Letter from the Editor
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Dear Fellow Princetonians,
Editor's Note: This article was originally published on January 6, 1988 as part of the Daily Princetonian's special William G. Bowen issue upon his departure from the University.
Language should be used not to please the ears, but to shatter the silence and pluralize voices and narratives.
This is a very exciting time to be a Princetonian.
Humanistic imagination is crucial in forging a public culture that enables respectful discourse to bridge the increasingly polarized society, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said at the University’s 269th Commencement on Tuesday.
With the start of the new semester, the Daily Princetonian’s 140th managing board officially began its tenure.
Asurveyon student opinion in the Black Justice League’s sit-in protest found that the majority of respondents had negative views on the impact of the protest, according to Daniel Wilson ’18, the survey’s creator.
Fifty-four faculty members signed afaculty letterin support of student protests,drafted by twelve faculty members affiliated with the program in African American Studies andpublished onlineon Friday.
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 agreed to the modified demands of student protestors on Thursday evening.
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said that he had no plans to sign the document outlining the demands of student protesters occupying his office in Nassau Hall on Wednesday.
A student was arrested on Thursday on charges of third-degree burglary and fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office Public Information Officer Casey DeBlasio said.
A person was taken by ambulance to the hospital due to a medical emergency in Scully Hall on Oct. 30, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua.
The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed possible changes to the pass/D/fail policy at its weeklymeeting onSunday.
A shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore.on Thursdayleft 10 people dead andseven people wounded, The New York Times reported.
Being stereotyped destabilizes an individual’s self-esteem and affects performance, Columbiapsychology professor Valerie Purdie-Vaughns said at a panel onThursday.
A former member of the Class of 2016 was sentenced to five years in jail for multiple drug possession and distribution charges, according to NJ.com.Julian Edgren, 21, will begin serving his sentence on Nov. 13. The delay is due to a medical issue, NJ.com reported.Edgren, who is free on $25,000 bail, is currently not enrolled in the University as a student, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Mbugua declined to comment on whether Edgren voluntarily withdrew from the University or was expelled.Edgren and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office did not respond to requests for comment.Edgren was arrested in January after attempting to retrieve a package from the Frist Campus Center mailroom that contained seven grams of ecstasy. At the time of his arrest, he was carrying a duffle bag containing five grams of hashish, 55 grams of marijuana, 60 Adderall pills and approximately half an ounce of liquid LSD.The arrest was the result of an operation that started in mid-December, when federal agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted a package addressed to Edgren and contacted the University’s Department of Public Safety and the Mercer County Narcotics Task Force.On the day of Edgren’s arrest, the police had been surveilling the building waiting for someone to retrieve the package.The Narcotics Task Force also found psilocybin, drug paraphernalia and marijuana cookies in Edgren’s dormitory room and an additional amount of psilocybin in one of the other packages Edgren attempted to retrieve that same day. The total street value of the drugs found in the packages and in his room was approximately $3,000.Edgren was charged with 13 counts of possession and intent to distribute controlled substances and prescription drugs on Jan. 7. He pleaded guilty for all of the charges inJuly.In a Jan. 7 interview with The Daily Princetonian, Mbugua said that Edgren was still enrolled as a student at that point but was banned from the campus.Edgren is from Princeton, N.J., and graduated from Princeton High School.
A fondling incident was reported at about 8:27 p.m. on Thursday outside Friend Center, according to an email announcement by the Department of Public Safety.
When Christopher Cross ’18 saw his name on the last page of the room draw list for Whitman College, he knew the rooms would run out before his draw time.
The Spanish and Portuguese department experienced a significant increase with 16 new concentrators this year compared to three sign-ins last year, according to Spanish and Portuguese department representative Germán Labrador Méndez said.
New Jersey Transit recommended discontinuing the bus service between the town and the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to low ridership, The Times of Trenton reported on Monday.