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Updated: Save the Dinky challenge to Dinky move dismissed by state court

Following a ruling issued by the Superior Court of New Jersey on Dec. 23 dismissing a case challenging the University's right to move the Dinky train station, plaintiffs said they are considering whether to appeal the ruling.They have untilFeb.

News & Notes: Sotomayor '76 to lead traditional 60-second count to New Year's in Times Square

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor '76 will lead the traditional 60-second countdown tomidnight on Tuesdayin Times Square. Sotomayor is the first Supreme Court justice to lead the countdown. Tim Hopkins, president of the Times Square Alliance and one of the co-organizers of the New Year's celebration, said Sotomayor, a New York native born and raised in the Bronx, was an inspiration to all. The New Year's celebration in Times Square is being co-organized by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment. In November,Sotomayor receivedthe University's Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest annual honor bestowed upon an undergraduate alumnus or alumna.

Second dose of meningitis vaccine to be administered Feb. 17-20

The second dose of the meningitis vaccine will be available fromFeb. 17 through Feb. 20, the University announcedMondayin an email to the University community. More than 5,200 individuals, or approximately 91 percent of the individuals eligible for the vaccine — including 93 percent of all undergraduate students — chose to receive the first dose.

News & Notes: Bunch '09 dies, is suspected in Ga. murder-suicide

Bryan Bunch’09 was found dead Dec. 18 in Cobb County, Ga., in an apparent murder-suicide,The Marietta Daily Journalreported.

DeZarn's trial for marijuana possession postponed to Jan. 23

The trial of Donald DeZarn,senior operations manager for Butler/Wilson Dining Services, has been postponed, according to a press release posted by a Philadelphia marijuana reform organization.

News & Notes: Harvard bomb threat allegedly sent by student hoping to avoid final exam

Bomb threats that prompted the evacuation of four Harvard buildingsonMondaywereallegedlysent by a student hoping to avoid a final exam, federal prosecutors saidTuesday according to the Harvard Crimson. Eldo Kim, a Harvard sophomore, allegedly sent emails to the Harvard Police Department, two Harvard officials and the president of the Harvard Crimson around 8:30 a.m.

Updated: 714 students, or 18.5 percent, offered early admission in third year of U.’s early action program

The University admitted 18.5 percent of an early application pool of 3,854 for the Class of 2018, eliciting excitement, shock and smiles from the 714 students who received their admission decisions on Dec.

Even after lost bid for Senate, Holt enjoys support from University-affiliated donors

“There is a bumper sticker that goes around Princeton that says ‘My Congressman is a rocket scientist’. I’ve always felt kind of proud to be able to say that we have someone representing us in Congress with Rush Holt’s intelligence and his scientific background,” former University President Shirley Tilghman said in a November interview, reflecting on Holt’s popularity among Princeton constituents.Holt has represented New Jersey’s 12th congressional district in the U.S.

Underclassmen advising program struggles to recruit advisers from certain departments

A number of freshmen and sophomores selecting spring courses this week encountered difficulty receiving department-specific advice from their academic advisers.No advisers represent the architecture, mathematics, philosophy and religion departments for the 2013-14 academic year, according to residential college websites.The molecular biology department is most represented at nine advisers, closely followed by the history and computer science departments and the Wilson School.The advising program has struggled to recruit advisers from certain departments, and cannot necessarily pair students with advisers who share their academic interests.While some students and faculty called for matching students and advisers by discipline, administrators and other faculty said a mismatch in adviser-advisee interest does not greatly affect students’ advising experience.“It would have been helpful for someone to give me advice about specific courses and professors and about things that specifically relate to my interests, rather than general course advice," Molly Fisch-Friedman ’16, an intended politics concentrator whose adviser is from the astrophysics department, said.

As ex-officio trustee, Gov. Christie's role in Princeton affairs unclear

While New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has made several high-profile appearances on campus in recent months, his involvement in University affairs as an ex-officio trustee, relative to those who have held his position in the past, is less clear.As ex-officio trustee, Christie serves on the Board of Trustees by virtue of his role as governor rather than by being elected to the position.

Updated: 5 juniors awarded SINSI scholarship

Five members of the Class of 2015 have been awarded Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative fellowships by the Wilson School, allowing them to pursue two-year Master in Public Affairs degrees at the Wilson School in preparation for careers in the U.S.

Gas leak may have been caused by digging outside marked-out area

The Dec. 2 gas leak outside of Eno Hall that caused 500 individuals to evacuate 11 campus buildings may have been caused by digging outside the area that had been approved by state public utilities company PSE&G, according to PSE&G spokesperson Kristine Lloyd. The leak occurredwhen a backhoe struck a gas main while construction workers were working.

Course brings new perspective on American Muslims to campus

A new seminar course, AMS 339: Religion and Culture: Muslims in America, will be offered next semester and has already become overenrolled with interested students.

News & Notes: In midst of meningitis outbreak, UCSB parents demand access to vaccine

As the emergency meningitis vaccine campaign at the University enters its fourth day with 4,361 students and select community members vaccinated, the parents of students at the University of California, Santa Barbara want their children to receive the vaccine as well,NBC News reported. Four students at UCSB have fallen ill with meningitis caused by a bacterial strain slightly different from the one that has caused the Princeton outbreak.

Three years after program restructuring, number of Marshall and Rhodes scholars remains unchanged

In December 2009, the University drew criticism when it fired then-Associate Dean of the College Frank Ordiway ’81, who oversaw postgraduate fellowship advising.

Trust funding Dinky, property tax challenges against University started at $120,000

A pending lawsuit challenging the University’s property tax exemption is funded by a trust for litigation in the public interest.

Lewis ’55: executive, University trustee, marijuana activist

Peter Lewis ’55, who, as the CEO of Progressive Insurance, was notable for being a champion of individuals taking charge of their own decisions, conveyed the same message as a young eating club officer at Princeton. As treasurer of the now defunct Dial Lodge Club, which occupied the building that now holds the Bendheim Center for Finance, Lewis once resolved a conflict by appealing the president to make a decision, rather than wait for an informal consensus to be reached.“We had a difficult problem with a lot of hemming and hawing where different solutions were proposed,” Richard May ’55, then-Dial Lodge president and a classmate of Lewis, said.

Appiah to leave U. for NYU

Kwame Anthony Appiah, currently the Laurance S.

News & Notes: As of Tuesday, 3,355 receive meningitis vaccine

News & Notes: Three men rescued from Lake Carnegie after becoming stranded on dam

Three men contracted to perform work on Lake Carnegie were rescued after their boat became stranded on a dam, according to a Princeton Police Department press release. The men were working to install aeration devices on the lake to keep it from freezing when their boat experienced steering difficulties and drifted onto the dam, where it became stuck. The Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Princeton Fire Department, Kingston Fire Department and patrols responded to a report of boaters in distress, and the three men were rescued.