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Activist Arafat Mazhar discusses legal punishments for blasphemy in Pakistan

Activist Arafat Mazhar discusses legal punishments for blasphemy in Pakistan

Zaynab Zaman

"Simply put, you blaspheme, you die,” said activist Arafat Mazhar in a talk on Monday.Mazhar is the founder and director of Engage Pakistan, a nonprofit organization in Pakistan that aims to reform Pakistan’s blasphemy law.Before speaking, Mazhar clarified that when he spoke of “blasphemy,” he was referring to any insult or criticism of the Prophet Muhammad.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

New class officers elected, two referenda failed

Betty Liu

Election results for the Undergraduate Student Government Spring 2016 Elections and Referenda were releasedFridayafternoon in an email sent by USG President Aleksandra Czulak ’17 to the student body. Pritika Mehra ’18, Jacqueline Pan ’19, Pooja Patel ’18, Lucas Ramos ’19, Miranda Rosen ’18, Ellie Shannon ’17 and Wendy Zhao ’19 were elected as U-Councilors. The applications for the remaining three positions will be released at the end of April. The newly-elected class presidents are Andrew Sun ’17, Brandon McGhee ’18 and Chris Umanzor ’19.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

LEAD panel discusses roles of race and ethnicity in policy

Samvida Venkatesh

Engaging with disenfranchised people before advocating for them is essential to policy-making, said Michele Tuck-Ponder, Associate Director at the University’s Office of Career Services and former mayor of Princeton, at a Leadership Education and DiversitySummit panel discussion on Friday. Lauren Burke, Executive Director and co-founder of Atlas: DIY, notedthe importance of peer-to-peer education when working with undocumented immigrant communities and other marginalized groups. “It is ridiculous for me, a privileged and educated white woman, to tell a 17-year old black kid what to do when he’s stopped and frisked by the cops,” she said. She stated that 98 percent of non-profit executive boards in the country didn’t even have representatives from the constituency the organization serves.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

Former Women's National team captains discuss women's soccer

Kevin Agostinelli

Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly, former captains of the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) and members of the U.S.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

8 students win 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award

8 students win 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award

Andie Ayala

Eight students received the 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award awarded by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.The awardees are Cameron Bell ’16, Yonathan Benyamini ’16, Naimah Hakim ’16, Lawrence Liu ’16, Jack Mazzulo ’16, Ian McGeary ’16, Beverly Nguyen ’16 and Olivia Robbins ’16.The award recognizes a select group of undergraduate students who have made positive contributions to various facets of the University, including in the arts, community service, student organizations, residential living, religious life and athletic endeavors.All undergraduate students were eligible for the Spirit of Princeton award and could have been nominated by faculty members, alumni, staff and fellow students in the Princeton community.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

USG discusses transportation, election results

Katherine Oh

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed campus transportation and the results of the USG spring elections during its Apr.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

Breaking: Students report gastrointestinal illnesses after dining in Colonial

Daily Princetonian Staff

Multiple students reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illnesses yesterday and today after dining in Colonial Club, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan. The students who reported to McCosh Health Center with gastrointestinal illnesses all confirmed eating at Colonial Club within the prior 48 hours, according to Pullan. The cause of the illness has not been determined but sanitizing procedures have been carried out, she said. Pullan indicated that there is currently no reported illness caused by food purchased at the U-Store or originatingfrom other eating clubs. Inspectors from New Jersey Department of Health has visited the club and will be visiting other eating clubs and dining halls to investigate the cause of the illnesses. More to come... Correction: An earlier version of this article noted that some individuals reported similar symptoms after dining at Terrace Club.

NEWS | 04/22/2016

USG election results announced

Betty Liu

Election results for the Undergraduate Student Government Spring 2016 Elections and Referenda were released this afternoon in an email sent by USG President Aleksandra Czulak '17 to the student body. Pritika Mehra '18, JacquelinePan '19, Pooja Patel '18, Lucas Ramos '19, Miranda Rosen '18, Ellie Shannon '17 and Wendy Zhao '19 were elected as U-Councilors. The applications for the remaining three positions will be released at the end of April. The newly-elected class presidents are Andrew Sun '17, Brandon McGhee '18 and Chris Umanzor '19.

NEWS | 04/22/2016

Viloria discusses gender and sex as social constructs

Rachel Glenn

Hida Viloria, founder and executive director of Intersex Campaign for Equality, said in a lecture on Thursday that s/he wants to encourage society to “challenge the binary” by thinking about sex and gender and recognizing the intersex community. Viloria is an intersex, gender fluid writer and activist who uses the gender pronouns s/he and he/r. Born in May 1968, Viloria is the author of a memoir to be released in March 2017, called "Born Both," and is an advocate of equal rights for intersex and nonbinary individuals.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Q & A: Hida Viloria, Intersex activist

Rachel Glenn

Hida Viloria, a Latinx intersex writer and activist, gave a lecture titled "'Sex' is Complicated: Intersectionality and Intersex Human Rights, Identity, and Discourse" on Thursday.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Payton '17, Teehan '17 win Truman Scholarship

Maya Wesby

Briana Payton ’17 and Daniel Teehan ’17 received the 2016 Truman Scholarship.TheHarry S.Truman ScholarshipFoundation gives scholarships of up to $30,000 towards graduate school and further aid for career training programs and internship opportunities.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Seven U. professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science

Betty Liu

Seven University professors have been named as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the most prestigious honor societies in the nation.Those professors are Brandice Canes-Wrone, professor in public and international affairs, politics and public affairs and vice dean of the Wilson School; Jill Dolan, dean of the college and professor of English and theater; Denis Feeney, professor of Latin and classics and chair of the Council of the Humanities; Joanne Gowa, professor of politics; John Ikenberry, professor of politics and international affairs; János Kollár, professor of science and mathematics; and Kim Lane Scheppele, professor of sociology and international affairs.The professors were chosen from a variety of disciplines “in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.” According to the Academy’s website, 213 members were elected this year.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

No construction currently planned on site of Springdale Golf Course

Catherine Wang

Princeton University will not be expanding its campus across Lake Carnegie or the Springdale Golf Course to accommodate the planned increase in the size of the undergraduate student body, according to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.The University currently plans to gradually expand the size of its undergraduate student body by 500 students, according to a 24-page Strategic Planning framework released by the University in early February.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Whig-Clio debates on legalization of marijuana

Jessica Li

Over 70 students, including over 15 admitted students, participated in an American Whig-Cliosophic Society debate examining the question of marijuana legalization on Wednesday.The resolution that “this house would legalize marijuana” passed by a vote of 19-7.Bruno Schaffa ’18, the first pro-resolution speaker, said there are many public misconceptions and falsehoods surrounding marijuana use.Particularly, Schaffa said that the answer is not so “clear-cut” when debates arise about the physical detriments of marijuana use.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Banner for new African American Studies concentration missing on Declaration Day

Kevin Agostinelli

The Declaration Day, which was held in McCosh Courtyard on Tuesday, did not contain a banner for African American Studies. The African American studiesdepartment originated from the Program of African American studies created in the fall of 1969.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Contained Lakeside fire temporarily forces students out of apartments

Jessica Li

A fire that resulted from a cooking accident was reported at Lakeside Apartments last night.It was contained before the arrival of emergency service units, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan.Lakeside Apartments is a new residential unit for graduate students that opened in December of 2015.Pullan said that following a referral around 9:54 p.m.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Glenn Ivey '83, former MD prosecutor, runs for seat in House

Abhiram Karuppur

Raised in segregated North Carolina, Glenn Ivey ’83 is currently running as a Democrat to serve in the U.S.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Computer science, neuroscience see large growth in number of concentrators

Claire Lee

The computer science department will have new 41 AB concentrators in addition to 121 BSE concentrators from the Class of 2018, compared to 28 AB concentrators and 102 BSE concentrators the previous year.Chair of the Computer Science Department Jennifer Rexford said that this massive increase in AB COS majors is because computer science is universal, transforming our economy and rapidly becoming a crucial skill on the job market, far beyond information technology companies.“The students see all this — the intellectual excitement, the opportunity to effect change in the world and the great professional opportunities — and are voting with their feet,” Rexford said.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Soyinka discusses diversity, religion

Amber Park

Wole Soyinka, the first African Nobel laureate, discussedthe pillars of human spirituality and diversity in religion in a lecture Tuesday. Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Social sciences see decrease in concentrators

William Liu

As of Wednesday, 325 students declared concentrations in the social sciences, a drop from last year’s 363. Economics remain the largest department within social sciences, with around 114 new concentrators as of Wednesday, according to unofficial numbers from University College Facebook.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

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