• A resurgence in Princeton’s Pro-Life Club
• A look at Monday’s Earth Day March
• Princeton Softball’s recent success after defeating Yale

OPINION | This Earth Day, Princeton needs to become a climate justice leader

Following the Reclaim Earth Day protest on Monday, Sunrise Princeton co-coordinators Alex Norbrook and Eleanor Clemans-Cope write about the vision of a university and community for climate justice. They argue that this vision starts with cutting ties with fossil fuel companies — complete divestment and dissociation — but extends to actions that affirmatively build a future that embodies climate justice, including building green, affordable housing for workers and community members in the town of Princeton and implementing worker safety and adaptation policies for climate disasters. This vision, created in coalition with other groups for justice, also calls for complete endowment transparency and endowment justice.

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FEATURES | More to medicine than science: The Compassionate Medicine Fellowship combines the humanities and sciences

The Compassionate Medicine Fellowship (CMF) is led by Jonathan Tenenbaum ’25, Sophia Zelizer ’25, Emely Fernandez ’25, and Tristan Szapary ’24. The CMF emphasizes the humanistic nature of patient care, and reflects growing interest in humanities majors among those hoping to pursue medicine. According to the University Health Professions Advising office, approximately 10 percent of medical school applicants between 2019 and 2023 were humanities majors. Zelizer expressed that cultivating compassion is especially relevant for students first entering the health field, explaining that “often when you do an internship or a junior-level job in the medical field, you end up mostly just being there for patients.” Associate Dean of the Office of Religious Life (ORL) Matt Weiner said that “it just shows the real and good complexity of Princeton students; ‘I can want to be a doctor, and I can also love literature and know that I can learn a lot from literature.’”

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SPORTS | Princeton softball stands atop the Ivy League standings after defeating Yale

This weekend, Princeton Softball traveled to the Bulldogs home turf to face off against Yale, battling it out over three games in two days. The Tigers won all three games, with first-year third baseman Sonia Zhang taking home Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Week awards. The scoring began early, with sophomore catcher Julia Dumias hitting a home run in the top of the first inning. By the end of the fourth, the Tigers were up 3–1, before Yale took a 4–3 lead in the fifth. Sophomore pitcher Brielle Wright threw a no-hit seventh inning, which brought the Tigers to their first victory of the weekend at 7–6. The victory was soon echoed in the second game of the weekend, with the Tigers beating the Bulldogs 7–3. The third game brought the Tigers to an eight-game winning streak after an undefeated weekend against Yale. Princeton has a two-game lead in the Ivy League standings, with just two weekends left to play.

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