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Judge rules in favor of Harvard in civil action alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants

Judge rules in favor of Harvard in civil action alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants

Mallory Williamson

On Monday, Sept. 30, Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of Harvard University in a civil-action lawsuit filed by Students for Fair Admissions, a group which alleged that Harvard discriminated against Asian-American students in its admission process.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

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General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Rooya Rahin

Milley will now hold the highest officer position in the United States military.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

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Removal of Tigerbook photos not due to U. policy change

Removal of Tigerbook photos not due to U. policy change

Zachary Shevin

Student photos have been unavailable on Tigerbook since Sept. 30.  “The issue may be related to the transition of the College Facebooks to a new publishing platform,” Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss wrote in an email to the Daily Princetonian. “If Tigerbook’s developers reach out to the Office of Information Technology, staff there can talk with them about the issue and possible solutions.”

NEWS | 10/01/2019

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Creative writing professor emeritus Edmund White receives 2019 Letters Medal

Creative writing professor emeritus Edmund White receives 2019 Letters Medal

Benjamin Ball

According to the National Book Foundation, Edmund White majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan before moving to New York City. There, he formed the Violet Quill, a casual club comprising himself as six other gay writers: Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

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EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

Naomi Hess

“We take those prices and reduce the price to anywhere between 20-50% depending on the quality of the item – how new it is, the condition of the item, the uniqueness of the item based on our inventory,” Lisa Nicolaison, who is the Engagement and Communication Coordinator at the Office of Sustainability, wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

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Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

Benjamin Ball

Also included in the report were statistics regarding fires for the 2018 year, listing five incidents on campus: one in Blair Hall, one in 1901 Hall, one in Dodge-Osborne, one in Yoseloff Hall, and one in the Lawrence Graduate apartments.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

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‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah, Microsoft president Brad Smith ’81 discuss technology in society

‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah, Microsoft president Brad Smith ’81 discuss technology in society

Linh Nguyen

The conversation oriented itself around Smith’s 2019 book, “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,” as well as Noah’s 2017 memoir, “Born a Crime.”

NEWS | 09/30/2019

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Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

David Veldran

The elder Thomas Gilbert, who graduated from the University in 1966, was a wealthy Wall Street hedge-fund banker. His death, at the age of 70, stunned the financial world. 

NEWS | 09/30/2019

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USG reviews newly approved clubs, positions at weekly meeting

USG reviews newly approved clubs, positions at weekly meeting

Benjamin Ball

Lutfah Subair ’21 presented on the new clubs approved by the Student Groups Recognition Committee (SCGC). Those clubs were the Latino Medical Students Association + Princeton University, Our Health Matters, and Hip-Hop Empowerment Conference Planning Committee.

NEWS | 09/29/2019

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Lawsuit filed against University by Lithuanian start-up over alleged illegal appropriation

Lawsuit filed against University by Lithuanian start-up over alleged illegal appropriation

Allan Shen

In June, Lithuanian start-up company Planner 5D filed a lawsuit against the University and Facebook over alleged illegal appropriation of the firm’s proprietary dataset, which consisted of three-dimensional objects and scenes.

NEWS | 09/26/2019

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Creative Writing Program begins 80th year with a reading by celebrated authors

Creative Writing Program begins 80th year with a reading by celebrated authors

Yael Marans

On Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Program in Creative Writing started off this year’s Althea Ward Clark Reading Series and the celebration of the 80th year of the program with a reading featuring distinguished authors Maxine Hong Kingston, Yusef Komunyakaa, and David Treuer ’92.

NEWS | 09/26/2019

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Gutenberg exhibition features some of the world’s earliest datable books

Gutenberg exhibition features some of the world’s earliest datable books

Paige Allen

The University Library recently opened a new exhibition in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, titled “Gutenberg & After: Europe’s First Printers 1450–1470.” Curated by Scheide Librarian Paul Needham and Curator of Rare Books Eric White, it is the first exhibition to focus on this early period of European printing, featuring loaned items from the United Kingdom never before seen in the United States and items from U.S. collections displayed outside their home libraries for the first time.

NEWS | 09/26/2019

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Joint Committee, External Review reports on Title IX to be released in October

Joint Committee, External Review reports on Title IX to be released in October

Benjamin Ball

The results of an external review of the University’s Title IX program are set to be released in October.

NEWS | 09/26/2019

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Prof. Anderson of Brown University argues for interdisciplinary study of rumination

Prof. Anderson of Brown University argues for interdisciplinary study of rumination

Haleigh Gundy

Rumination — repetitive and obsessive thoughts — are widely considered by the field of psychology to be pathological, associated with neuroticism and anxiety. However, in a lecture on Wednesday, Sept. 25, Professor Amanda Anderson offered a different view. Drawing on the field of literary analysis, she argued that rumination can be not only intrusive, but also productive and essential for ethical thought.

NEWS | 09/26/2019

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Doctors speak at U. about the status of Ukraine's healthcare system

Doctors speak at U. about the status of Ukraine's healthcare system

Kris Hristov

Two Ukrainian neurosurgeons spoke at the University about the state of their country’s health care system.

NEWS | 09/25/2019

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Prof. George petitions U.S. News rankings to factor in freedom of speech and viewpoint diversity

Prof. George petitions U.S. News rankings to factor in freedom of speech and viewpoint diversity

Hannah Wang

Robert P. George, Professor of Politics, recently launched an online petition calling upon U.S. News & World Report to take “freedom of speech and viewpoint diversity” into their rankings of institutions of higher education.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

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Peer representatives seek to increase transparency, counsel students earlier on in Honor Committee Process

Peer representatives seek to increase transparency, counsel students earlier on in Honor Committee Process

Rebecca Han

Every student accused of an Honor Code violation is entitled to a Peer Representative to guide them through the process. Prior to this semester, few on campus knew of this right. Peer Representatives are aiming to change that.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

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14 graduate programs at the University no longer require the GRE

14 graduate programs at the University no longer require the GRE

Marissa Michaels

The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is a standardized test required for admission by most graduate and professional schools in the country. Last week, the University announced that 14 of its 42 graduate programs will no longer require the test.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

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CupcakKe retires from music eight days after Lawnparties

CupcakKe retires from music eight days after Lawnparties

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

On Monday, Sept. 23, hours before she was scheduled to perform at a club in Orlando, Fla., the rapper CupcakKe announced to fans that she is retiring from music in a tearful Instagram live video. Her announcement came just eight days after her performance on the University campus, where she headlined Fall Lawnparties, organized by the Undergraduate Student Government.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

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Iranian foreign minister discusses possibility of prisoner exchange involving Xiyue Wang

Iranian foreign minister discusses possibility of prisoner exchange involving Xiyue Wang

Zachary Shevin

In an interview with NPR, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said that he “made proposals” last year that would have returned Xiyue Wang to the United States. He went on to discuss the possibility of a prisoner exchange involving Wang and an Iranian professor currently imprisoned in the United States.

NEWS | 09/24/2019

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