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(12/13/16 4:08am)
On Friday, Dec. 9, Myesha Jemison ’18 secured the majority of votes to become the Undergraduate Student Government president-elect. When she begins her term in February, Jemison will be the University’s first Black female USG president. It’s a victory that is both well-deserved and exciting, according to Jemison’s friends and University faculty members, who say that the leadership and skills she’s developed throughout her life prepared her for this role.
(11/21/16 3:21am)
Benét Wilson is an aviation journalist based in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Aviation Queen LLC, a consulting and multimedia business that features Wilson’s writings on aviation and travel. She was a speaker in The Daily Princetonian’s panel on diversity in the newsroom, where we got to sit down with her to discuss her experiences in the media industry.
(11/18/16 4:40am)
In a panel hosted by the Daily Princetonian, three journalists discussed the aspect of diversity, or lack thereof, in newsrooms and the media industry.
(11/11/16 7:32pm)
Over 70 members of the University community, including students, faculty and staff, gathered on Friday morning to protest the election of Donald Trump.
(11/06/16 7:00pm)
Kristen Welker is the White House correspondent for NBC News. While she has extensively covered President Barack Obama and his administration, Welker has also been following Secretary of the State Hillary Clinton for years. Welker sat down with the Daily Princetonian to talk about Clinton’s platform, email controversies, and the impact of voters for third-party candidates.
(11/06/16 6:58pm)
Hallie Jackson is an NBC News correspondent who has followed the 2016 Republican presidential campaign from the primaries up through Election Day. She is currently on the road covering the Republican nominee, Donald Trump, and hosts the 1:00 p.m. hour on MSNBC. Jackson sat down with the Daily Princetonian to talk about the importance of this election, Trump’s proposed policies, and the evolving image of the Republican Party.
(10/25/16 12:26pm)
The Wilson School hosted a panel on Monday about refugees, with topics of discussion ranging from the conditions that haunt refugees as they relocate between nations, to how organizations can help them return home, to adjusting to life in a new country. Panelists also discussed their experiences in working with refugees and refugee issues in their professional work.The discussion began with Jeffrey Laurenti GS ’74, who moderated the panel. Laurenti is the former executive director of policy studies for the United Nations Association of the United States of America.“Over these 71 years, a web of international, legal obligations, treaty laws, and international agencies have been constructed to create some sort of obligation on behalf of the international community to respond to the plight of refugees, and even bringing attention to the issue of migration more broadly," Laurenti said about the significance of the lecture falling on United Nations Day, Oct. 24.Laurenti said that the definition of a refugee must expand from the traditional, though scarring, images in the media. For example, he noted that the vast majority of the 65 million refugees in the world are not from Syria and do not receive the humanitarian aid that a Syrian refugee may get.Ninette Kelley, director of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office in New York City, began her presentation with statistics about the current refugee crisis. She explained that in 2010, the global population of refugees was 10 million and the population had grown to 15.1 million by 2015, a 50 percent increase due largely to the Syrian refugee crisis. Without this crisis, Kelley said, the normal increase within those five years would have been only seven percent.Kelley also discussed the role of climate change and natural disasters in displacing populations. She noted the lack of monetary funds that are allocated to humanitarian assistance, where only 39 percent of this assistance is funded while other fields, such as military spending, receive an abundance of monetary allocations.When discussing resettlement, Kelley said that in 2005, one million displaced people would return home but that number has now dwindled down to about 200,000. In the case of families not returning home, for example, she explained that parents struggle to accept the grim environment that refugee life means for their children, such as substandard and limited means for education, public services, and other livelihood opportunities.“We had parents, when faced with living in a very dismal and desperate situation, [who] will do what they can in order to give their children a better life,” she said, adding that many parents would rather die than fail to find a suitable lifestyle for their family.Frederick Barton, a lecturer in the Wilson School and formerassistant secretary of state for conflict and stabilization operations at the State Department, asked the audience to raise their hand if they identified as refugees or were the descendants of refugees. While no one in the audience identified as a refugee, several people raised their hands to identify themselves as the child or grandchild of a refugee. To this, Barton explained that one seventh of the global population identifies as migrants, making facilitating refugees resettlement and addressing their issues a relevant need.Barton noted that although countries like the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand have historically taken in masses of refugees, there are still a multitude of challenges that need to be addressed. The first is in reference to the global commitment the world has made to refugees in providing protection and durable solutions; Barton noted that the latter action has been more difficult to provide in the dual push to address the resettlement issue.The second challenge, according to Barton, is the denial of the realities surrounding refugees and that these issues are often categorized as something else. He used Latin American tensions as an example, where conflicts should be categorized as wars and a country’s migrants should be categorized as refugees. The third challenge is in properly addressing the flood of refugees that may overwhelm a local population’s capacity. When a locality is not equipped to handle the sudden spike in population, Barton noted that the solution thus far has been to place refugees in camps.“When we encamp them,” he said, “we are generally not doing our best by them. Refugees would rather not be in camps, it’s an outdated model. It’s an irony of our system that the people who are most responsible for protecting the refugees, like the UNHCR, also happen to run the most camps in the world.”Laurenti asked the panelists about the role of the media in portraying the current refugee crisis. Both panelists answered that the media is a powerful voice in influencing public opinion.Barton added that while there is a deep commitment to honest portrayal of the refugee crisis and aiding refugees, he said that the reality is inadequate. Humanizing the refugee experience, he explained, would be a method of understanding the crises of displaced persons.The panel concluded with a question-and-answer period, and questions ranged from the effect of Islamophobia on the image of refugees, to access for women’s health, to the educational structures — and lack thereof — that may be serving refugee children.The talk, titled, “Up to the Minute Panel: The Global Refugee Crisis,” was free and open to the public and took place in Robertson Hall, Bowl 016.
(09/28/16 7:52pm)
Starting from this academic year, the University’s Spanish Language Program stopped using “Sol y viento,” a textbook published by McGraw-Hill that requires an access code.
(05/27/16 7:16pm)
One should properly appreciate Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879,in light of the contextof his time and hisimpacts on national politics and race, saidJohn Milton Cooper Jr. ’61 in a lecture focused on the former President’s legacy at the University on Thursday.
(05/27/16 11:14am)
On Friday morning, a University panel tackled the issue of immigration policy from the perspectives of academia, politics and personal narratives.Moderator and Wilson School Professor Douglas Massey GS ’78 opened the discussion by explaining how the history of immigration policy has impacted today’s demographic trends. He noted that the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1965, which eased restrictions on Asian immigration, ultimately limited the immigration of Latin Americans. He added that in later decades, as the U.S. Congress expanded border patrol, it did not directly decrease immigration rates, but instead increased the risks for immigrants moving to the US and attempting to gain citizenship.Rick Sobel ’71, senior research associate at Harvard Medical School, noted that the country is made up of immigrants. He explained that the percentage of the U.S. workforce that is comprised of undocumented immigrants, such as those who may have arrived with an immigration visa but overstayed, hovers at around five percent. This statistic points to the necessity of establishing a clear path to citizenship, according to Sobel.Sobel explained his criticisms of a proposed nationwide facial recognition system, which he classified as “citizenship de-form” as opposed to immigration reform. He explained that such a program would in fact harm citizens, requiring them to always carry a document with a photo ID that can be recognized and interpreted by a computer, such as a photo from a driver’s license or a passport. In addition, Sobel criticized the idea by explaining how it would result in the creation of a database of photos within the Department of Homeland Security — missing this photo ID would mean that a citizen would be unable to get employed, according to Sobel.Rep. Ken Buck ’81 of Colorado’s fourth Congressional District noted the attraction that the high equality of living in the United States holds for immigrants from other nations, a positive societal benefit. However, Buck added that immigration policies and processes must adhere to current laws.“If we don’t follow the rule of law with immigration, then we undermine [the law] in all areas,” he said, noting that although it is necessary for immigrants to follow the law in the process of gaining citizenship, this process must be made simpler.“We need to make our legal immigration system more efficient and make sure that people understand that there is a penalty for disobeying our law,” he noted. Buck added that the urgency of the need for immigration reform is evident from looking to the current, “irrational” presidential race.Dan-el Padilla Peralta ’06, an assistant professor of classics, spoke about the issue of immigration reform and policies from a personal perspective. Padilla grew up as an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic with his family in New York. He noted that he faced a significant difficulty because of being undocumented when he was applying to Princeton. When he received his financial aid package, Padilla said he realized that one component of the aid was federal work-study, yet Padilla knew that he could not work. And while the problem was fortunately resolved by the Office of Admission as well as the Office of Financial Aid, Padilla added that he remains frustrated by the fetishization of national laws when it comes to immigration policies. He explained that these policies should be questioned and reformed instead of blindly obeyed.Massey concluded the panel by highlighting trends that reflect future national demographics. “The future demography of the United States is already set,” he said, adding that the current demographics of the U.S. population reflect a country that is younger and more racially and ethnically diverse, largely due to rising immigration rates.The Alumni-Faculty Forum, titled, “Immigration Policy: What is Driving Decisions?” was held in McCosh 50 on Friday at 9:00 a.m. A brief Q&A followed the discussion.
(05/08/16 1:50pm)
Following recent cases of graffiti markings, Cannon Club and Cottage Club have closed and are off-tap to non-members, but will reconsider re-opening in time for Dean’s Date, according to sources within the club.
(05/03/16 5:06pm)
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 opened Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Committee meeting with an agenda to provide developments on works from the CPUC Resource Committee, updates on stronger University cybersecurity and from the Freshman Scholars Institute with the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.
(04/26/16 9:51pm)
There have been no conclusions made concerning the particulars of the connection between the reported gastrointestinal illnesses among students and their having eaten at Colonial Club, according to Assistant Vice President of Communications Daniel Day.Multiple students reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illnesses last Thursday and Friday after dining in Colonial, University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan said.The students who reported to McCosh Health Center with gastrointestinal illnesses all confirmed eating at Colonial within the prior 48 hours, according to Pullan.The cause of the illness has not been determined but sanitizing procedures have been carried out, she said.Day added that administrators will produce a more comprehensive response as to the source of students' illnesses as soon as more information becomes available.Manager of University Health Services Kristen Palkovich did not respond to request for comment.Jeffrey Grosser, health officer for the town of Princeton, did not respond to requests for comment.Colonial President Christopher Yu ’17 did not respond to requests for comment.Colonial House Manager Andrew Ruchames ’17 did not respond to requests for comment.In an email sent to members of Colonial, Yu said he received replies from almost 30 people who reported being sick with food poisoning, diarrhea and vomiting. Yu noted that this group included of those who had eaten at the Club, as well as those who didn’t, andadded that the illnesses could be due to other causes, such a stomach flu going around campus. In addition, Yu noted that there was little commonality between the foods that sick individuals reported eating.Multiple members of Colonial declined to comment, noting that they were unable to comment on the situation due to a lack of information concerning particulars of the illnesses.Colonial member Sally Jiao ’18 said that the incidences were not confirmed to be food poisoning.Another Colonial member Nuss Visatemongkolchai ’18 added that the incidents may be spread due to a contagious stomach flu rather than foods from Colonial, since people have been getting sick on different days and there perhaps isn’t a common denominator food that would make them sick. Visatemongkolchai added that she continues to eat at Colonial every day.Colonial member Daniel Pan ’18 said that he sometimes eats at Colonial for dinners and study breaks and added that the illnesses going around could be due to people hanging out with similar social groups and giving it to each other, rather than getting sick from the food itself.Pullan noted that there have been no other reported cases of food poisoning at other eating clubs nor at the U-Store.U-Store President James Sykes said that he was unaware of any illnesses and that no incidences of gastrointestinal illnesses have been reported to him or others at the U-Store.Sykes added that all foods at the U-Store are temperature-controlled and are checked three times a day. He said that foods are taken off the shelves when, for instance, the temperature has been too high for too long.“That doesn’t happen very often, but we obviously follow those processes,” he said, “I’ve been here for 20 years and never had a problem with food safety or any concern like that.”
(04/25/16 8:57pm)
On Monday, Cameron Platt ’16 was named valedictorian for the Class of 2016. Esther Kim ’16 was named the Latin salutatorian.
(04/21/16 7:06pm)
Briana Payton ’17 and Daniel Teehan ’17 received the 2016 Truman Scholarship.
(04/05/16 6:05pm)
In a lecture on Tuesday, Emmy Award-winning journalist Anisa Mehdi examined the Western media’s portrayalof Muslims and how that portrayal impacts Americanattitudes towards Islam.
(04/04/16 4:00pm)
William Pierce, theater operations technician at Richardson Auditorium, sent books collected from his book drive at the University to Puedo Leer Library in Granada, Nicaragua last Wednesday. The book drive took place on Mar. 18.
(03/30/16 5:51pm)
Carmen LaBerge, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, publicly opposed the Seminary's handling of gender identity and fluidity during a conferenceon gender and theology.In an interview with the The Christian Post, LaBerge said that the Seminary is “irresponsible” for advancing ideas that run contrary to Biblical beliefs. She explained that gender is not confused or fluid in Creation.“It is Imago Dei, male and female, and by God’s decree that is judged to be very good,” she told the Post, "The sexual and gender confusion experienced today is not godly. The idea that individuals would forge new gender identities is not new nor is it God honoring.”LaBerge is the president of The Presbyterian Lay Committee, which supports various congregations across the country through giving legal counsel.She did not respond to requests for comment.The conference, titled “Gender Benders: Theology and Gender Fluidity”, was held by the Seminary’s Center for Theology, Women and Gender on March 18 and 19. The Center’s Director, Jacqueline Lapsley, explained that the purpose of the conference was to vocalize the experiences of gender non-conforming people, as their voices have been silenced for so long."Persons who do not conform to the gender binary are a vital part of our seminary community. This is not surprising in that they are found everywhere in society. Like many other institutions, Princeton Theological Seminary is working to make everyone in our community, including genderqueer people, feel that they are welcome," she said in an emailed statement, noting that one of the tasks of the Seminary is to seriously and equally engage in both LGBT and heteronormative experiences.Lapsley added that the Seminary's Center would be interested in hosting future conferences that address the relationship between theology and the gender binary.“I was excited to be a part of something that was looking at gender in a more diversified way, and really what that meant within a theological space,” Jessica Rathbun-Cook, who participated in the conference as a panelist, said.Rathbun-Cook is a youth programs director for the Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth.She added that the stories shared during the conference were a positive step in discussing what it means to question gender identity. She said that she was excited for the future of the Church, since leaders were having thoughtful discussions on the gender fluidity.Rathbun-Cook also said that she believes religious institutions like the Seminary are in the right for addressing this topic.“I think, in so many instances, religious communities have been most-strongly working against the flourishing of LGBTQ people. I think it’s essential that those communities have conversations about gender nuance and diversity,” she added.Communities of faith, she said, should make strides to welcome LGBTQ people by re-examining their own religious traditions.Reverend Charles Wiley, coordinator of the Presbyterian Mission Agency’s office of Theology and Worship, said that the Church must engage in and understand the topic of gender identity the same way that other issues — such as poverty, inequality, sin and reconciliation — are discussed.“Seminaries as academic institutions explore critical issues and challenge the church,” he said in an emailed statement, “That’s one of their roles. The [C]hurch is enriched by the conversation, hopefully learns from it, but it is not bound to follow any particular conclusions of these conversations.”Wiley added that the Church needs to be constantly learning how to minister faithfully to the public.Cook noted that those who disagree with the gender identity exploration movement may hold a narrower view of religion and of God, and she encourages dialogue between the two sides so that they may understand each other better.“Our faith may call us to different conclusions concerning the nature of gender, but we should never be afraid of learning more,” Wiley said.Lapsley added that disagreement is necessary for honest, intellectual debate."Deep listening with respect must accompany, and even precede, debate. We are just beginning to listen to genderqueer persons in our communities," she saidThe Princeton Theological Seminary is the largest of ten seminaries associated with the American Presbyterian Church.
(03/28/16 4:09pm)
The Council of the Princeton University Community held a meeting Monday to discuss the future of campus planning and University sustainability efforts. The meeting highlighted the efforts of students involved in the Campus-As-Lab initiative, which seeks to explore how the University campus can be used as a laboratory for solving sustainability issues through bridging the gapbetween University academics and operations.
(03/24/16 7:52pm)
The Zagster bike-share program added eight new bike stations and 50 new bikes around campus over spring break, according to Nate Taber, head of marketing at Zagster. This puts the campus total at nine bike-share stations and 60 bikes.