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Friday, March 18, 2022

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Princeton students fundraise, petition, express solidarity with Ukraine following Russian invasion

Princeton students and town members came to the front of Nassau Hall to protest Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Mark Dodici / The Daily Princetonian

Today’s Briefing:

SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE: On Feb. 25, a group of students, faculty, and local residents gathered outside of Nassau Hall to express their solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Since then, students have taken to many other forms of support and activism across campus, including a fundraiser through the Center for Jewish Life and a Letter of Solidarity with Ukraine distributed by a group of Russian students. This group has also created a new student organization called “02.24.2022,” named after the date of the Russian invasion, to provide accurate and reliably sourced information about the war and to hold events.

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CONGRESSIONAL MAPS: Professor Samuel Wang, Director of the Princeton Project and the Electoral Innovation Lab, served as an advisor in the first bipartisan redrawing of congressional maps in New Jersey’s history. In an interview with The Daily Princetonian, Wang discusses why this year’s vote on the new congressional maps might have been different.

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The obligation to act: how Princeton University can promote housing justice

In the first installment of a multi-part series on how Princeton University can promote affordable housing in a reparative framework and provide a model for other similar institutions to follow, Graduate Student Columnist Matt Mleczko provides background on the Butler Tract and the University’s historic and on-going role in housing dynamics in Princeton.

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Abby Meyers and the Tigers land in Bloomington for the first round of March Madness.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Senior guard Abby Meyers was selected as an Associated Press (AP) Honorable Mention All-American and is the fourth player from the Princeton women’s basketball program to be given this honor. Meyers was also selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year and was a First-Team All-Ivy selection. Among these other honors, Meyers earned all-tournament honors following the team’s win at Ivy Madness and was a finalist for the 2022 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award.
MEN’S BASKETBALL: On March 15, the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) awarded three players and one coach from the men’s team with All-District titles. Junior forward Tosan Evbuomwan was named First-Team All-District. Senior guards Jaelin Llewellyn and Ethan Wright were both named Second-Team All District, and Head Coach Mitch Henderson was selected as District 13 Coach of the Year.
MEN’S TRACK AND FIELD: Men’s track and field placed fifth in the nation at the NCAA Indoor Track Championships. All eight Tigers that competed in the biggest meet of the season also earned All-American honors. Head Coach Fred Samara was named Ivy League coach of the year, having led the Tigers to a total of 49 Ivy Championship titles. Moving into the spring season, the team is looking to prove themselves in outdoor meets.

Play today’s puzzle titled ‘The Big Dance.’
“Basketball Net Free Stock Image” by Skitter Photos / CC0

PUZZLES: Try your hand at a new puzzle titled ‘The Big Dance’ by Staff Constructor Katherine Dailey.
PODCAST: Be sure to listen to a new episode of Daybreak, The Daily Princetonian’s daily news podcast.

Today’s newsletter was copy edited by Genele Hua. Thank you.