Daily Newsletter: February 17, 2023
Over 150 Rally With PGSU to Support Next Steps in Union Campaign
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Over 150 Rally With PGSU to Support Next Steps in Union Campaign
William Dorsey Swann, a man who was first born into slavery in 1860, 20 years later became the first drag queen recorded in history and held secret drag balls in Washington DC, according to Ferris Professor of Journalism Channing Joseph. Joseph spoke at the Program in Journalism’s Lunch Talk about Swann and his upcoming book, reflecting on how Black queer history is told.
What is Bicker?
Town Council Transportation Plans
In a University presentation to the Princeton Town Council on campus mobility, buses and bikes got prime placement, while cars and scooters both received significant blows. Public and sustainable transportation fit with town priorities, in a contrast to Princeton’s traditional car-centric suburban environment.
Over 150 graduate students, undergraduates, and post-graduate fellows rallied together with Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) to demand fair wages and more affordable housing from the University. A flyer distributed for the event stated “power and protection for grad workers,” and promoted PGSU’s union card campaign, which makes organizing efforts an official union campaign.
As of Wednesday morning, talks between Southampton and former Leeds United manager Jesse Marsch ’96 had broken down due to disagreements on the length of his contract. The club was only willing to offer him a short-term contract — Marsch was hoping for a longer one.
On Jan. 20, Shaun Cason ’23, a senior in the History department, was awarded this year's Sachs Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree at Worcester College at University of Oxford. Anna Allport ’23, an independent concentrator in performance studies and interdisciplinary theater at Princeton, was also awarded the Sachs Global Scholarship, which allows recipients to study at any university outside of the U.S.
Princeton fencing dominates at Ivy Leagues
Last week, The Daily Princetonian analyzed more than a decade of eating club tax returns. The ‘Prince’ found the highest-paid employee of every club, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food and beverage costs, and the change in each club’s net assets over time.
According to the new University Student Government (USG) Treasurer Walker Penfield ’25, this USG administration plans to tap into its reserves and invest more in student programs and events.
“My brain is really funny and inappropriate, and I don’t think that’s not connected to Tourrette’s,” said comedian, storyteller, and advocate Pamela Schuller. “I think that Tourrette’s has added to my comedy, to my weirdness, to my humor.”
Catalysts, the agents that speed the rate of chemical reactions, power chemistry in research and industrial applications in the modern world. A recent breakthrough has given us the chance to use materials more commonly found on earth in this critical function. The Princeton scientist behind that breakthrough, Dr. Paul Chirik, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry, was just named a 2022 fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Feb. 2.
“You have to blow the dust off your economics textbook. This is going to be a classic recession,” Tom Simons said in a recent CNBC article. Simons is a money market economist at Jeffries, a multinational investment banking company. Consumers seem to agree with his assessment. According to a Pew Research Center poll, 82 percent of American adults say that economic conditions are poor or fair.
After contentious campus discussion leading up to the event, Palestinian writer and poet Mohammed El-Kurd addressed University community members on Feb. 8, engaging with themes of Palestinian activism. The lecture, sponsored by the Department of English, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP), and the Edward Said ’57 Memorial Lecture Fund, faced criticism from some in the campus community due to allegations that El-Kurd had made antisemitic statements. The event was moderated by Zahid Chaudhary, an associate professor in the Department of English.
Former Princeton football player Adam Berry ’09, will be joining the recently-crowned NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles in an executive role.