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Christmas tree stands tall in Palmer Square

Christmas tree stands tall in Palmer Square

Standing approximately 70 feet in height, the Norwegian spruce tree rooted in the green at the center of Palmer Square is currently dressed in 32,000 lights. Earlier in December, the evergreen tree made the annual transformation into the town’s Christmas tree.

NEWS | 12/12/2012

At Brown, former WWS dean wins favorable reviews

Half a year since leaving her position as dean of the Wilson School to become president of Brown, Christina Paxson is still establishing her place at Brown but has thus far won favorable reviews from several student and faculty leaders.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

For Supreme Court judge, controversy familiar friend

When Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia visits campus, controversy tends to follow. Scalia visited the University in 2001 and 2008 and faced pointed questions and protests about his Supreme Court decisions.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

News & Notes: Column by Kitchener '14 on sexual assault published in The Guardian

A column written by history concentrator Caroline Kitchener ’14 called “When sexual assault counseling in US colleges is not confidential” was published in The Guardian on Tuesday.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

Committee reports 6-month delay in nationwide hunt for new head of research

Dean for Research A.J. Stewart Smith will remain in his current post for an additional six months as the search committee for his replacement will be unable to name a successor by the Jan. 1 deadline.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

Website for presidential search adds voting function

Princetonpresident.com, a website created by visiting professor Mark Alexander and his American Studies seminar AMS 313: The Law of Democracy to gather suggestions regarding the presidential search process, now has an added voting component offering students the chance to choose from among five candidates identified by the class as the strongest and most popular choices to replace outgoing University president Shirley Tilghman.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

Jewish Center sets world record for most menorahs lit in one place

With the lighting of 834 menorahs in the Princeton Airport on Tuesday evening, organizers from the Jewish Center of Princeton set a new Guinness World Record.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

Challenging a Justice

In the span of less than a day, Duncan Hosie ’16 — a San Francisco native interested in constitutional law — has attained international recognition for questioning Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia about his comparison of laws banning homosexuality to laws banning bestiality and murder.

NEWS | 12/11/2012

Q-and-A: Kurtzer on Middle East

After spending 29 years in the U.S. Foreign Service and serving as ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Wilson School professor Daniel Kurtzer joined the University faculty in 2005. On Tuesday, he will deliver a lecture on the latest bout of violence and turmoil in the Middle East. Before the lecture, The Daily Princetonian asked Kurtzer about his views on recent Middle East affairs.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Scalia defends gay rights position

On the heels of the announcement that the Supreme Court will hear two cases regarding gay marriage, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia defended some of his more controversial decisions concerning gay rights in a lecture Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

News & Notes: USG committee to pursue election reform

A USG hoc committee is examining ways to improve its election process and plans to make recommendations of revisions to the election handbook for USG Senate approval in January. The formation of the committee follows discussions within the student government about “invisible primaries” that lead to unopposed races.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Career Services presents changes

As Career Services celebrates its 100th year, the agency, which faced questions regarding its focus on financial industry jobs, discussed changes to its strategy at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

U. uses reaccreditation to choose priorities

The University is in the early stages of applying for reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a process that — though unlikely to result in de-accreditation — offers the University a chance to reassess its institutional mission and priorities. The University will receive the results of the evaluation in June 2014.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Senior, Whig-Clio launch online debate platform

A new website to be launched Monday exclusively for University students aims to serve as a platform for debate and as a hub for students to anonymously pose questions and answers.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

@Princeton Twitter changes hands

In recent months, the University’s Twitter feed has included fewer conversations and interactions with followers and more links to websites with information. This could reflect a shift from a focus on communicating with current community members to shaping the University’s external image, according to a consultant of social media for higher education institutions.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

USG proposes amendments

The USG took the first of two votes on adopting a package of 30 amendments to its constitution at the USG Senate meeting Sunday night. If the Senate passes them a second time at its next meeting, they will be adopted into the constitution.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

Looming fiscal cliff threatens U. research

The University could face severe cuts in research funding and a shrinking endowment in the near future if Congress fails to reach a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff, which will trigger an array of automatic tax increases and budget cuts on Jan. 1.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

New group alleges free speech violations by U.

In order to encourage campus-wide conversation and protect student speech, Elan Kugelmass ’14 and Vivienne Chen ’14 are launching a new group on campus called Princetonians for Individual Rights in Education, which was approved by the Student Groups Recognition Committee on Thursday.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

News & Notes: Consolidated Princeton unveils new town logo

The consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township in three weeks won’t just usher a new governing structure — it will also inaugurate a new logo for the consolidated community. On Wednesday, the new government and the Arts Council of Princeton unveiled the new logo, which was decided on after a competition solicited 75 entries.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

News & Notes: Mullen latest of top U.S. officials to be hacked

The FBI is currently investigating an attempted hack by foreigners of the computer of Wilson School visiting professor and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

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