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‘splash,’ ‘Saheli’ win big at Princeton Pitch

The Daily Princetonian

‘splash,’ ‘Saheli’ win big at Princeton Pitch

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The two $1,000 first prizes for Princeton Pitch went to the creators of “splash,” a free application that allows users to share media based on location, and the developers of “Saheli,” a catering service that aims to help Indian women escape the sex trade. Students dressed in business attire crowded into Dodds Auditorium for the annual competition hosted by the Entrepreneurship Club, which gives participants 60 seconds to pitch their startup ideas, in for-profit or social entrepreneurship tracks, to a panel of judges for cash prizes.

NEWS | 11/25/2013

Concern over meningitis outbreak impacts Big Sibs, Princeton Disabilities Awareness carnival

The Daily Princetonian

Concern over meningitis outbreak impacts Big Sibs, Princeton Disabilities Awareness carnival

Angela Wang and James Evans

Several campus organizations have had their events cancelled or seen reduced participation due to concerns by outside groups over the outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton.The Big Sibs mentoring program by the Class of 2016 has had two events with its elementary school mentees cancelled, and a Princeton Disabilities Awareness event this weekend saw much lower attendance than predicted.

NEWS | 11/24/2013
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Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

The Daily Princetonian

Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

Emily Tseng

Updated 11/24, 9:07 p.m. A female student was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized late on Thursdayin the eighth case of the disease to strike the University community since March. The student developed symptoms of the diseaseon Wednesdaynight, when she went to University Health Services at McCosh Health Center.

NEWS | 11/22/2013

Alan Krueger speaks on serving 'in the nation's service' as the President's chief economist

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Alan Krueger speaks on serving 'in the nation's service' as the President's chief economist

Paul Phillips

Alan Krueger, the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Wilson School and former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, reflected on the differences between policymaking and academia in a lecture this past Thursday.Krueger served as chairman of the CEA from November 2011 to August 2013 and came back to teach at the University this fall.Krueger explained that although some skills, including persistence and the ability to write and communicate, are necessary for both academia and policy work, policy makers need quite different skills from academics.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

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Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

Anna Mazarakis

For incumbent USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, reelection would mean “moving forward” and building on his current term. “Essentially, the message that I want to get across is that now that I’ve been on USG for about a year as president,” Jackson said, “I don’t just want to stay stagnant, but I want to learn from the mistakes that I made this past year and learn from the successes and then carry that forward into the next year.” Headded that he is running for president because he has enjoyed this past year and would like to continue working on projects in the future now that he has an understanding of what the USG can do. Originally unopposed, Jackson faces a challenge from Class of 2015 senator Zach Ogle, whowon his appealto run in the election Sunday evening. “Even though I’ve been president this past year, if I am reelected, it doesn’t mean that I would do my term the same exact way as I did the past year.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

News & Notes: Case of meningitis reported at Monmouth U., strain unclear

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: Case of meningitis reported at Monmouth U., strain unclear

Daily Princetonian Staff

A case of meningitis was reported at nearby Monmouth University on Thursday,The Star-Ledger reported. The diagnosis comes on the heels of the University's decision to provide two rounds of meningitis vaccines to the campus community. A Monmouth employee has been hospitalized and is "gravely ill,"according to a letter sent to the school by President Paul Brown, though a university spokeswoman said the strain of the bacteria is unknown.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

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Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Anna Mazarakis

Despite a late start to campaigning, Zach Ogle ’15 said he will rely on his perspectives as a student in USG and in other campus groups to win the campus vote, emphasizing the importance of increased outreach to student groups. “I’m running for USG president because I feel like USG can do a much better job of reaching out to non-USG students,” Ogle said.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Q&A: Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit

The Daily Princetonian

Q&A: Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit

Paul Phillips

After delivering a lecture on entrepreneurship in the age of the Internet, founder of social media site Reddit Alexis Ohanian sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss the social media influences he looked to when founding the company and the future of the startup industry.Daily Princetonian: At the time you founded Reddit, what social media exerted an influence on you?Alexis Ohanian: What’s wild is that “social media” didn’t even exist.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of world wide web

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Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of world wide web

Paul Phillips

Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of Internet. While the earth is most certainly round, the Internet is flat and can be the world’s largest stage from which everyone has the opportunity to learn, Alexis Ohanian, the founder of online forum Reddit, told a crowd of Princeton students on Wednesday in a lecture about Reddit’s founding and the field of entrepreneurship. Having grown up with the World Wide Web, younger generations have had the advantage of understanding the Internet better than the “incumbents,” or older generation — a “huge advantage that we all need to capitalize on,” Ohanian said. Ohanian also offered his advice on entrepreneurship by noting that the difference between entrepreneurs is not whether or not one has great ideas.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

Would you get the meningitis vaccine?

76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

Konadu Amoakuh and Joseph Sheehan Joe

Out of a total of 259 students interviewed by The Daily Princetonian between Tuesday and Wednesday, 197, or 76 percent, said they plan to get a vaccine not yet licensed in the United States that will be offered by the University to combat a campus outbreak of type B meningitis. Since March, six students and one visitor have been hospitalized with the disease.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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