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(11/10/16 7:49pm)
In an email to the University community, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Michele Minter reported the results of the second annual “We Speak” survey that was administered in 2015.
(11/15/16 7:03pm)
The DREAM Team, an immigrant rights advocacy group on campus, issued an online petition on Monday in support of undocumented students on campus.
(11/16/16 3:57am)
After the election, various organizations announced spaces and times for hosting post-election discussions. Residential colleges, among other institutions, announced times for this discussion.
(10/19/16 2:01pm)
Recipients of the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence from 2015-16 were composed of a group of sophomores and juniors who were overwhelmingly male — in a two to one ratio.
(10/13/16 7:51pm)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie received a probable cause criminal summons Thursday regarding the closing of the George Washington Bridge in 2013 allegedly as punishment to Fort Lee’s mayor, a Democrat, for not endorsing the governor, NBCNewYork reported on Thursday.
(10/12/16 5:51pm)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie reaffirmed his support of the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump on Tuesday, despite calling himself “obviously disappointed” about Trump’s “indefensible” comments about sexual assault in a recently unearthed 2005 video.
(10/04/16 7:13pm)
The trial brought against the University over its tax exemption status will begin on Oct. 17, over a week later than the original scheduled start date of Oct. 6. The Property Tax Trial will take place in the Tax Court of New Jersey.
(09/27/16 6:43pm)
After the Aug. 23 ruling from the National Labor Relations Board allowing graduate students to form unions on private university campuses, the Graduate Student Government organized a Unionization Fact Finding Committee to provide answers to questions graduate students might have about the possibility of unionizing.
(09/26/16 9:25pm)
University and community members gathered in Richardson Auditorium on the evening of Sept. 26 to watch the first Presidential debate of the 2016 contest.Throughout the debate, audience members laughed, clapped, snapped, booed, and shouted in the auditorium. Some students expressed outrage or shock at comments made during the debate.At the outset of the debate, both candidates — Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton — shook hands, as is tradition.The debate opened up with questions pertaining to the economy, an issue at the forefront of many voters’ concerns. Hillary immediately set the tone of the debate, terming Trump’s proposed policies “Trumped-up trickle-down economics”, a move that elicited laughter and applause from the crowd. After some back-and-forth regarding the effectiveness of NAFTA, the economic conversation quickly turned to the classically partisan issues of taxes, with Trump promising to “cut taxes bigly.”Audience member Mike Rahimzadeh ‘19 noted that the debate touched on a “big range” of topics including immigration and the Middle East. He called the varied tones during the debate both “comedic” and “fearful.”Another audience member said that Clinton delivered a successful performance.“Hillary succeeded in a captivating performance,” said Caleb Visser ‘20. “Her patient demeanor was both firm, yet reserved, and I thought that was a strong counterbalance to the radical sensationalism that Trump presented.”He said that he’s “excited” to see what kind of impact the debate has on the campaign.Clinton turned the tax discussion on its head, bringing up Trump’s reluctance to release his tax returns, stating that she doesn’t “believe he's ever going to release his tax returns because there's something he's hiding”. While Trump tried to defend his decision by claiming he cannot release tax information that is under audit, Clinton drew attention to his multiple business bankruptcies, another sore spot for Trump, who bases much of his qualification for the presidency on his business background.The latter portion of the debate was devoted to issues of violence, both domestic and international. Trump and Clinton, in a rare moment, both agreed that guns should stay out of the hands of those with malicious intentions. Clinton, in an appeal to minority groups, was sure to mention her disapproval of implicit bias present in arrests.As the debate turned to the violence present in the international community, particularly in the Middle East, each candidate presented simplified versions of plans for success against ISIS. Clinton called for “an intelligence surge” while Trump argued that “we have to knock the hell out of ISIS and we have to do it fast.” After briefly dabbling in the topic of nuclear disarmament, specifically a first strike policy, both candidates wrapped up their performances for the night, marking the end of the first of three presidential debates.One audience member, Ciara Corbeil ‘17, who plans to write her thesis on presidential debates, said that she was “surprised that the gloves came off a bit.” For her thesis, she said she is still refining the topic but focusing on the intersection of mass media and the political process with special attention to the role political theater plays in televised presidential debates.“I’ve actually been in touch with some members of the commission on presidential debates and they were afraid that the candidates would be like playing on the safe side, but I was happy to see that some real issues did come out,” Corbeil said.“I think that a lot of people thought that Hillary was out to prove to people that she was trustworthy and that Trump was out to prove that he had the political chops and the skills,” Corbeil said. “So I think that they both tried to hammer home those points and that didn’t surprise me.”
(09/26/16 8:26pm)
Before the first Presidential debate of the 2016 contest, the University hosted a panel discussion of six University affiliates in Richardson Auditorium to provide the University community with a better context for the debate.
(09/26/16 7:56pm)
During the Monday's Council of the Princeton University Community meeting, University trustees referred West College and Robertson Hall atrium to the newly establishedCommittee on Naming.Director of Media Relations John Cramer deferred comment to the University’s statement.A new policy on naming programs, positions, and spaces that “do not currently bear names honoring donors or other individuals or groups” was established over the summer, the statement said.The statement noted that the atrium in Robertson Hall is the “principal entryway into the Woodrow Wilson School.” Moreover, West College, located west of Cannon Green near Nassau Hall, is not yet named to honor any individual, family, or group. Robertson Hall was built in 1961, and West College was built in 1836.The new committee, chaired by History Professor Angela Creager, is composed of professors, undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and alumni representatives as well as University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69. The committee is charged with soliciting opinion from the community about the potential names of the referred spaces.Committee member Devin Kilpatrick ’19 noted that he thinks the selection of West College and the atrium of Robertson Hall is a “fantastic starting point as the University seeks to diversify the naming of campus buildings and spaces.”“These spaces are both extremely visible and immediately recognizable, and I hope naming these spaces after diverse figures from Princeton's and the nation's past will help to make visible underrepresented communities, including women, minorities, and members of the LGBTQIA community,” he added.The procedure for naming the identified campus spaces under the trustee policy includes soliciting community opinion for potential names, making a “confidential recommendation” to the Board of Trustees, which makes the final decision, according to the University statement.Jamie O’Leary ‘19, founder of Princeton Students for Gender Equality, said that depending on who the trustees name the buildings after, it may or may not reflect gender equality.“One the one hand, it’s great to see spaces being named after people who do great things in the community, but at the same time it does feel a little frustrating that two spaces that had unimportant names and don’t have much significance on campus being renamed while some of these problematic names are being left unquestioned,” O’Leary said.Kilpatrick said that he also thinks that this is a step forward.“While the selections of West College and Robertson Hall fall short of considering a new name for Wilson College and the Woodrow Wilson School, I believe that this is an honest effort by the University to examine its legacy and who it chooses to venerate,” Kilpatrick said. “I believe that students should be encouraged by the responsiveness of administration to their concerns, but of course I cannot claim to speak on behalf of all students.”Moreover, O’Leary said that this is only a first step for the University.“I feel like we should celebrate progress but at the same time there needs to be continued pressure on the university to do more,” O’Leary said.In addition to the building names, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Michele Minter presented updates from the Wilson Legacy Committee and the Special Task Force for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion during the meeting.Minter noted that over the summer, the Diversity Peer Education program was launched and affinity spaces were created in the Carl A. Fields Center.In addition, faculty and staff have been trained on the issues of bias, discrimination and harassment, as well as on diversity and inclusion, she said.On the Woodrow Wilson Legacy Committee, Minter noted that several of the committee's recommendations, including the Princeton Histories Fund and the Trustee Committee on Diversity and Inclusion, have been implemented, and other recommendations, such as the Ph.D Pipeline program, are under development.
(09/20/16 5:44pm)
Stanford University political science professor Robert Reich gave a lecture on the subject of various ethical dilemmas surrounding public service.
(09/20/16 3:10pm)
The University has created the Campus Iconography Committee over the summer in order to diversify campus building names and spaces. This is part of the University's effort to fulfill the recommendations of the Wilson Legacy Review Committeeon campus diversity through art and iconography.The committee has a total of 11 members, including three undergraduate students and one graduate student. There is also an advisory group of 10 members composed of administrators and staff. The committee will have its first meeting Sept. 27, according to Chase Hommeyer ’19, a member of the committee.Executive Vice President Treby Williams and anthropology professor Carolyn Rouse will co-chair the committee.The Report of the Trustee Committee on Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy at Princeton recommended diversifying campus artwork, as well as “[considering] the possibility of commissioning artwork that honors those who helped make Princeton a more diverse and inclusive place or that express the University’s aspiration to be more diverse, inclusive, and welcoming to all members of its community.”In November 2015, students of the Black Justice League led a protest and sit-in at the office of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83. The students urged the University to make steps toward greater inclusion for minority students through means such as a culture-specific spaces and the renaming of campus buildings and spaces currently named after former University President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879.“It’s something that I’m acutely aware of as I walk around campus. It presents a pretty homogenous view of a rather diverse group of students. It’s strange to talk about the statues like John Witherspoon and James McCosh which only presents a single story to the deep and intricate history of Princeton,” Monique Claiborne ’17, another member of the committee, said.Claiborne said she hopes that greater diversity can be achieved not only through renaming buildings, but also by inviting and commissioning art from more diverse artists and subjects. She added that she hopes to use public spaces to promote more diverse artistic styles through exhibits in Frist Campus Center and art in Firestone Library, whose reading rooms have long been seen as showrooms for portraits almost exclusively of old white men.According to University Director of Media Relations John Cramer, the University does not plan to showcase particular cultural, ethnic, racial or other groups, but the report has “called for an expanded and more vigorous commitment to diversity and inclusion to create a welcoming environment for all.”“The objectives are in line with the recommendations outlined in the report of the special task force on diversity, equity and inclusion published in May 2015,” Cramer wrote in an emailed statement.“When students have to navigate Princeton, it’s less about stepping into something and more about adding to its culture and community,” Claiborne said. “The way campus art is like now, it makes students feel that they have to conform to a certain guide.”"I certainly think that it's a step in the right direction, and I am happy that the institution is acknowledging that this needs to happen to be more reflective of the diversity that we have within our campus,” Dean for Diversity and Inclusion LaTanya Buck said. “I do know that this is something that students advocated for, as well too, and in that way I'm happy to see this.”Buck will also serve as a member of the Campus Iconography Committee.According to Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan, the committee will be hosting a public lecture the week of Nov. 7 for campus community members.Associate News Editor Charles Min and Staff Writer Caroline Lippman contributed reporting.
(09/18/16 5:37pm)
The University’s Office of Human Resources recentlyupdatedits recommendations for gender-inclusive language. The recommendations, originally issued in August 2014 and updated in March 2015,are used in official HR communications, policies, job descriptions, and job postings.
(08/04/16 6:14pm)
PHILADELPHIA— Democratic National Committee Vice Chair R.T. Rybak talked about how the Party might heal from a divisive former chair and trying primary season during a reading from his new book, “Pothole Confidential: My Life as Mayor of Minneapolis."In writing this book, Rybak said he “wanted to get real with people about public service and being a mayor.”Rybak is a journalist turned politician. He said that his experience in journalism informed how he worked during his mayoral administration.“Your job isn’t to pick a side, it’s to listen,” he said.After being elected for three terms as mayor, Rybak decided not to run again. He said that his mayoral mission was to try to be everywhere in the community. He added that he didn’t want to attend only positive events, such as construction projects and graduations -- he went to funerals and vigils too.As a mayor,Rybak had “consistently high approval ratings,” and he won both his reelection campaigns by a comfortable margin, according toNorth Star Politics.Rybak was the first mayor to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic presidential primaries. Because of his position as one of the five vice chairs of the DNC, he did not endorse this year’s nominee, Hillary Clinton, until later in the election cycle in order to preserve neutrality.“I actually think Hillary’s going to be a fantastic president,” Rybak said. “I would’ve loved to have supported her earlier.”Rybak added that his late endorsement of Clinton in favor of neutrality put him “at odds with the chair of the party.”Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former DNC chair, resigned in the wake of allegations stemming fromWikileaks’ email exposures thatshe, and the Party, failed to be neutral during the primary season.Rybak said that he thoughtWasserman Schultz“did a very poor job of creating the open process that we needed,” noting that the two had a “serious disagreement about that.”“I felt the more she tipped toward so obviously supporting Clinton, the more important it was for me, as a vice chair, to maintain neutrality,” Rybak said. “I’ve spent a lot of this week cleaning up the messes created by the poor choices made by the previous chair.”This week, Rybak said that he apologized to delegates and other Democrats for the Party’s mistakes and favoritism exposed in email exchanges by Wikileaks.Donna Brazile, a noted political strategist and longtime Democrat, is set to take her place as interim chair. Brazile became the first African American campaign manager for a major presidential campaign when she led Al Gore’s campaign in 2000.“I’ve worked with Donna [Brazile] as vice chair,” Rybak said. “She’s very fair and I think she’s a person who can also carry our message uniquely and phenomenally, so I’m very supportive of that.”Rybak said that although this leadership transitionis tough, the primary season was effective.“I’m thrilled that our party spent all this time in what was a deeply contested by ultimately very issues based campaign,” he said. “There were disagreements, but it wasn’t about the size of someone’s hands, or the size of something else.”Concerns about the party platform, first voiced by Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, continued to inspire protests from Sanders delegates and other conventioneers.Party leaders have attempted to make the platform reflect this progressive swing of the party, withsome noting that this is the most progressive platform ever.“This is about Bernie Sanders, but also about much more,” Rybak said. “I feel that we’ve come through realigning in politics ... and that has been reflected in the evolution of the platform to be much more progressive.”Clinton clinched the nomination during roll call on July 26 at the DNC, becoming the first woman to win the nomination of a major party for president.Rybak is also currently the executive director of Generation Next, an organization dedicated closing the achievement gap.Thereading of Rybak’s book took place at 2 p.m on July 27thand was hosted by theNational Conference of Democratic Mayors.
(07/27/16 3:29pm)
PHILADELPHIA—While the themes of the second night of the Democratic National Convention touched topics such as the September 11terrorist attacks, global security and domestic progressive issues, many speakers tied each topic back to women’s rights.
(07/26/16 11:06pm)
PHILADELPHIA—The Democratic Party conducted a roll call vote to formally nominate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the party’s candidate for president of the United States. Clinton is the first woman to win the nomination of a major political party.
(07/26/16 9:03am)
In addition to Michelle Obama ’85, primetime speakers from the first night included former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker.
(07/26/16 7:53am)
PHILADELPHIA — First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 spoke about the ways that the presidency can affect the lives of American children on the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
(07/25/16 8:39pm)
PHILADELPHIA—Chants of “Bernie! Bernie!” erupted from crowds gathered with pickets, signs and stickers near the Wells Fargo Center, the site of 2016Democratic National Convention.