Daily Newsletter: February 24, 2023
(02/24/23 1:00pm)
Gantman, Davis awarded 2023 Pyne Prize
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Gantman, Davis awarded 2023 Pyne Prize
“We’re literally changing the wheels on the bus while we’re going down the road at full speed,” said Energy Plant Manager Ted Borer. Borer’s metaphor succinctly captures the complex process of transitioning Princeton’s cogeneration plant to a geo-exchange system while simultaneously running the cogeneration plant.
Austin Davis ’23 and Ella Gantman ’23 were both awarded the 2023 Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction given to undergraduates. Both will be presented with the award at Alumni Day on Feb. 25.
Witherspoon Street, which runs perpendicular to Nassau Street across from FitzRandolph gate, has been under construction for more than a year. The Witherspoon Street Improvement Project is meant to make the road more accessible for pedestrians and bicyclists. In an interview with The Daily Princetonian, Assistant Municipal Engineer Jim Purcell described a series of upcoming projects along the entire length of the street, which runs through the heart of Princeton.
It wasn’t until a month before Feb. 24, 2023, the date marking one year of the war, that I truly registered the ongoing reality of the crisis in my birth country. Every day, the people of Ukraine exist in a state of unimaginable horror. They exist, carrying on with their work and studies, taking care of their loved ones, and praying for a tomorrow they don’t know will come. They exist, until they do not.
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Long-spreading rumors that the University may be planning to eliminate the computer science (COS) Bachelor of Science and Engineering (B.S.E.) major have apparently made their way into tours of the engineering school. Administrators are eager to clarify that the rumor has no basis in fact.
Last week, Daybreak attended the second annual Munsee Delaware Story Evening hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. We learned more about the Munsee-Delaware Indigenous community and the stories of a living language from community member Ian McCallum and artist Katherine Chupik-Hall.
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With only two matchups left in the regular season, men’s basketball (17–8 overall, 8–4 Ivy League) will look to produce a win against the Harvard Crimson (14–12, 5–7) in Cambridge, Mass. this Saturday, Feb. 25.
For six minutes, a rare February tornado disrupted an otherwise placid Tuesday afternoon in Mercer County.
Women’s basketball (19–5 overall, 10–2 Ivy League) will host Harvard (15–9, 8–4) at Jadwin Gymnasium in their final regular season home game this Friday, Feb. 24. Prior to tip-off, the team will celebrate senior night and honor their five graduating members.
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On a frigid and gloomy Tuesday night on Sherrerd Field at the Class of 1952 Stadium, No. 3 men’s lacrosse (2–0 overall, 0–0 Ivy League) clashed with the Manhattan Jaspers (2–1, 0–0 Metro Atlantic Athletic) in what was a tougher-than-expected game for the heavily favored Tigers. After a 22–9 stomping of Monmouth (1–1, 0–0 Colonial Athletic), Princeton’s endurance, resilience, and poise were tested, but the Tigers emerged with a 14–9 win.
Graduate Student Government votes to support student unionization
Editor’s Note: Since the time of publication, the University has updated the language on its financial aid website to clarify that students on full aid get $10,034, not $9670. The piece has been updated to reflect that change.
For this week, students captured the erratically changing weather and the coming of spring.
Amid a flurry of questions regarding the Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) efforts to unionize, the Graduate Student Government (GSG) voted to release a message of support for PGSU, at their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21 presided by GSG Vice President of Internal Affairs Allison Tang.