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Falk encourages Palestinian use of ‘soft power’ in conflict with Israel

Falk encourages Palestinian use of ‘soft power’ in conflict with Israel

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Palestinians should continue to pursue self-empowerment, legal justice and peaceful resistance in their ongoing territorial conflict with Israel, international law professor emeritus Richard Falk said during the 11thannual Edward W.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Biographer discusses personal aspects of Wilson’s presidency

Biographer discusses personal aspects of Wilson’s presidency

Corinne Lowe

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University trustee A. Scott Berg ’71 gave a lecture on Tuesday on the life of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, depicting Wilson as a president deeply influenced by his regional and religious background and reluctant to take a stand against racism and women’s suffrage. Berg’s Woodrow Wilson biography, published in the fall of 2013, is a New York Times best seller whose rights were recently been purchased by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Confusion surrounding vaccination and blood drives resolved

Charles Kyungchan Min

Individuals who received the meningococcal disease vaccine were not originally eligible to donate blood because of the vaccine's unlicensed status in the United States.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

News & Notes: 1,162 receive second dose of meningitis vaccine on first day of clinic

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

A total of 1,162 eligible individuals received the second vaccination dose against meningococcal-B on Monday, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

News & Notes: Painting allegedly punched at Ivy

Chitra Marti

A painting was allegedly punched and damaged last Friday in Ivy Club, according to a press release by the Princeton Police Department. Police were called to the club on the report that someone had punched and damaged a painting in the club, the release said.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

Wantchekon strives for ‘pan-African’ university

Catherine Duazo

Politics professor Leonard Wantchekon, prison activist turned professor, is in the process of founding a university in Africa, which he hopes will become a “pan-African” university that would provide students with a “modern American-style university” experience.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

Princeton says no injuries due to ice, but students report falling

Jasmine Wang

The University is not aware of any injuries caused as a result of the sheets of ice that have covered sidewalks around campus after several snowstorms hit the east coast over the last few weeks, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

USG sponsors Violence Intervention and Prevention week

Ruby Shao

The USG is sponsoring aViolence Intervention and Prevention week dedicated to educating students about issues related tosexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. Students this week will have the opportunity to attend lectures, study breaks, performances and discussions that deal with topics ofpower-based personal violence. The USG collaborated with Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education, the residential colleges’ directors of student life and the Women’s Center to create the initiative. USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, who proposed the project, said that the idea came to him at a meeting in which several officers were discussing the USG promotion of an upcoming lecture by sexual assault expert David Lisak.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

USG discusses PrinceTHON project

Sheila Sisimit

USG Social Chair Logan Roth ’15 presented the PrinceTHON project to the Senate at the first meeting of the new administration on Sunday night. According to its website, PrinceTHON has started "a year-long effort of innovative projects to unite the community and fundraise for big impact causes, culminating in Princeton’s first dance marathon" which will take place on April 5.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

News & Notes: Patton '77 writes new op-ed

Ruby Shao

Susan Patton '77 wrote a new column advising women to invest most of their efforts in finding a husband rather than establishing a career.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

Wrestling comes from behind again to defeat Columbia, easily dispatches two others

Jack Rogers

For the second consecutive weekend, Coach Chris Ayres’ grapplers continued to streak in regular season competition, as they once again went three for three in dual matches.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

U. physicists install underground detector in search of clues about dark matter

Elizabeth Paul

An international collaboration led by physicists from the University installed an underground detector in September with the hope of discoveringa new fundamental particle that could account for dark matter.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

Survey is first step in reevaluation of grade deflation

Chitra Marti

A survey sent out to all undergraduate students on Feb.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

Updated: Two seniors awarded Pyne Prize

Sheila Sisimit

Joe Barrett ’14 and Isabel Kasdin ’14 were this year’s recipients of the 2014 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize.

NEWS | 02/14/2014

Updated: Gore named Class Day speaker

Anna Mazarakis

Former Vice President Al Gore will speak to the Class of 2014 at this year’s Class Day, the University announcedFriday. Gore, who served as Vice President for President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 2001, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for his activism on climate change. “We were very excited when Al Gore accepted our invitation to speak at Class Day,” Class Day co-chair Alisa Tiwari '14 said in an interview.

NEWS | 02/14/2014

News and Notes: Student charged with drug possession had suspected Ritalin

Lorenzo Quiogue

The student who was arrested for suspected drug possession on Feb. 2had three pills of Ritalin and less than 50 grams of marijuana, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

News and Notes: Princeton region running short on road salt

Sheila Sisimit

Due to the successive winter storms, the statewide demand for salt has exceeded the capacity of suppliers, resulting in a regional shortage of road salt, the Princeton Packet reported. A 100-ton salt shipment was expected to arrive at Princeton on Thursday, but it is now expected to arrive early next week, and it may not be the full order, Mayor Liz Lempert said. As of Thursday, Princeton had only half the amount of salt the municipality uses during snowstorms.As a result, the Department of Public Works employees will use a combination of salt and sand in order to clear smaller roads. The director of emergency management has the power to implement the Princeton Emergency Action Plan due to the state of emergency, and Princeton agencies are able to use property owned by Princeton to protect life and property. The removal of cars from the streets and unnecessary traffic is also required. Municipal offices and public schools in the area were closed on Thursday.Garbage collection was suspended for Thursday and is expected to resume Friday.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

Following suicide attempt, student filed complaint against Princeton alleging discrimination

Chitra Marti

In February 2012, a freshman was allegedly asked to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt, according to a discrimination complaintfiled with the United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.The student attempted to fight the administration's decision, the July 2012 complaint read, but ultimately left for two semesters. The complaint was initially dismissed in January 2013 by the OCR, although the student's lawyers allege that the determination was incorrect and are appealing the decision.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

Forbes, Whitman Students to participate in pilot exchange program

Corinne Lowe

Both Forbes College and Whitman College will be participating in a pilot exchange program, Global Exchange, with schools in Hong Kong and Cambridge, United Kingdom this upcoming spring break. Five students from Forbes will spend the break at St.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

New USG members appointed

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The USG senate approved selected appointees for a range of positions last weekend, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said. Although public elections took place in November, only one student ran for Class of 2015 senator then, prompting Jackson and Class of 2015 president Jonathan Ma ’15 to send out additional application notices. Nihar Madhavan ’15 will serve alongside Mariana Bagneris ’15 as 2015 class senator.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

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