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University Provost Deborah A. Prentice nominated to lead University of Cambridge
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The Princeton Tigers (5–4, 1–0 Ivy) lost their fourth game of the season to the Lafayette Leopards (3–7 overall, 0–2 Patriot) last Sunday, Sept. 25 at their home Bedford field. The huge upset ended in overtime for the third time this season for the Tigers.
Sophomore Roko Pozaric started playing water polo in his hometown of Zagreb, Croatia. Senior Ryan Neapole grew up playing water polo in Southern California, home of the largest number of high school water polo players in the nation. Today, they are both starters on the Princeton men’s water polo team, and they have a lot more in common than one would think.
The play “Traces,” presented in the Marie and Edward Matthews ’53 Acting Studio on Sept. 19 and 20, began with the melodic sound of the kora, a West African string instrument. The lights illuminated the stage, spotlighting the musician Simon Winse. The music was a trance-inducing force that I felt I could listen to for hours. When actor Étienne Minoungou joined on stage and began speaking, I was reminded that the play was in French, a language I only know a handful of words in. I was a bit lost during his preface of the show, when the subtitles had yet to appear; as someone who studies Spanish, I unsuccessfully tried to latch onto some familiar words.
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Following the first home win of the season against Loyola Maryland (3–3–2, 1–1–0 Patriot) on Tuesday, the Princeton men’s soccer team (3–2–1, 0–0 Ivy) continued their dominance with a clean sweep of 3–0 over Rider (1–5–1, 0–0 MAAC) at Sherrerd Field on Friday night. Sophomore midfielder James Wangsness gave the Tigers a head start just two minutes into the game, and senior midfielder and captain Ryan Clare took over the game in the second half with a pair of stunning goals, securing Princeton’s winning streak with his first career brace.
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The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate approved its fall budget and passed the first of two votes on a resolution to establish a Deputy Elections Manager (DEM) position during its meeting on Sunday, Sept. 25.
On Monday, Sept. 26, Princeton announced that University Provost Deborah A. Prentice has been nominated to take the lead at the University of Cambridge as the university’s first American Vice-Chancellor, the equivalent of the presidency at an American university.
Coffee Club delays opening of second location; Divest Princeton protests in front of Nassau Hall
On Friday, Sept. 23, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi came to Princeton’s campus, kicking off the weeklong “Conversations” that began with the Humanities Council’s Fall 2022 Belknap Global Conversation at Betts Auditorium. Throughout the week in residence — sponsored by Department of East Asian Studies, the Department of Comparative Literature, the Program in East Asian Studies, and the Committee for Film Studies — the award-winning director is leading a series of workshops where some students will create and present short films. In tandem, the Princeton Garden Theatre is holding multiple screenings of a mini retrospective of his most recent films.
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Going up against a Yale team (4–4–1, 1–0–0 Ivy) they thrashed 4–0 last season, Princeton (5–4–0, 0–1–0) was unable to put the ball in the back of the net despite outshooting their opponents 19–9, ultimately coming away with a 1–0 loss. This was largely due to the heroics of the Bulldogs’ keeper Maya Bellomo, who made six stellar saves throughout the match.
On Friday, Sept. 23, Divest Princeton held a demonstration in front of Nassau Hall as part of the 2022 Global Climate Strike. The group of majority first-year participants sang protest songs, chanted, and held signs calling on the University to divest from fossil fuels.
Saturday was a special day in Cambridge, as Ivy League rival Harvard Crimson (3–0) hosted the Princeton Tigers (0–4) in their 40-year anniversary of women’s rugby at Harvard. Despite strong defensive efforts in the second half, the speed and experience of the Crimson pushed them to victory, as the Tigers lost 102–0.
In an electric Ivy League opener, women’s volleyball (9–2, 1–0 Ivy) increased their winning streak to six games with a 3–0 win against Penn (1–10, 0–1 Ivy).