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News and Notes: Lawyer linked to Bridgegate hired by Princeton firm

News and Notes: Lawyer linked to Bridgegate hired by Princeton firm

Paul Phillips

Former Port Authority of New York and New Jersey deputy executive director Bill Baroni began a new job on Monday as legal counsel for the Hill Wallack LLP law firm in Princeton, the Hamilton Observer reported. Baroni had resigned from his job at the Port Authority following his involvement in the so-called Bridgegate scandal, when the Port Authority allegedly caused traffic jams by closing two of the three access lanes connecting the George Washington Bridge to Fort Lee, N.J.

NEWS | 03/13/2014

Former U.S. ambassador discusses worsening situation in South Sudan

Former U.S. ambassador discusses worsening situation in South Sudan

Jacob Donnelly

Sudan and South Sudan are unlikely to go to war again, but the situation in South Sudan has significantly worsened in recent months due to the onset of civil war, Princeton Lyman said in a lecture Thursday evening.

NEWS | 03/13/2014

Disputes arise over postgraduate fellowship program name

Sharon Deng

The use of the construction “Princeton in” in a recently launched postgraduate fellowship started by a group of University alumni is being questioned by University officials.

NEWS | 03/13/2014

Outdoor Action short of leaders for the fall

Jacob Donnelly

The Outdoor Action Frosh Trip program is currently short of 30 students to lead freshman orientation trips come next fall. The current shortfall in leaders might be prompted by fewer members of the Class of 2017 having gone on an OA trip than in the preceding year, program director Richard Curtis ’79 said.

NEWS | 03/13/2014

Tiger Inn president and three officers resign following unauthorized party

Lorenzo Quiogue

All but two undergraduate officers of Tiger Inn resigned from their positionsMondaymorning following an incident early Sunday. President Ryan Cash ’15, house manager Dror Liebenthal ’15, treasurer Will Siroky ’15 and safety czar Victoria Majchrzak ’15 offered their resignations to the club’s graduate board of governors. Only social chair Brendan Byrne ’15 and vice president Oliver Bennett ’15 did not resign. The incident was officially called a “serious security breach,” according to an email sent to members by the club’s Board of Governors president Robert “Hap” Cooper ’82on Mondaymorning that was obtained by The Daily Princetonian. Cooper wrote in a statement to the ‘Prince’ that the incident was in fact a party, although he did not provide further details about the events. “EarlySundaymorning, a private party took place in Tiger Inn without the necessary security precautions in place,” Cooper wrote.

NEWS | 03/12/2014

Impact at Princeton uncertain following SAT announcement

Corinne Lowe

The University has yet to review the changes to the SAT announced last week by College Board and has not decided whether or not it will change any admissions policies. The University currently requires applicants to submit the results of their SAT or ACT, as well as the results of two SAT subject tests, according to the Undergraduate Admission Website. But the SAT is now undergoing major changes that will make the essay section optional and revamp the critical reading section.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

Academic advising, U. accreditation process and graduate housing discussed at CPUC meeting

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Survey results on undergraduate academic advising, evaluations of the University’s current reaccreditation process anddevelopments regarding graduatestudent housing opportunities were discussed during the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday afternoon. The University has surveyed 50 percent of freshmen and 33 percent of sophomores in the past three years on their satisfaction with academic advising, Senior Associate Dean of the College Claire Fowler said during the meeting.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

News & Notes: Man charged with defiant trespass on campus

Daily Princetonian Staff

A man was arrested and charged with defiant trespass and obstruction of justice on Sunday evening at the Woolworth Center for Musical Studies. The Department of Public Safety received a report of an individual, who allegedly did not look like a student, at 9:30 p.m.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

News & Notes: Student death at Drexel linked to suspected case of meningitis

Do-Hyeong Myeong

A student at Drexel University, Philadelphia, diedon Mondayevening from a suspected case of meningitis type B, NBC reported.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

COMBO IV sees delays, expects to publish in April

Durva Trivedi

After significant delays,the USG project team working on the Committee on Background and Opportunity IV report is set to publish its findings by early April, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

Q&A: Susan Patton ’77, author of "Marry Smart: Advice for Finding THE ONE"

Anna Mazarakis

Susan Patton ’77 argues in her new book, “Marry Smart: Advice for Finding THE ONE” that women should work hard to find a husband, especially since they have a limited window in which they can have children.

NEWS | 03/11/2014

News & Notes: Dartmouth proposes stricter sexual assault penalties

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Dartmouth President Philip Hanlon proposed mandatory expulsion for certain cases of sexual assault ina statement on the university's websiteon Saturday. Expulsion would be mandatory in cases where students use “force, threat, or purposeful incapacitation” in order to have sexual penetration with another student, Hanlon wrote. The proposal comes as Dartmouth is under investigation by the Education Department for its handling of sexual misconduct.

NEWS | 03/09/2014

At least one Lawnparties headliner band already booked, USG says

Durva Trivedi

One of the headliners for spring Lawnparties has been confirmed, although contracts have not yet been signed, USG Social Committee chair Logan Roth ’15 announced at the meeting on Sunday night. The official announcement will be made in early April, he said. "I'd love to get people out of the clubs and out on the street together," Roth said of his plans for Lawnparties this year. The total number of headliners expected for Lawnparties remains unclear.

NEWS | 03/09/2014

Group aims to remove justice system questions from Princeton application

Sheila Sisimit

Students for Prison Education and Reform launched their Admissions Opportunity Campaign with an online petition last week.

NEWS | 03/09/2014

New graduate certificate in Computational and Information Science to be offered

Do-Hyeong Myeong and Sarah Kim

The Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering began offering a new graduate certificate in Computational and Information Science in January.Students go through specialized training in numerical analysis, computer science and programming,software engineering and statistics and data modeling to complete the program. Originally designed by computer science professor J.P.

NEWS | 03/09/2014

USG organizes 3rd annual Mental Health Week

Corinne Lowe

Princeton’s third annual Mental Health Week has taken a more interactive approach this year to increase awareness of mental health issues on campus. USG offered a variety of activities that gave students the opportunity to send postcards, make inspirational posts and t-shirts, receive free massages, take mood-screening tests and attend a variety of workshops and talks related to mental health, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said. “One of the major changes has been moving away from speakers and having more engaging activities for students,” Jackson explained.

NEWS | 03/09/2014

News & Notes: 3 in 10 Republicans would not vote for Christie, poll says

Corinne Lowe

Three in every 10 Republicans say they would not back New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie if he ran for the White House, according to a recently released Washington Post-ABC News poll. Although Christie was favored by the GOP to lead the party in 2016 after winning his reelection this past fall, he now faces two investigations, one by the state legislature and the other by U.S.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

Former inspector general of CIA discusses Snowden

Jacob Donnelly

Former CIA employee and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was a product of a culture in the intelligence community that has evolved significantly since the Cold War, Frederick Hitz ’61 said in a lecture on Thursday. Hitz is a former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency and adjunct professor at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. “It was really run like a mom-and-pop store,” Hitz said of the CIA’s clandestine service in the Cold War.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

Princeton in the Middle East program to send postgraduate fellows abroad

Sharon Deng

The Princeton in the Middle East program will send postgraduate fellows to the Middle East and North Africa next year as part of its new independent initiative and partnership with Endeavor, a nonprofit organization that sends entrepreneurs around the world. In 2012, PriME was launched under the Princeton in Africa program tosend recent graduates to the Middle East and North Africa region to acquire real work experience.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

Career Services fields complaints about internship fairs

Lorenzo Quiogue

Several students have complained about the career fairs hosted by Career Services, saying the fairs place an undue emphasis on computer science and finance. Nicholas Porto ’15, an electrical engineering concentrator, said the internship fairs are very skewed toward computer science, while the career fairs in general, despite the occasional outlier, are more focused on finance and consulting. Adam Klosowiak ’15, also an electrical engineering concentrator, said sometimes, even when the career fairs are targeted toward the humanities, recruiters still look for people with knowledge of computer software. Career Services Executive Director Pulin Sanghvi explained that a lot of financial organizations have large budgets set aside for recruitment events, whereas for other companies, going to a recruiting fair could take a major chunk out of their budget. 49 out of 77 companies registered for February's "Summer Internship Career Fair" were in the financial or computer science industries, according to a Daily Princetonian review of the list of registered employers.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

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