USG members discussed five referenda during the meeting, debating topics ranging from eye health to renaming USG itself.
FBI agents have recently uncovered an extensive college admissions scam in which wealthy parents paid William “Rick” Singer hefty sums of money to cheat their way into selective colleges. Yale and Stanford are among the institutions mentioned. There has been no documentation showing University involvement.
Between 8:30 p.m. and 8:50 p.m. Thursday evening, an unknown individual was observed “peering into a window at the New Graduate College.” Around the same time Friday evening, an elderly white male with long gray hair and a light skin male with sandy brown hair and medium build were seen separately near the intersection of Washington Road and Ivy Lane and a residential backyard on Fitzrandolph Road, respectively, both wearing no clothing.
Political activist Marielle Franco’s black feminism aimed to understand and transform the world. She hoped it wouldn’t just respond to one group’s needs, but to all of ours, Angela Davis said in her tribute to Franco on Thursday, March 14.
President Trump announced on March 2 that he will withhold federal funding for colleges that do not support free speech. Though the Trump administration has not released any further details, University faculty and administration feel confident that the move would not affect the University.
In February, the completion of the renovations on the Trustee Reading Room in Firestone brought about the end of the library’s official 10-year renovation project.
Monday, March 11 at 5:00 pm The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), a Princeton-based grassroots organization, held an hour-long protest against United States intervention in Venezuela, which the group’s website referred to as a “vigil.” The protesters handed out flyers urging supporters to contact their members of Congress to advocate for the Prohibiting Military Action in Venezuela Act, which would block funds for American intervention and prevent the administration from taking military action without Congressional approval.
Ron Miasnik ’22 and Daniella Cohen ’22 planned the first international TigerTrek. Over Intersession 2020, 15 students will travel to Israel, the nation with the most venture capitalist funding per capita of any country in the world. Participants will spend a week exploring both the entrepreneurial and cultural aspects of Israeli life. Program participants will be selected at the beginning of next school year.
Standout men’s basketball player Devin Cannady ’19 entered a plea agreement on Mar. 11 for the four charges brought against him after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety Officer in Wawa on Jan. 18. Three of his four charges were dismissed. For the fourth charge, Cannady received a conditional discharge, and he will serve 20 hours of community service as part of the agreement. According to his attorney, Cannady has plans to return to the University in the fall and will be preparing for the NBA draft while on leave.
Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa was a magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Columbia for eight years and served as its president from 2005 to 2006. Justice Cepeda was a member of the technical-negotiation team working on transitional justice during the Colombian peace process. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the president of the International Association of Constitutional Law. During his recent visit to the Woodrow Wilson School, The Daily Princetonian spoke with Cepeda about his role in the Colombian peace process and his thoughts on current trends in constitutional law.
Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun stated that the initiative toward building a new UHS building is an “exciting moment … [and] really makes us think about where health care is headed.”
The repeal of net neutrality, Pai argued, was a positive change that allowed for programs such as unlimited data plans to continue.
Of the thirty seniors who ran in the primary election, Stefan (Amo) Amokwandoh ’19, Sarah Varghese ’19, and Rachel Yee ’19 are the three finalists for the Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) primary election. The winner of the general election will replace Tumi Akinlawon ’15 — whose term ends on June 30 — and serve until 2023.
Beyond FitzRandolph Gate, the hustle and bustle of Nassau Street — full of trendy restaurants, University apparel shops, and retail chains — serve as the facade of the town, the first image that tourists, visitors, and University students encounter upon leaving campus grounds. But unbeknownst to many non-residents, past Nassau lies a history of segregation and an ongoing struggle to preserve the culture of the town’s historically African-American Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, whose first inhabitants settled in the 1680s.
At the forefront of calls for a name change to the Wilson School was the Black Justice League (BJL), a student activist organization that coordinated one of the biggest protests in Princeton history — a demonstration on the steps of Nassau Hall in 2015 followed by a 33-hour sit-in.
At noon on Thursday, the Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) and the Young Democratic Socialists of Princeton (YDS) held a protest on the South Lawn of Frist Campus Center over recent changes to the University Student Health Plan (SHP).
With its first cohort of concentrators graduating in June 2018, the African American Studies (AAS) Department is looking to continue its work in education and research. In the past seven years, the department has hired a large number of faculty, growing rapidly to the six fully-appointed and eight jointly-appointed faculty members they have today. The new hires shaped the team, adding their own unique insights, backgrounds, and visions. Currently, the AAS department is focused on its academic offerings, developing its curricula and opening courses to a broader swath of the University community. Upcoming classes will continue to cut across traditional disciplines, attracting students in many departments.
At 7 a.m. on March 11, 1969, four students lurked in the weeds in front of the New South Building. Shortly afterwards, over 40 black students from the Association of Black Collegians (ABC) rushed the building, according to a log from the Department of Public Information. The students then chained the north doors of the building shut and secured the east doors with a mop.
Several Black Student Union (BSU) members discuss their experiences with the organization. The group organizes multiple events each year, but BSU leaders hope to increase funding in order to give back to black communities near Princeton, bring more speakers and alumni to campus, and build up a BSU alumni network, among other initiatives.
1vyG organizers posted to the University’s Instagram story in a planned “takeover” on Sunday, Feb. 17. The post was later taken down by the University, to the chagrin of the conference organizers.
