Ah, tailgates. On October Saturdays across the nation, college kids everywhere wake up early, not for class or for work but for something much more important.
Senior forward Esmeralda Negron appears to be generally unsatisfied with letting bygones be bygones.Entering the year with 27 career goals, Negron seems intent on rewriting Princeton's record books by the time she steps out of FitzRandolph Gate.
This is the sixth in a series of articles on the history of Princeton football in honor of its 135th anniversary.In the fall of 1950 the American economy was booming, A&W Root Beer Co. was founded, the Soviets had become a nuclear power, Disney's Cinderella had just opened, the Korean War had begun and, for the first time in decades, Princeton football looked to have a very promising season.Under the charismatic leadership of newly hired head coach Charlie Caldwell '25, the Tigers entered the 1950 season coming off two winning seasons and the first three Big Three wins since 1939.
To most people on campus, Don Betterton is the director for undergraduate financial aid: the guy who was at the core of the drive to implement Princeton's current "no-loan" policy, which replaces loans with grants so that the over 50 percent of students currently helped by financial aid don't have to repay anything.
The men's golf team is finally having the season they had expected to have before the year began.
The field hockey team aced at least one midterm last weekend. Midway through a season full of ups and downs, the Tigers notched key shutout victories against two Ivy League foes.
With Easterns and Southerns approaching, men's water polo (16-4 overall, 8-0 Collegiate Water Polo Association) has put its record back on track by adding four wins this weekend.
Though it wasn't exactly a dark and stormy night, Princeton's cross country team faced conditions that would most aptly be described as a dark and cold and windy and not-so-nice day.Despite the adverse conditions, junior Cack Ferrell managed to continue her streak of impressive performances with a tenth-place finish (20:52) over the six-kilometer course at the NCAA Pre-National Invitational meet, held at Indiana State University in Terra Haute, Indiana.The women's cross country team finished seventh overall, behind several cross country powerhouses, such as Stanford and Notre Dame.Meanwhile, the men's team found itself blown off course by the stiff and cold winds.
Heading into Saturday's game against Columbia, women's soccer head coach Julie Shackford was prepared for a typically intense conference match-up."They're going to be organized defensively and tough to beat at their place," she said.
Some people say the third time's the charm. For men's soccer it's more like the 10th time. Princeton remained unbeaten in Ivy League play with an important 1-0 win against Columbia (2-8-2 overall, 0-3 Ivy League) on Saturday in New York City.
Finally, home sweet home.The women's volleyball team played its first conference games in Dillon Gym this weekend, after opening its Ivy League schedule with three straight matches on the road.
On a night in which everyone in attendance could feel a victory in the air, all that came down was rain.
The sounds of Tigers and Bears battling inside Princeton Stadium were a welcome October respite from the pervasive verbal slurs between the elephants and the donkeys.
Senior Spencer Gloger's college basketball career is officially over after the NCAA denied his request for a sixth year of eligibility this summer.The ruling did not come as much of a surprise to those familiar with the circumstances.
From the final stats, at least, it was hard to tell Princeton and Brown apart. After 60 minutes of fundamentally sound football on both sides of the ball, normally telling indicators such as yardage, turnovers, and penalties were equal between the two teams.
In the wild, tigers are members of an endangered species, and this past weekend one particular tiger, the undefeated Princeton Tiger, became extinct.
After a less-than-stellar run in California two weeks ago, the men's water polo team will try to continue its East Coast domination this weekend.
Though the season is still young, the women's volleyball team heads into action this weekend knowing that its Ivy League title hopes could be on the line.Princeton (11-4 overall, 2-1 Ivy League) will host two conference games in Dillon Gymnasium, taking on Dartmouth (4-10, 1-3) on Friday night before battling Harvard (9-5, 4-0) on Saturday.For Dartmouth, which sits seventh in the Ivy League standings, this game represents a chance to garner its second conference win.
Most Princeton students would tell you that being up in the middle of the night with work due the next day is one of the most stressful parts of college.
A nationally ranked equestrian, a member of the varsity women's squash team, a representative on Butler College Council and the Committee on Discipline, a tour guide and looking into the marines and ROTC.Surprisingly, she is not Superwoman.
