Good morning! Over the past year, the ‘Prince’ has followed conversations about diversity and inclusion in Princeton athletics. A year ago, AJ Lonski '23 shared his experience with homophobia on the wrestling team. In December, a 'Prince' investigation on the resignation three DEI administrators described the departure of Jordan “JT” Turner from their position as Associate Director of Athletics for DEI. The 'Prince' also chronicled tensions within the Princeton swim and dive team surrounding Lia Thomas, a transgender woman who competed for the University of Pennsylvania.

In the wake of the two investigations, Lonski returns to the 'Prince' with an opinion piece calling on the administration to empower DEI administrators in athletics. Lonski describes the Athletic Department’s handling of DEI issues over the past year “incredibly performative” and states that if the Athletics department “continue[s] to act as if there is nothing wrong, then change will never happen.”

Meanwhile, after almost four months since Turner’s resignation, Princeton Athletics has hired a new Associate Director of Athletics for DEI, Miles Smith Jr. In a statement, Smith wrote “I look forward to leading and serving in this fundamental role while working alongside student-athletes, coaches, alumni, and administrators to create lifelong impact while ensuring that Princeton Athletics is a place where all can grow as inclusive leaders.”

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Analysis by Sidney Singer.

Today’s Briefing: 

Edward Tian ’23 creates GPTZero, software to detect plagiarism from AI bot ChatGPT: Edward Tian, a senior at Princeton, released a beta version of GPTZero, software that detects writing produced by AI. He developed this software in response to the AI chatbot ChatGPT. Tian said he thought about the “potential impact that its impressive prose could have on plagiarism in academic writing.” With his senior thesis focusing on AI detection, Tian already had ideas about the software before coding it over Winter Break. GPTZero has received extensive media attention in recent days. Tian says that the next step is to identify an “implicit bias” in AI-generated text, and he is now working with a few recent Princeton alumni to improve his software. 

Tian is a senior news writer for The Daily Princetonian.

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“Enormous shoes to fill”: Dean Dunne leaving Princeton after over 20 years with ODUS: Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students, Dean Thomas Dunne, is moving to Harvard, and is set to begin his work as Harvard’s Dean of Students in June of this year. Dean Dunne sat down for an interview with the ‘Prince’ to discuss his legacy at Princeton, including his role in creating events like the Pre-rade and Lawnparties. “At the end of the day, it’s really the people and the students and faculty and people in the community that I remember,” he said.

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Miles Smith Jr. as new Associate Director of Athletics for DEI: 
Following the resignation of former Associate Director of Athletics for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Jordan “JT” Turner, Miles Smith Jr. has been hired as the University’s new Associate Director of Athletics for DEI. Smith previously served as Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance and Student Development at the College of New Jersey. Smith says he looks forward to “leading and serving in this fundamental role,” focusing on the future of the position.

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OPINION | Princeton’s “Free Speech Problem”

Assistant Opinion Editor Eleanor Clemans-Cope responds to claims that “wokeness at Princeton is destroying free speech.” She notes that many use Princeton’s dismal Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) ranking, which is 169 out of 203, to justify this claim. Clemans-Cope counters this argument, saying that Princeton’s “free speech problem” is imaginary and the low FIRE ranking comes from misrepresented data. She compares Princeton’s ranking components to that of the University of Chicago, which sits atop at #1, arguing that the differences are based on flawed assumptions and untruths about campus. Clemans-Cope also points out the “highly dubious” scoring of some components of the ranking, which contributed to Princeton’s low ranking.

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SPORTS

• Men’s Basketball: The men’s basketball team (13–5) took down the Penn Quakers (9–10) on Monday night in a matchup that featured two Ivy League Player of the Year candidates, senior forward Tosan Evbuomwan and Penn guard Jordan Dingle.  READ THE STORY→
• Women’s Basketball: The women’s basketball team (12–5) defeated Penn (12–6) 55–40 on Monday night, ending the Quakers’ league-leading 11-game win streak.  READ THE STORY→