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U. mentoring program to undergo restructuring

U. mentoring program to undergo restructuring

Konadu Amoakuh

The Princeton University Mentoring Program, a program aimed at supporting ethnic minorities, is in the process of transitioning from three branches of mentorship programs to one inclusive program for students who identify as students of color. PUMP was originally split into the Latinos Unidos for Networking and Advising, the Black Student Union’s Leadership and Mentoring Program and the Asian American Mentoring Program. While the mentors and mentees were paired within ethnic groups under the previous construction, director of the Fields Center Tennille Haynessaid that under the new system freshmen can be paired with mentors of a different race if they wish.

NEWS | 03/25/2014

Whitman College mourns loss of Dining Services employee

Whitman College mourns loss of Dining Services employee

De Vann Sago

Eddie I. Fennell III, a Whitman College Dining Services employee, died of double pneumonia on March 8.

NEWS | 03/25/2014

Student groups face shortage of beds for Reunions

Sarah Kim

Some student groups have been allocated fewer beds for Reunions than expected this year. The Alumni Association said that beds for student interim housing have been allocated to all student groups who will be participating. “It wasn’t really an issue we thought we had to worry about, so it’s pretty frustrating right now trying to work around it,” said Charlie Wu ’16, a member of the Princeton Roaring 20 a cappella group. Mibs Southerland Mara, the associate director for Reunions, said the University has to look at each group and carefully consider the allocation of beds depending on the circumstances.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

News & Notes: Bloomberg View asks why Princeton can't be more like Harvard

Daily Princetonian Staff

Princeton and Yale do not enroll as many low-income students as Harvard does, according to a recentBloomberg View article. The article, entitled “Why Can't Yale and Princeton Be More Like Harvard?,” assessed the number of undergraduates at each institution who receive federal Pell Grants, which are provided based on financial need to an average of 41.4 percent of college students nationwide. Although about 10 percent of students at both Harvard and Yale received Pell Grantsin 2003-04, Harvard featured 20 percent of such grants by 2011-2012 compared to Yale’s 14 percent. Meanwhile, Princeton offered the grant to about 7 percent of its students in 2003-04 and about 12 percent of its students in 2011-12, Bloomberg View reported. The article also notes that Harvard started a campaign to attract more low-income students in 2004 and suggested that the initiative had a positive impact. Of those students who received the grant in 2011-2012, 75 percent had family incomes of $30,000 or less.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

News and Notes: Former Yale President Levin appointed CEO of Coursera

Jacqueline Gufford

Former Yale President Richard C. Levin was appointed CEO of Coursera, the New York Times reported Monday.Coursera is an educational company that offers online academic courses with more than 100 partner universities worldwide, including the University.Levin has formerly promoted open online educational courses similar to Coursera’s offerings.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

James Franco films scenes for ‘The Sound and the Fury’ at Princeton

James Franco films scenes for ‘The Sound and the Fury’ at Princeton

Chitra Marti

Actor James Franco was in town and later on campus Monday to film scenes for the upcoming film “The Sound and the Fury,” a period drama set in 1910.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

PPPL designing experiment to understand magnetic reconnection

Elizabeth Paul

A new experiment, the Facility for Laboratory Reconnection Experiment, is being designed at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory to further scientists’ understanding of magnetic reconnection, a process relevant to both astrophysical plasmas and plasmas within fusion reactions. PPPL Director Stewart Prager said the PPPL will host FLARE and operate it during its research phase as well as contribute technical staff and researchers.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

Leopoldo López: Hun School alumnus turned Venezuelan politician

Jacqueline Gufford

The leader of the Venezuelan opposition movement, Leopoldo López, has roots in Princeton, having graduated from Princeton’s Hun School in 1989.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

Princeton Station inaugurates new metered parking system

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The Princeton Station parking lot was outfitted with a new multispace meter system last week, supplementing existing permit spaces and ending a temporary period of free parking in the new lot, Director of Community and Regional Affairs Kristin Appelget announced.

NEWS | 03/24/2014

Crooked Root Cafe nears anniversary

Jasmine Wang

The Crooked Root Café, launched byClaire Stanton ’15 and Pamela Soffer ’15,is nearing its one-year anniversary next month.Because Soffer and Stanton studied abroad in London and Barcelona respectively in the fall of 2013, the café only recently reopened in 2014. The Latin American-inspiredcafé is student-run and was first officially opened in Murray-Dodge Hall on April 19 of 2013.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

News & Notes: Kitchen smoke prompts evacuation of Whitman College

Daily Princetonian Staff

At approximately 6:17 p.m. on Sunday fire alarms went off in Whitman College leading to an evacuation of all the students in the residential college, according to University Media SpecialistMike Caddell. Fire alarms were reportedly triggered from the smoke of an overcooked meal from the Whitman kitchen, he explained.Timothy Lau '17 and five other students were cooking a meal celebrating the end of spring break when they decided to let the smoke out from the kitchen through the window and kitchen door, Lau said. While the kitchen fire alarms were not triggered, the hallway alarms, which Lau said are more sensitive to smoke, were triggered about 15 seconds after the door was opened.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

Benjamin ’14, Mmegwa ’14, Reilly ’14 elected finalists for Young Alumni Trustee position

Sheila Sisimit

Mark Benjamin ’14, Luchi Mmegwa ’14 and Brian Reilly ’14 have been elected finalists for the position of Young Alumni Trustee for the Class of 2014. Each graduating class elects one of their members every year to serve on the University's Board of Trustees.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

News & Notes: Falk accuses Israel of "ethnic cleansing"

Daily Princetonian Staff

Richard Falk, international law professor emeritus and United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, accused Israel of “ethnic cleansing” during a news conference onMarch 21, Reuters reported. Falk, a controversial figure in the United States,spoke last month at the Universityencouraging Palestinians to empower themselves and engage in nonviolent resistance in the ongoing conflict. Falk noted at the April talk that Israeli residency laws have forced over 11,000 Palestinians out of Jerusalem since 1996, and are reminiscent of colonialism and apartheid.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

New Graduate Student Government to focus on increasing housing allocations

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The Graduate Student Government elected a new board of representatives after presenting an overview of last year's achievements on March 12, former GSG president Friederike Funk said.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

Drexel student who died from meningitis reportedly had contact with Princeton football players

Paul Phillips

The Drexel University student who died March 10 from meningitis met a number of Princeton football players at a social mixer a week before her death, local health authorities said. Stephanie Ross reportedly had close contact with one Princeton football player, Princeton Health Officer Bob Hary reportedto the Princeton Health Commissionon March 18, according to Planet Princeton.

NEWS | 03/23/2014

Updated: Christopher Lu '88 and Norman Augustine '57 GS '59 to deliver Baccalaureate and Hooding ceremony speeches

Ruby Shao

Former White House Cabinet Secretary Christopher Lu ’88 will speak at this year's Baccalaureate ceremony on June 1, the University announced Friday morning.

NEWS | 03/14/2014

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

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