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(09/23/14 2:52pm)
The Witherspoon Institute — a conservative think tank based in Princeton that has many ties to the University — and a University-sponsored program for undergraduate students received substantial funding from the Koch brothers-backed DonorsTrust and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in the year 2012, according to Internal Revenue Service records.
(09/21/14 6:50pm)
The University first moved to enact changes “quickly but without haste” to its sexual misconduct policy in late July when it was informed by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that it was out of compliance with Title IX, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity & DiversityMichele Minter said at an Undergraduate Student Government town hall meeting on Sunday.
(09/16/14 5:36pm)
The significance of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lies in the principle of equality that it establishes between citizens and the federal government and in a citizen’s freedom from unwarranted suspicion, U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 12th congressional districtRush Holt said in a lecture on Tuesday.Holt was referring to the Constitution’s mandate that searches not be conducted without probable cause and a warrant that describes specifically what is to be searched and seized.For the framers of the Constitution, searches were not so much regarded as violations of privacy — a vaguely defined concept at the time — but as instruments of colonization and subjugation. Indeed, the general warrant searches and writs of assistance carried out on American colonists were much more restricted on the English mainland, Holt noted.Regarding recent history, Holt faulted Congress for accepting the narrative that 9/11 was a failure of intelligence and that more intelligence needed to be collected. He remarked that Congress failed to wait for the 9/11 Commission’s report, which ultimately concluded that more intelligence likely would not have changed events.Congress’s approval of the USA Patriot Act removed some of the distinctions between foreign intelligence gathering, for which warrants are not required, and law enforcement, Holt said, adding that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court operates in secrecy. It issues warrants to intelligence agencies, not based on probable cause, but on whether a relationship can be established between the suspect and a “foreign power,” which is not the same as a foreign enemy.While not discounting arguments in favor of increased homeland security, Holt said people should be mindful that feelings of being threatened extend back to the colonial era of the United States and that no American should be placed in the inferior position of being under suspicion by the government without probable cause.Holt pointed to a widening relationship between the relative power of the American government and the American people. Henoted the experiences of the American Muslim community —the fact that over half of people on the U.S.’s terrorism watchlist have no known affiliation to terrorist groups —and the case of Brandon Mayfield, a lawyer who became the subject of a terrorism probe even though he had no known connections to terrorism, and probable cause was never established.People do not waive the expectation of privacy to their metadata, Holt also said."Metadata" became a buzzword in the American media after Edward Snowden disclosed the existence of the National Security Agency's PRISM program, which collects information about telephone calls, email and Internet activities, such as their senders and receivers, but not the content of the communications themselves.A very significant amount of private information, such as sexuality, whistleblower status and abortion history, could potentially be inferred using metadata alone, Holt explained, citing research done by University computer science professor Edward Felten.“The technological capability to break down, figuratively, 100 computer memory doors does not, or should not, make that any more permissible than breaking into 100 buildings,” Holt said.Much of the reason data collection on U.S. citizens has persisted is that litigants challenging the collection often lack standing to sue because they cannot be fully sure that data has been collected on them due to the confidentiality of intelligence information, Holt explained.Intelligence officers also oftenhave not been forthcoming in congressional hearings, and no member of Congress likely fully understood the content of their intricate presentations, Holt said.In a brief discussion with The Daily Princetonian after the lecture, Holt explained that he viewed the PRISM program as the natural successor to a long list of curtailments of civil liberties in the wake of 9/11. He also said there was a parallel between the present situation and the jurisprudence of Judge Learned Hand, who wrote during World War II about the necessity of preserving civil liberties in the face of threats to national security.Holt has introduced legislation in this session of Congress, which proposes to repeal the Patriot Act and the related FISA Amendments Act.The lecture, titled “Search and Seizure in the Snowden Era,” took place in McCosh 50 at 4:30 p.m. It was co-sponsored by the Program in American Studies, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, the Program in Law and Public Affairs and the Center for African American Studies.
(06/13/14 1:47pm)
Republican Congressional nominee David Brat is not the first individual to have made the assertion that he was educated in Princeton – the town, that is – while remaining ambiguous about the exact institution that he attended.
(06/03/14 3:00pm)
It can be hard for graduating students to leave the University because it is a source of personal growth, but a Princeton education prepares students for lifelong learning and unforeseeable opportunities, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said at Princeton’s 267th Commencement on Tuesday, the third and final day of graduation exercises.
(06/01/14 3:56pm)
Receiving a Princeton education makes one privileged, even if that person was not privileged before, Christopher Lu ’88, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Labor and former White House Cabinet Secretary, told the Class of 2014 in his Baccalaureate addresson Sunday,titled “The Inheritance of a Princeton Education.” After one has received this inheritance, Lu said, one should give back to society.
(05/30/14 8:53pm)
The compensation system gives too much incentive for bankers to take risks, and the University has promoted the view that the markets generally take care of themselves, Paul Volcker ’49, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said in a panel discussion on Friday.
(05/30/14 8:10pm)
The world’s 25 fastest markets account for only 0.4 percent of market capitalization in the world’s stock markets, but also make up 30 percent of the world’s population, Thanassis Mazarakis ’84, COO of Southern Star and former president of Chase Merchant Services, said in a panel discussion Friday about the best investment opportunities. Of these 25 markets, 23 of them are “frontier,” or nondeveloped, markets, he explained.
(05/30/14 8:02pm)
The Daily Princetonian spoke to former chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker '49 following a panel discussion in which he participated, titled "Are financial institutions too big or too big to fail?" At the panel, Volcker criticized universities like Princeton for allegedly teaching students how to cheat the financial system.
(05/30/14 12:00pm)
Brian Reilly ’14 won the Young Alumni Trustee election and will begin a four-year term as a University trustee on July 1, the University announced on Friday.
(05/30/14 11:35am)
While the media and public often take a short-term view of the benefits of a college education, the University is a long-term enterprise, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 told an alumni audience on Thursday at the Class of 1959 Reunion Seminar. “We’re investing in our students … with the idea that 20, 25, 30 and beyond years after their graduation, they’re going to make a difference in the world in a way that justifies the extraordinary investment that this University makes in them,” Eisgruber said. “And they’re going to make that difference in ways that we can’t possibly predict.” University faculty are encouraged to pursue the most fundamental and interesting questions in their fields, Eisgruber said. He said these types of questions do not always need to have immediate practical applications. The University’s investment in basic research can, however, pay off. As an example, Eisgruber mentioned chemistry professor emeritus Edward Taylor's research on the pigmentation of butterfly wings. The research ultimately resulted in the discovery of a drug for the treatment of mesothelioma, and the University’s share of the proceeds from the resulting patent paid for the construction of Frick Chemistry Laboratory. With regard to the University’s future, expanding the size of the student body will be an important issue to consider, Eisgruber said. “There are extraordinary students every year whom we turn down, whom we’d be proud to have on this campus,” he explained. “One of the questions that we always have to be asking ourselves is, ‘Would it be possible for this University … to take a few more?’” Regarding the country as a whole, supporting public universities, whose budgets have been widely strained in recent years, will be critical to fulfilling the mission of American higher education, Eisgruber said, explaining that a college education is still a highly valuable investment. It may be possible to achieve some cost savings by mixing online and residential education, he noted. The University contributes to the betterment of the country’s education system through its alumni who work for Teach for America and in education policy. Campus research on education is also valuable, Eisgruber said. Eisgruber added that he credited alumni for helping to make the University the most affordable college in the country. Keith Wailoo, vice dean of the Wilson School, and Vincent Poor, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, spoke at the seminar about the goals and successes of their respective departments. Wailoo explained that the Wilson School hopes for its Master in Public Affairs students to graduate without debt, so they can pursue public service opportunities without feeling financially pressured to take a private sector position. He added that the department’s successes include collaboration with other departments, the depth of its faculty’s experience, accepting more students as part of its open enrollment policy and the success of its graduates. Poor said the engineering school has organized its investments around four key research areas: energy, environment, health and security. These investments, he said, are reflected in the establishment of the Keller Center, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the Center for Information Technology Policy. Major changes to the engineering school’s curriculum will be focused on integrating other departments and disciplines, such as the social sciences and humanities, into the engineering coursework, Poor said, noting that engineering is the application of scientific principles to practical applications. Poor said the attrition rate of engineering students from their first year to graduation is 15 percent, explaining that this number is very small compared to those of other engineering schools.
(05/29/14 12:24am)
Following a lawsuit and an outpour of op-eds in The Daily Princetonian, University mental health policy has been at the forefront of campus conversation, prompting administrators to hold dialogues to hear students’ concerns and, in some, cases consider reform.
(05/16/14 4:21pm)
Forbes College Director of Studies Patrick Caddeau will become the next dean of Forbes, Forbes College Master Michael Hecht announced in an email to Forbes students on Wednesday.
(05/11/14 3:49pm)
Counseling and Psychological Services does not maintain a “watch list” of students of concern that it shares with the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, CPS director Calvin Chin and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin said at a dialogue about mental health evaluations between students and administrators Friday afternoon.
(05/06/14 8:22pm)
Of the approximately 135 students who take time off from the University each year, about 35 take leaves of absence for mental health reasons, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan told students at a dialogue with administrators on Tuesday about mental health on campus.
(05/04/14 10:25am)
The position of dean of Forbes College, which was recently left vacant, is open to only six eligible candidates.The positioncan only be filled by someone who is currently a director of studies in a residential college at the University,according to an online job posting.
(05/01/14 3:14pm)
The principle of state equality is an important goal of international law and a point of contention in European politics, Jürgen Habermas, philosopher and professor emeritus at the Goethe University Frankfurt, said in a lecture on Thursday.
(04/29/14 9:49pm)
Netzitzot, a new nonprofit venture cofounded by Maya Rosen ’17, is selling tzitzit online that are specifically tailored to women.
(04/29/14 6:42pm)
Although economics professor Paul Krugman announced his decision to join the City University of New York faculty on Feb. 28, email exchanges and documents indicate that private negotiations about his new position had been ongoing for over a year.
(04/28/14 1:44pm)
Members of the USG discussed University mental health policy in light of recent wider public discussion of the subjectat their weekly senate meeting on Sunday.U-Councilor Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 noted that the Mental Health Initiative board was hoping to write an editorial to publish in The Daily Princetonian within the next week to express the USG’s position on mental health policy. However, he said that the board would first have to study effective practices for mental health policy before making recommendations. The op-ed ran on Tuesday.Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin is planning to hold focus groups with students to gauge views on the subject, Okuda-Lim added.USG also discussed how to advertise its own focus groups for students to discuss mental health.U-Council chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 questioned the motivations behind the University’s demand for medical records upon withdrawn students’ readmission to the University.“I know of no one in the Office of [the Dean of Undergraduate Students] who is a psychologist, who is a psychiatrist or has any kind of mental health training that would allow them to make a determination in a way that was superior to that of a mental health professional to inform the decision whether to allow students to return to campus,” Kugelmass said.U-Councilor Sol Taubin ’16 added that there is no guarantee that students who withdraw from the University voluntarily or involuntarily will be readmitted and said the Mental Health Initiative board should look into the issue.“The Undergraduate Announcement has a very vague paragraph regarding involuntary withdrawals that none of us could even parse through,” Okuda-Limsaid, adding that clarification is needed to ascertain the University’s policy on involuntary withdrawals.Kugelmass added that a questionnaire would be formulated to obtain clarification from University administrators as to their exact policies on mental health.USG also addressed an approximately $24,000 surplus in the budget that was left after accounting for the original plan of spending $6,000 on the Dean’s Date celebration. Members proposed purchasing more types of food and food trucks, hiring student bands, a mass purchase of stress balls for students and hosting a thrift sale for Dean's Date.However, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne stepped in to inform USG that he didn’t believe its funds expired at the end of the University fiscal year on June 30 but instead rolled over.Okuda-Lim requested that treasurer Regina Cai ’15 obtain clarification on whether the funds would roll over.“Historically, we’ve operated with the understanding that when the University’s fiscal year ends, so does our account essentially,” Okuda-Lim said.Plans to conduct a survey about grade deflation or ask the University for its own data set were also discussed.“Students are looking for us to advocate for them, and I do believe most students are against grade deflation,” U-Councilor Dallas Nan ’16 said.The body also discussed its organizational plans for a reorientation program next fall for readmitted students, using a new statistical test to make policy recommendations regarding the experiences of international students, as well as the possibility of implementing a contest that would award a cash prize to the best new TigerApp.