump press conference in Iowa. “I made two decisions. One, that I was going to ask my question standing up, in other words the body language was going to be important,” Ramos said. “The second was that I was going to make sure that my microphone was heard at the exact same volume as
Trump’s.” “And the third decision was that I was not going to stop until I had finished my question,” Ramos added. Ramos was ejected from the press conference. “Get out of my country,” an attendee told him as he was leaving. “In 2044, every group in this country, absolutely everyone — non-Hispanic whites, African Americans, Asians, Native Americans and Latinos — everyone is going to be a minority,” Ramos said. “Donald Trump is coming a little too late.” Ramos said that this future will be a challenging realization of the American experiment. “It’s a beautiful experiment,” Ramo said. “We have to understand that this is a multicultural, multiracial, multiethnic country, and if we don’t understand that, then it’s going to be very difficult.” Finally, Ramos encouraged audience members to stand against actions which limit Latino visibility. “If you don’t take a stand, then
you become silent, and you become complicit to what’s happening in this country,” he stated. Ramos then participated in a question-and-answer panel with politics professor Ali Valenzuela. “I think many of our students, especially our Latino students, they come to Princeton with a lot of worries that other students don’t have,” Valenzuela began, asking Ramos to give advice to these students. “For my father, there were only four possibilities for professions,” explained Ramos. “My father was an architect, and he could be an architect, an engineer, a doctor, or an attorney.” When Ramos told his father that he wanted to be a journalist, he asked him what he would do with ‘“eso,” which means “that” in Spanish. Later, Ramos was able to tell his father that he was doing “esto,” meaning “this,” he told the audience to applause. “My only recommendation would be to study and educate yourself on
what you really want to, what you’re really passionate about,” Ramos said. “It’s an incredible privilege to be [at Princeton] and it’s a great responsibility. Be agents of change.” The Q & A also centered on the difficulties that journalists face in covering the Trump administration. Valenzuela pointed out that journalists may be unwilling to cover certain stories that could limit their access to the White House. Ramos explained that many times in his career, he has been denied access to speaking with figures, including former President Obama, after asking them a critical question. Citing research that influential political figures have a large impact on the attitudes and opinions of their followers, Valenzuela asked Ramos’s opinion about the current lack of trust in media among citizens. “Fake news is nothing new. I come from Mexico, where fake news is part of government,” Ramos said. Valenzuela then asked if Ramos be-
lieves that Trump has contributed to this problem in the United States. “It’s like he’s given permission for people to express their prejudices in ways we were not used to before,” Ramos said. Valenzuela also asked how Ramos’s personal identity has impacted his journalism, and if recent developments with Trump have resulted in a shift in his approach. “As a journalist you’re always asking uncomfortable questions,” Ramos said. “And I think as a journalist you have to always be on the other side of power.” The lecture was held on Friday, Oct. 6, at 6 p.m. in McCosh 50. It was organized in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month and sponsored by Princeton Latinos y Amigos in conjunction with the Program in American Studies, the Program in Latin American Studies, Program in Latino Studies, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
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Tigers beat Hoyas 50–30 ahead of Ivy stretch By Jack Graham staff writer
A week after enduring a disappointing defeat to Columbia, Princeton football returned to its winning ways Saturday with a convincing victory over Georgetown. Scoring 50 unanswered points, Princeton dominated on both sides of the ball and finished its nonconference schedule with a 50–30 win. The game began somewhat sluggishly for the Tigers, who allowed Georgetown to score twice early in the first quarter and take a quick 10-0 lead. From that point on, however, the game would be all Princeton. Junior wide receiver Jesper Horsted opened the scoring for Princeton with a 13-yard pass from senior quarterback Chad Kanoff, and junior running back Charlie Volker notched a 1-yard touchdown run on the final play of the first quarter to give Princeton a 17–10 lead. In the second quarter, junior tight end Graham Adomitis hauled in two red zone touchdown passes, his first two of the season. Freshman defensive back CJ Wall continued the impressive start to his career with an interception return for a touchdown, his third interception in just four games. After the half, junior wide receiver Stephen Carl-
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son caught a 63-yard touchdown pass and sophomore running back Ryan Quigley added a 15yard touchdown run to put the score at a lopsided 50–10. Georgetown would go on to score three more touchdowns before the game came to an end, putting the final score at 50–30, a result
which still makes the game appear closer than it actually was. Once again, Kanoff posted impressive numbers, completing 25 of 29 passes for 313 yards and four touchdowns. The 313 yards allowed Kanoff to pass Matt Verbit ’05, for the second most career passing yards in Princ-
eton football history. Kanoff has 5,269 career yards passing, behind only Doug Butler ’83 with 7,291. For Kanoff to break the all-time record, he will need to average 337 yards passing over the next six games, a difficult, but not unachievable, feat. Horsted received 112 of those
yards on Saturday, continuing the junior’s productive season. “I know the offense much better,” said Horsted about his expanded role. “On top of that, I have a better [rapport] with Chad and my footwork is better on the routes.” Only three players in Princeton history have notched 1,000 yards receiving in a season, but that milestone could be achievable this year both for Horsted, who has 374 yards receiving, and Carlson, who has 379. Despite a slow start, the Princeton defense was also stellar on Saturday, holding the Georgetown offense essentially silent throughout the second and third quarters as the Princeton offense racked up points. Junior linebacker Mike Wagner led the way once again, with 2.5 sacks and seven tackles. Wagner leads the Ivy League in sacks, with 6.5 through four games. Freshman defensive back Delan Stallworth, junior defensive back Ben Ellis, and sophomore linebacker John Orr each contributed five tackles as well. With the win, Princeton brought its record to 3–1 overall, having won each of its nonconference games. The team will return to Ivy League play for good next week, with a road matchup against Brown.
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Women’s volleyball sweeps Harvard 3–0, takes top spot in Ivy League standings By David Xin head sports editor
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The Tigers remain undefeated in Ivy League play with a 5–0 record.
The women’s volleyball team added to its winning streak in the Ivy League with another pair of wins over Dartmouth and Harvard that put it in the top spot of the Ancient Eight. The Tigers hosted Big Green on Friday and faced the Crimson for sole control of first place. The Princeton team, now 5-0 in conference play, will look to continue this momentum as it travels to Cornell and Columbia next week. The Tigers began their weekend showdown with Dartmouth. Although the Big Green managed to narrowly edge out the Orange and Black in the first set, the team showed its resilience and clawed back into
Weekend Review Field Hockey vs. UCONN: L 3–5 The No. 14 Princeton Tigers Field Hockey team had a strong second half against the No. 1 UConn Huskies, but ultimately ended their game with a 3–5 loss at Bedford Field on Sunday afternoon. Despite not winning, Orange and Black’s three goals were the most that UConn has conceded since Oct. 30, 2016. Princeton finished the game with a 16–8 advantage in shots and 7-3 lead in corners. Princeton now stands at 6-6 on the season while Connecticut remains the only undefeated team in Division I at 13–0 Men’s Water Polo vs Wagner College: W 15–11 The Tigers started the game with a 6–0 run. The Princeton side recorded hat tricks from three different players (Matt Payne, Jordan Colina, and Sean Duncan). Despite a late push by the Seahawks in the final quarter, they never truly threatened the Tigers. Princeton will continue the season with a doubleheader on Wednesday, Oct. 11, against conference foes. Men’s Tennis: Farnsworth Invitational This past weekend, the Tigers hosted the Farnsworth Invitational. Junior Jimmy Wasserman took the Singles B fight title after defeating Marist’s Lars Schouten 6–4,6–2. Wasserman also won the doubles C title with freshman Noah Agarwal. Princeton will compete in their next tournament Oct. 18 at the ITA Northeast Regional in New Haven.
Tweet of the Day “Tigers win their 16th straight @IvyLeague home match & grab outright possession of 1st w/ a sweep of Harvard.” PrincetonVolley (@ Princeton Volley),
the match. Powered by a career-defining performance from junior middle blocker Nnenna Ibe, the Tigers would claim the next three sets and the win. Ibe recorded a careerhigh 17 kills. Perhaps more impressive was her efficiency. Ibe hit 0.762 on the night and has hit 0.500 or better in three of Princeton’s last six matches. The Tigers would continue a strong performance as it faced Harvard for first place in the Ivy League standings. Despite the stakes, the pressure did not seem to faze the Princeton squad. The Tigers came out with two dominant sets, beating Harvard 25-12 and 25-13. Harvard tied Princeton two years ago and both
Performance of the week Chad Kanoff Senior quarterback Chad Kanoff powered the Tigers to an impressive 50 points in their win over Georgetown. Kanoff completed 25 of 29 passes for 313 yards, which pushed Kanoff into second place on the Princeton alltime passing list. Kanoff’s four touchdowns were crucial as the Tigers looked to build some much-needed momentum heading into their sixgame Ivy League stretch.
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teams shared the title. The Crimson would push on the third set, tying the game at 16 apiece. However, the Tigers would respond, and consecutive kills by sophomore outside hitter Natasha Skov opened a 21-17 lead that Harvard could not overcome. Princeton’s strong performance in the Ivy League this year is reminiscent of their 13-1 season when they claimed the league title. The Tigers seem to be in good shape to continue their momentum as they look for a third championship and a second trip to the NCAA in three years. The season continues at Cornell this Friday, Oct. 13, as the Tigers look to remain the sole leaders in the Ivy League table.
Junior Nnenna Ibe recorded a careerhigh 17 kills on 21 swings for a .762 kill percentage in the Tigers’ win over Dartmouth.
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