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(11/08/16 7:59pm)
Two of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s former aides were found guilty of all charges related to the 2013 Bridgegate scandal in a federal court on Friday. Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly had been charged with seven counts of conspiracy and wire fraud. Their sentencing is set for Feb. 21. David Wildstein, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey executive, pleaded guilty and served as the prosecution’s key witness in the proceedings.
(09/29/16 8:04pm)
Transgender model, actress, and activist Carmen Carrera described how her identification as a transgender person informed and guided her career and activism for the greater trans community in a lecture and meet-and-greet on Thursday.
(09/20/16 5:18pm)
The Daily Princetonian sat down with LaTanya Buck, the University’s new Dean for Diversity and Inclusion within the Office of Campus Life, to discuss her thoughts on this new position on campus and goals for the upcoming year. Buck joined the University in August; before coming to Princeton, Buck worked at Washington University in St. Louis as the founding director of their Center for Diversity and Inclusion.
(05/30/16 2:46pm)
“When somebody tells you no, you have two choices. You can stop in your tracks, or you can push forward,” said author Jodi Picoult ’87, the Class of 2016 Class Day speaker.
(05/28/16 6:41pm)
John Katzman ’81, founder of standardized test preparation company Princeton Review and CEO of the education-based Noodle Companies, spoke to The Daily Princetonian about his life and career as a Princeton student and alumnus.
(05/26/16 7:00pm)
“The proper scope of a university, in one soundbite, is to prepare citizens for a free society. A successful free society needs technologists, it needs philosophers, it needs people of integrity and public life,” Mitch Daniels ’71, president of Purdue University and former governor of Indiana, said in a conversation on Thursday with University Professor of jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program Robert George.Daniels graduated from the University in 1971, majoring in the Wilson School, and earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. He became the president of Purdue University in January 2013 after serving two terms as the 49th governor of Indiana, lasting from 2004 to 2012. Daniels was honored by the University with the Woodrow Wilson Award in February 2013 in recognition of his career in the service of the nation.George began the conversation by introducing the question of the importance of the liberal arts education. “The question of the value of liberal arts learning, and therefore the future of liberal arts learning, is in dispute. Many people ask, ‘So what's the point?’” he explained.Daniels stated that Purdue University aims for its students to have a genuine experience with the liberal arts. “College’s real value could best be measured in the capability of graduates to continue learning,” he said. “Whether our students are studying nuclear engineering or philosophy, we hope that they are developing an appreciation for the need, first of all, to examine all sorts of alternative ideas, to sort the good from the rot and to constantly learn and be inquisitive.”He added that the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue is working to develop a package that would offer students, regardless of their major, a bundle of courses in fields such as politics, literature, economics or philosophy. Some basic rooting in those fields, Daniels explained, can foster critical faculties that make good citizens and business leaders.George mentioned the conversation surrounding diversity within universities, especially in terms of liberal versus conservative ideologies. He said that he learned about the importance of diversity of thought while teaching a course with Dr. Cornel West, a former University professor whose liberal beliefs oppose George’s conservative stances. George explained that he and West each presented different counterarguments and perspectives to their students that the other would not have necessarily considered.“What it does tell you is what you need is professors with different points of view in the academic community who are engaging with each other, hearing each other,” he said, noting that he hopes people at universities will recognize the importance of intellectual diversity.Daniels added that the issue of diversity in the more general sense of the word is a difficult one, noting that Purdue is eager to bring more first generation, low-income college students to its campus. “Whose heart isn’t torn by the continuing problems and struggles of folks to rise in this society, particularly many of those in underrepresented minority groups?” he asked.Daniels described his vision to create a high school in an inner city area in Indianapolis that could act as a pipeline to Purdue University. This school would ideally be replicated throughout the state. “My ambition is that four years from now, the first class emerges, and when they walk across the stage and are handed a diploma, there’s an admission to Purdue University inside,” he explained. “That’s the sort of link we want to go to, to try to ensure we are [working towards] the essential goal of upward mobility in our society.”George asked Daniels about his opinion on the potential impact of college protests this fall regarding race and free speech on campus, especially in terms of the legacy of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, at the University. Daniels said a similar event happened at Purdue, whether about 150 students sent him a statement and a list of concerns about diversity. He said that he found that there was plenty to agree on, including support for more diversity in the faculty and student body and more funding for scholarships.“When it comes to our low income and minority students, we double down,” Daniels said. He added that he tried to impart to the students that their university is a place deeply committed to their success. “I told them, you know, you’ll probably never be in a place so committed to inclusivity, fairness for all, and you’ll probably never be in a place full of people who wish you well and are willing to help you do it, so it’s just a little ironic, in settings like that.”George and Daniels also discussed the need for people in the world outside of higher education to care about what is taught in schools. Daniels mentioned recent surveys revealing that high percentages of college graduates, even those of Ivy League institutions, have a weak grasp of civic knowledge, including how well they understand the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.Daniels explained that a school such as Princeton is among a group of universities that have large endowments and are in a sense “bulletproof,” but that beyond this circle of schools, there is a lot of risk in the realm of higher education. He said that the amount colleges charge in tuition is emerging into overdue scrutiny as people consider whether too many students are going to college, what they are actually learning when they are there and why it costs so much.“There is very belatedly now a search for value, for genuine value, in higher education. I think outside the orbit of the fortunately endowed, schools are going to have to work harder than they have in the past to produce and demonstrate value,” Daniels stated.An audience member asked George and Daniels to comment on the role of a university for non-students in the community. George spoke about the value to younger students of hearing the perspective of older community members in places such as lectures and events open to the public, as well as classes with community auditors. Daniels added that a university goes beyond four years of class through programs such as continuing education or professional networking opportunities. “What I want to start offering is Purdue for life,” he said.The conversation, titled “What Are Universities For?” was sponsored by the James Madison Program and was held in the Friend Center on Thursday at 4 p.m.
(05/16/16 8:41pm)
With 1,323 students having committed to the University, the Class of 2020 yield rate currently stands at 68.5 percent, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelyesaid.
(04/28/16 3:29pm)
A survey about the academic calendar, administered by the Undergraduate Student Government Academics Committee this past March, found that 72 percent of undergraduate respondents would prefer to have fall term finals before winter break, according to Academics Committee Chair Shannon Osaka ’17.
(04/19/16 3:43pm)
Around 250 students from the Class of 2018 declared concentrations in the humanities this year, compared to 284 last year from the Class of 2017.
(04/12/16 2:42pm)
Founding Director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis LaTanya Buck will join the community as the University’s first Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in August.
(04/05/16 9:22pm)
Emily Carter, the University’s Founding Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied and computational mathematics, has been appointed the next Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, effective July 1.
(03/31/16 1:12pm)
The University has offered admission to 1,894 students out of an applicant pool of 29,303 candidates, marking a record-low acceptance rate of 6.46 percent.
(03/24/16 9:48pm)
Starting this year, residential college deans will assume more active role in the application process for independent concentrators.
(03/23/16 5:39pm)
We will need to figure out how to feed 9-9.5 billion people more nutritious food with fewer inputs, less water and pesticides and in the face of climate change by 2050, U. S. Representative to United Nations Agencies for Food and AgricultureDavid Lane MPA ’88 said in a talk about global food security.
(03/01/16 5:12pm)
Barnard Collegeannouncedlast week that former University professor and Dean of the Wilson School Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 has been selected to speak at its Commencement ceremony in May, a decision that has sparkedcontroversyand debate among Barnard students as she was not on the shortlist for speakers nominated through a student-ran survey.
(02/28/16 9:03pm)
TigerTransit will pilot two new bus lines, one between Princeton Station and the EQuad and the other between Princeton Station and the Boathouse, from Feb. 29 to March 11, according to Undergraduate Student Government President Aleksandra Czulak ’17.The bus on the EQuad loop will run approximately every 30 minutes between 7:30 a.m. and noon, and again between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Service will run approximately every 30 minutes from 6 a.m. to noon and from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the Boathouse loop.The EQuad route will begin at Princeton Station, near Forbes College, and proceed to Goheen Walk, Alexander Hall, the Friend Center, the Wilson School and end at Palmer Square before returning to Princeton Station. The Boathouse loop service will start at Princeton Station and go to Goheen Walk and Alexander Hall, finishing at the Boathouse and stopping at Icahn Lab along the way after 8:15 a.m.Kim Jackson, director of Transportation and Parking Services, wrote in a statement via email that last year TPS hired consultants to evaluate the TigerTransit system.“The consultants rode various bus lines, held focus groups with all riders, including undergraduate students and administered a survey to both users and non-users of the system,” she noted.She added that she held discussions with USG members about how to optimize TigerTransit for undergraduate students as an alternative and effective way of moving around campus.Czulak said that in the past two years, better transportation around campus, especially buses to Forbes, has come up as an issue that students would like to be addressed. She explained that the USG “What Matters” survey, which provided several suggestions for USG initiatives and asked students to rank which are most important to them, has revealed that parking and transit on campus is something students would like USG to work on. She added that USG had received similar feedback from door-to-door campaigning and general or informal conversations with students."We knew that from conversations with students that Forbes, the EQuad and the Boathouse, and even Jadwin Gym, were all places that students wanted better access to,” she said.Czulak added that the Icahn stop on the Boathouse loop is directly across from Jadwin Gym, which will impact students who have practice there in addition to students on the crew team.“We focused on routes taken by Forbes students to the EQuad area, Rocky students to Jadwin Hall, Icahn and Peretsman Scully buildings and lastly on how athletes with early morning practices and afternoon practices ending close to when dining halls stop serving dinner, might be assisted in their travels by TigerTransit,” Jackson added.Jackson wrote that after the pilot, TPS will gather feedback and look at how many people rode the new routes. She wrote that after the evaluation process, potential new routes and stops would be considered to be implemented as part of the permanent TigerTransit routes in September 2016.“We will look at ways to incorporate the stops on the piloted routes into existing TigerTransit routes without changing our current level of service,” she added.Amy Zhang ’19, a Forbesian who takes classes in the EQuad, said that walking between the two could take 25-30 minutes. She noted that many Forbesians ride a bike, but even that can take 15 minutes and is all uphill."It's definitely a welcome change, but it is kind of annoying to have to check the times. Sometimes the bus itself takes 10-15 minutes because it stops at other places,” Zhang said about the new bus lines.She added that she had looked at the schedule and noticed that the bus is often scheduled to arrive at the Friend Center at 41 or 51 minutes after the hour, which for some might be too early to arrive to class.Czulak explained that to gather feedback, she will include a link to a Google Form on both her USG emails this week and next week. Students will be able to submit feedback through the form, which will also be publicized on Facebook, through listservs and potentially through Directors of Student Life in residential colleges, she said.The Google Form to gather feedback will remain open until after the pilot program ends on Friday March 11, Czulak said.
(02/28/16 4:00pm)
In a Princeton Interclub Council conversation about diversity and inclusion in eating clubs on Sunday, eating club officers and students addressed common stereotypes and discussed ways to increase club accessibility for students from a variety of backgrounds.The conversation was meant to address how the eating club system can become more welcoming towards all students hoping to join, according to a statement from the ICC. All members of the University community were invited to the event, which took place at Cap & Gown Club from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. The event was attended mostly by officers of eating clubs and other members of eating clubs.W. Rochelle Calhoun, Vice President for Campus Life, made opening remarks and stated that she looked forward to what would come out of the day’s discussions.Calhoun mentioned that her office has been focusing on the student community, which is one of the reasons why the freshman orientation program will have incoming freshmen participating in joint activities.“Part of that is about trying to, at that very moment, help individuals have a sense of deep belonging in this community. I think the clubs have a pretty good place in that landscape,” she said.ICC President Jean-Carlos Arenas ’16 led the discussion, which was broken into several topics that attendees discussed in small groups before sharing their ideas with the rest of the group.Arenas is a former staff writer and chief copy editor for The Daily Princetonian.According to Arenas, topics of discussion included club demographics, socioeconomics, interclub affairs, admissions processes and attrition. The list of topics was generated from the event’s RSVP form, where attendees wrote what they wanted to discuss and the officers at each table took notes on the discussion so they could debrief the event at the next ICC meeting.Before breaking into table discussions, attendees looked over a list of rules of engagement for the event, which included practicing empathy and good listening skills, speaking from personal experience, engaging everyone present, staying on topic and being sensitive to trigger topics, which were defined as topics that could potentially make others feel upset or uncomfortable.Grant Godeke ’17, the social chair of Cap & Gown, shared his table’s thoughts on the eating clubs’ stereotypes with the rest of the group. He noted that his group seemed to feel that the stereotype for somebody in an eating club is a white, typically social and outgoing, financially stable student. He noted that certain groups, such as minority individuals, or those opposed to alcoholic consumption or hook-up culture, might feel excluded by the eating clubs. A potential change they suggested was implementing a buddy system, where new students in a club are paired with current members who have similar interests or characteristics, to help the new student connect with the club.Sean Poosson ’17, president of Cap & Gown, noted that his table discussed a potential way to broaden students’ perception of eating clubs by having them collaborate with other student groups on campus."We talked about how to move away from a party image that could alienate groups of people on campus that aren't necessarily into the whole alcohol or party scene… so a suggestion was to have clubs interact with the community in a non-'night-out' way,” he said.Another question for discussion asked what barriers might exist for lower-income students that could alienate them from eating clubs. Poosson shared that his group discussed creating a sheet or guide for students containing information on the finances of joining a club, and what their options would be regarding campus dining plans and financial aid adjustments.Godeke said that his group discussed the potential social isolation low-income students may feel at eating clubs, especially for students coming from neighborhoods or schools that do not have a long tradition of sending students to Princeton.The groups also discussed how the outward-facing image of the eating clubs might affect who ends up joining. Attendees suggested encouraging an RCA discussion during freshman orientation week to explain the social scene on the Street to freshmen who may not know much about it, or starting a raffle of extra passes through the ICC so that freshman or sophomores have more of an opportunity to visit and experience different clubs.Miles Hinson ’17, the social chair of Charter Club, noted that his group talked about how clubs may seem inaccessible to freshmen who do not understand much about the bicker process. He also said they discussed having more open events for freshmen and sophomore students.Hinson is a former sports editor for The Daily Princetonian.
(02/23/16 5:06pm)
Princeton Preview will once again be an overnight event this spring for the first time in three years, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye.
(02/18/16 9:57pm)
All of the eating clubs with the exception of Tiger Inn have elected their Class of 2017 presidents for the coming year.
(02/16/16 3:59pm)
The Academics Committee of the University Student Government is currently designing a survey to assess opinions on potential changes to the current academic calendar, according to former Academics Committee Chair Ramie Fathy ’16.