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Q&A with adjunct professor Jeremy Levine on impeachment and Mueller ’66

Q&A with adjunct professor Jeremy Levine on impeachment and Mueller ’66

Zachary Shevin

On Nov. 5, Levine gave a lecture entitled “Contextualizing the Hearings,” where he discussed Robert Mueller ’66’s independent investigation into President Donald Trump and the impeachment process more generally. Following the event, The Daily Princetonian had the opportunity to sit down with Levine to discuss all things impeachment.

NEWS | 11/12/2019

U.S. Senate passes resolution honoring U. professor emeritus, author Toni Morrison

Danielle Ranucci

The resolution was proposed by Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman.

NEWS | 11/11/2019

NCAA to allow compensation for college athletes

NCAA to allow compensation for college athletes

Sam Kagan

Under new guidelines, the NCAA will allow student athletes, including those at the University, to be compensated.

NEWS | 11/06/2019

Democratic incumbents re-elected in local New Jersey races

Democratic incumbents re-elected in local New Jersey races

Evelyn Doskoch

This year, Princeton residents voted on races for the NJ General Assembly, the Mercer County Executive, the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Princeton Town Council, and the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. Residents were also asked a public question regarding the allocation of veterans’ benefit funds.

NEWS | 11/06/2019

Alexander Road to begin estimated six month closure on Wednesday

Caitlin Limestahl

Alexander Road will be closed from November 6 until around April 2020 to widen the bridge in order to better accommodate traffic patterns.

NEWS | 11/04/2019

Federal court of appeals upholds motion to dismiss claims against U. in Title IX related case

Zachary Shevin

Though the University’s motion to dismiss these claims was previously affirmed by the New Jersey District Court in February 2018, Doe appealed the decision. On Oct. 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the District Court’s decision.

NEWS | 11/04/2019

20 Nassau Street sold to college-town hotel chain

20 Nassau Street sold to college-town hotel chain

Evelyn Doskoch

20 Nassau Street, home to Jammin’ Crêpes, Nassau Barber, and over 100 other small businesses, is to be sold to Graduate Hotels, a college-town hotel chain.

NEWS | 11/03/2019

Q&A with jazz musician Michael Mwenso

Hannah Wang

Jazz band Mwenso & the Shakes is slated to perform at McCarter Theatre on Nov. 6. The group describes itself as a “troupe of global artists who perform music that merges the highest form of entertainment and artistry while commanding a formidable timeline of jazz and blues expression through African and Afro American music.” The Daily Princetonian had the opportunity to sit down with lead vocalist and bandleader Michael Mwenso to preview the upcoming show.

NEWS | 10/24/2019

The free café that never was: Shiru closes all U.S. locations

The free café that never was: Shiru closes all U.S. locations

Zachary Shevin

Shiru Café, a Japan-based café chain that serves college students free of monetary charge in exchange for personal data, had plans to open a location in Princeton this past winter. However, these plans never came to fruition, and since then Shiru has closed its three U.S. locations.

NEWS | 10/24/2019

Local organizations gather for Period Rally in Hinds Plaza

Paige Allen

The event was coordinated by lead organizers Annabelle Jin, a junior in high school and co-president and founder of the chapter of Period at Moorestown High School; Tanvi Koduru, a sophomore in college and the chapter leader and founder of Period at Rowan University; and Chai Kim, a senior in high school and co-president of Period at Moorestown.

NEWS | 10/20/2019

Princeton Theological Seminary approves reparations

Omar Farah

This decision comes as an official response to a historical audit, commissioned in 2016, which examined the Seminary's connections to the institutions of American slavery. According to the Seminary’s official announcement, the trustees’ approval was unanimous.

NEWS | 10/20/2019

Activists demonstrate as Seminary trustees discuss reparations

Activists demonstrate as Seminary trustees discuss reparations

Omar Farah

On Wednesday, amid a backdrop of pronounced student activism, Princeton Theological Seminary’s trustee members met to discuss the potential of establishing a reparations fund. This meeting, following years of student activism on the matter, was the first of its kind and represents a climactic moment in this ongoing saga.

NEWS | 10/17/2019

Sallie Kim ’86 threatens Betsy DeVos with jail in student loan debt case

Sallie Kim ’86 threatens Betsy DeVos with jail in student loan debt case

Marissa Michaels

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has found herself in trouble with Magistrate Judge and University alumna Sallie Kim ’86 of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

NEWS | 10/15/2019

Volunteer firefighter program celebrates 10-year anniversary

Volunteer firefighter program celebrates 10-year anniversary

Sruti Chitluri

In the 10 years of the program, the number of volunteers has grown and the program itself has evolved. Recently, the department has decided to transition into employing a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters.

NEWS | 10/15/2019

Yovanovitch ’80 testifies to Congress in impeachment proceedings

Mindy Burton

Marie Yovanovitch ’80 has served as a Foreign Service Officer for the past 33 years encompassing six presidential administrations, four being Republican and two Democrat.

NEWS | 10/14/2019

Princeton municipality institutes Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day

Princeton municipality institutes Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day

Hannah Wang

The resolution also acknowledges the land of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation on which the municipality was built, as well as the forced diaspora of other Native nations and indigenous peoples in the Americas at large.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

Obama ’85 sends surprise video message to Thrive conference

Obama ’85 sends surprise video message to Thrive conference

Benjamin Ball

In the Instagram video, Obama expressed that what meant the most in her University experience were the friends she met during her time on campus.

NEWS | 10/06/2019

Vigil marks third year of Wang’s detainment

Vigil marks third year of Wang’s detainment

Danielle Ranucci

At 5:00 p.m. yesterday, students, faculty, and community members held a vigil in honor of Xiyue Wang, a Ph.D. student in History who has been detained in Iran for over three years on charges of espionage.

NEWS | 10/04/2019

Website using ‘Princeton’ name promotes contentious historical outlook

Website using ‘Princeton’ name promotes contentious historical outlook

Paige Allen

A website addressing controversial issues in Japanese history from a right-wing perspective has called itself the Princeton Institute for Asian Studies (IFAS) and presented its website in an orange-and-black color scheme despite being unaffiliated with the University.

NEWS | 10/03/2019

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Albert Jiang

In a talk on Wednesday night, Gen. John R. Allen and Professor Edward W. Felten talked about both the benefits and the ethical dilemmas that would accompany military-related advancements in artificial intelligence. “This is a capability that has the capacity for great good,” Allen said, but also can be “applied with great destructiveness.”

NEWS | 10/03/2019

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