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Bridge Year to be renamed, expanded

Bridge Year to be renamed, expanded

Karolen Eid

Because of an endowment given by Michael Novogratz ’87 and wife Sukey Cáceres Novogratz ’89, the Bridge Year Program will be renamed the Novogratz Bridge Year Program. The program will now accept 42 students, an increase from the previous year’s 35.

NEWS | 01/10/2019

White supremacists, counter-rallies to organize in Palmer Square

White supremacists, counter-rallies to organize in Palmer Square

Rebecca Han and Oliver Effron

Members of the New Jersey European Heritage Association, a white supremacist organization, plan to organize in Palmer Square on noon Saturday. A number of other organizations, such as the Central Jersey Democratic Socialists of America and student organizations on campus, plan on counter-protesting.

NEWS | 01/10/2019

Google, U. partner to create AI lab at Palmer Square

Google, U. partner to create AI lab at Palmer Square

Katie Tam

As part of the ongoing partnership between the University and Google, a new Google AI lab will open next week at 1 Palmer Square under the leadership of computer science professors Elad Hazan and Yoram Singer, focusing primarily on machine learning.

NEWS | 01/10/2019

UHS takes preventive measures after Ocean County measles outbreak

UHS takes preventive measures after Ocean County measles outbreak

Benjamin Ball

In response to an ongoing measles outbreak 50 miles from campus, UHS officials are reaching out to students they believe to be at particular risk of catching the virus, providing them with information about symptoms and safety measures.

NEWS | 01/10/2019

U. receives ‘D’ on mental health report, condemns report's findings

U. receives ‘D’ on mental health report, condemns report's findings

Benjamin Ball and Haleigh Gundy

The study report — titled “The Ruderman White Paper on Mental Health in the Ivy League” — gave the University a “D” and claimed that the University’s policies pertaining to leave of absence were often unclear and, at worst, discriminatory. The paper focused on the leave of absence policies for each Ivy League school and argued that the language of the policies leads to discrimination against students.

NEWS | 01/10/2019

Bat séance planned after students sense creature’s aura in Frist Campus Center

Claire Silberman

The bat that invaded Frist Campus Center earlier this semester returned to campus on New Year’s Day to haunt undergraduates preparing for finals. Students reported sensing the bat’s aura upon returning to campus for reading week. Undergraduate Student Government has agreed to host a séance on Thursday night for students who wish to venerate the bat in exchange for good luck on their exams.

NEWS | 01/09/2019

USG president Virk ’20 faces allegations of Russian interference

Zachary Shevin

A flyer for the Zarnab Virk ’20 Undergraduate Student Government (USG) presidential campaign was found translated into Russian and lying on the floor of the Slavic languages and literatures department, causing campus officials to speculate about possible collusion.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

“He Bellows” conference recognizes male achievements

Claire Thornton

Last Friday, the University held its first ever “He Bellows” conference celebrating male domination in fields like politics, technology, and the military. Notable alumni guests included U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R) ’92, Google’s Eric Schmidt ’76, and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ’54.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Mother of Freshman 15-gainer sues Campus Dining

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Sue Talot, mother of a first-year student, filed a lawsuit against the University Campus Dining on Tuesday, claiming the service of “late meal” inflicted irreparable damage on her daughter, Ella Talot ’22.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Student secures most travel funding ever for single project

Student secures most travel funding ever for single project

Claire Thornton

Yur Jellus, a sophomore from Lawrenceville, N.J., broke the record for the greatest amount of travel funding for a single independent research project at the University. This summer, the Wilson School concentrator will travel to the dark side of the moon, the bottom of the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench, and the geographic center of Antarctica as part of his academic exploration of “diplomacy through solitude.”

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Bezos Residential College fails to help independent students

Bezos Residential College fails to help independent students

Claire Thornton

One year after the opening of Bezos Residential College, an investigation conducted by The Daily Princetonian found independent residents suffer from diabetes, paper cuts. First-year students in Bezos said their transition to campus was negatively impacted because they never left their dorm rooms.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Third week of University border security shutdown begins

Third week of University border security shutdown begins

Zachary Shevin

The University is heading into the third week of its shutdown, caused by a debate over campus border security.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Student starts most exclusive eating club yet

Student starts most exclusive eating club yet

Benjamin Ball

Jim Olaf ’19 was never a fan of the Bicker process. He found the process overall morally disingenuous, vaguely illiberal, and almost entirely lacking in empathy. But Olaf had a vision: a process that, instead, would be morally reprehensible, completely illiberal, and entirely lacking empathy.

NEWS | 01/08/2019

Q&A with Justin Ripley, president of Princeton Citizen Scientists

Rebecca Han

On Dec. 5 and 6, 18 graduate students and members of the Princeton Citizen Scientists, a student organization formed in 2016 seeking to promote scientific engagement and affect scientific policy, traveled to Washington, D.C., to advocate for issues relating to climate change, science education, and healthcare. On Saturday, the Citizen Scientists’ president, Justin Ripley, spoke with the Daily Princetonian about the trip and the other work of the Citizen Scientists.

NEWS | 01/06/2019

'Ty Ger' on increase, changes in Tiger Confessions activity

'Ty Ger' on increase, changes in Tiger Confessions activity

Paige Allen

Ty Ger, the sole administrator of the Tiger Confessions Facebook page, started the page on Oct. 30 because they wanted to compliment someone anonymously. Since then, the culture of the page has changed significantly. Anonymous compliments about fellow Princetonians morphed into more serious confessions on topics such as eating disorders, mental health, and family problems.

NEWS | 01/06/2019

Virk ’20 wins USG presidency after 30 percent turnout

Virk ’20 wins USG presidency after 30 percent turnout

Zachary Shevin

After only 30 percent of undergraduates participated in last week’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) runoff elections, Zarnab Virk ’20 was elected president, and Heavyn Jennings ’20 was elected social chairperson.

NEWS | 12/21/2018

Sprinkler leak affects hundreds of books in Firestone Library

Hannah Baynesan

Several hundred books on Firestone Library’s basement A floor suffered a watery fate Monday afternoon after a sprinkler flooded the library’s ground level Trustee Reading Room.

NEWS | 12/18/2018

U. researchers in Kenya see land drama firsthand

U. researchers in Kenya see land drama firsthand

Sarah Warman Hirschfield, Rebecca Han, and Asad Hussein

The Mpala Research Centre is a world of its own. Great research comes out of the center — its reserves boast a wealth of environmental, scientific, and human resources which researchers draw upon. The subjects of the study — livestock and land, mainly — are contentious political issues in Kenya, as well.

NEWS | 12/14/2018

Marshall Scholar Herzog-Arbeitman ’19 discusses interplay between improv, physics

Marshall Scholar Herzog-Arbeitman ’19 discusses interplay between improv, physics

Josephine de La Bruyere

Herzog-Arbeitman may have won his Marshall Scholarship because his reviewers liked the fact that he can perform skits about the cosmos. On campus, Herzog-Arbeitman is known for his study of physics and his involvement in the improv comedy troupe Quipfire!. On Thursday, Herzog-Arbeitman gave a talk about his research passions.

NEWS | 12/14/2018

The Daily Princetonian elects Jean-Jacques ’20 as next business manager

Benjamin Ball

On Wednesday, Taylor Jean-Jacques ’20 was elected business manager of The Daily Princetonian for the 143rd Managing Board. A psychology major from Greenwich, Conn., she will begin her tenure in February.

NEWS | 12/13/2018

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