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University spent more than $60,000 replacing stolen dishes

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University spent more than $60,000 replacing stolen dishes

Charlie Roth

Over the past two academic years, the University has spent over $73,000 replacing plates, bowls and cutlery that is taken by students from the dining hall. The largest expense has been the $44,000 spent on replacing 4,440 plates and 2,240 missing bowls.

NEWS | October 6

Vandalism targeting Israel found on campus, DPS opens second bias incident

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Vandalism targeting Israel found on campus, DPS opens second bias incident

Elisabeth Stewart

Last weekend, several students discovered anti-Israel stickers around campus. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is currently investigating this as a bias incident — the second one in the month of September. Earlier last month, anti-Palestinian flyers were found outside of Spelman Hall.

NEWS | October 4

Suspensions (not served), explained

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Suspensions (not served), explained

Isabel Yip

The Committee on Discipline (COD) has introduced a new discipline sanction, suspension (not served), which will allow some suspended students to remain on campus. The Honor Committee is now considering adopting the same measure.

NEWS | October 4

University introduces five brand-new minors for 2024–25 academic year

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University introduces five brand-new minors for 2024–25 academic year

Sena Chang and Emily Leon

The University has officially introduced five new minors for the 2024–25 academic year: bioengineering, European studies, history of art, mathematics, and religion. Sixteen existing certificate programs have also recently transitioned into minors.

NEWS | October 4

Princeton will resume fossil fuel research funding, stop disclosure from dissociated companies

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Princeton will resume fossil fuel research funding, stop disclosure from dissociated companies

Victoria Davies

The University announced Thursday that it will resume accepting research funding from fossil fuel companies that fail to meet dissociation criteria. It will also “no longer publish the names of companies that meet the dissociation criteria and with which Princeton has had a relationship in the recent past.”

The University announced Thursday that it will no longer accept research funding from fossil fuel companies that fail to meet dissociation criteria. It will also “no longer publish the names of companies that meet the dissociation criteria and with which Princeton has had a relationship in the recent past.”

NEWS | October 3

Annual DPS report saw ‘significant rise’ in liquor law violations, drug and criminal offenses down

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Annual DPS report saw ‘significant rise’ in liquor law violations, drug and criminal offenses down

Victoria Davies and Vivien Wong

The 2024 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report has been published, and highlights an increase in liquor law violations and decrease in drug law violations and criminal offenses, as well as five incidents of fire. The report also notes some updates to the University statue of limitations for reporting offenses.

NEWS | October 3

Gen. Mark Milley ’80 reflects on U.S. foreign policy challenges in Afghanistan and war in Gaza

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Gen. Mark Milley ’80 reflects on U.S. foreign policy challenges in Afghanistan and war in Gaza

Sena Chang

Milley, currently serving as SPIA’s Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor, discussed the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and regional security in the Middle East more broadly at an event Wednesday. His talk was the fourth installment in the SPIA Dean’s Leadership Series.

NEWS | October 3

Departments still lack unified ChatGPT policy, continue adapting to generative AI

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Departments still lack unified ChatGPT policy, continue adapting to generative AI

Olivia Sanchez and Achilleas Koukas

Over a year after the release of a University-wide memo recommending ChatGPT and generative AI guidelines, academic departments continue to lack unified policies regarding usage of these tools. The Daily Princetonian reached out to the head of every department that offers an undergraduate major, and only one has a department-specific policy: Economics.

NEWS | October 2

Tent cards promoting the new ‘Protests and Free Expression’ website placed around campus

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Tent cards promoting the new ‘Protests and Free Expression’ website placed around campus

Nikki Han

This past week, tent cards advertising the University’s “Protests and Free Expression” website have been placed on the tables at the four Residential College dining halls, Frist Campus Center, and campus cafés. The tent cards have been introduced by the University as part of a series of initiatives to promote the website around campus, though their effects on the student body seem to be limited.

NEWS | October 2

Campus Grounds cuts down two trees, prepares for fall foliage

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Campus Grounds cuts down two trees, prepares for fall foliage

Hallie Graham

The Princeton Campus Grounds Team cut down two trees this season so far: one in Joline courtyard and one tree on Cannon Green. The Daily Princetonian talked to Rob Staudt, the assistant director of Campus Grounds, about the team's preparations for fall foliage and landscaping.

NEWS | October 2

Witherspoon statue to remain on campus, Board of Trustees conclude

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Witherspoon statue to remain on campus, Board of Trustees conclude

Christopher Bao

The Princeton University Board of Trustees has rejected the removal of John Witherspoon’s statue from campus, according to a letter released on Wednesday. Community members petitioned for the statue's removal in 2022 based on Witherspoon's legacy as a slave owner. The Trustees left the door open for future consideration of the statue's presence on campus to the Campus Art Steering Committee.

NEWS | October 2

Inside Clio Hall: Three claims made by a protester under oath

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Inside Clio Hall: Three claims made by a protester under oath

Vitus Larrieu and Isabella Dail

In a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday, one of the protesters arrested for occupying Clio Hall in April faced questioning under oath regarding what happened inside the building. Here are the highlights from their testimony.

NEWS | October 2

Prof. Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur grant amid protest investigation

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Prof. Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur grant amid protest investigation

Annie Rupertus

African American Studies professor Ruha Benjamin has been awarded a MacArthur “genius grant,” the University announced Tuesday, Oct. 1. Later that day, Benjamin shared on X an exchange with University Communications revealing that the University opened an investigation into her involvement in the Clio Hall occupation in April. The MacArthur Fellowship, which is awarded to 22 scholars, writers, and artists each year, comes with an $800,000 award disbursed over a five-year period.

NEWS | October 2

Judge declines to grant plea deal for Clio Hall protesters

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Judge declines to grant plea deal for Clio Hall protesters

Olivia Sanchez and Miriam Waldvogel

Princeton Municipal Court Judge John McCarthy III ’69 declined to accept a plea deal on Tuesday for six of the 13 University affiliates arrested for briefly occupying Clio Hall in April. The six protesters will have to decide whether to plead guilty to the original defiant trespassing charge, successfully negotiate a different deal, or go to trial.

NEWS | October 2

Two grad students arrested in McCosh courtyard will pay $33 each in fines

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Two grad students arrested in McCosh courtyard will pay $33 each in fines

Olivia Sanchez and Miriam Waldvogel

The two graduate students arrested in the first moments of Princeton’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” pled guilty to a municipal noise ordinance on Tuesday. In accepting the deal, they will each pay $33 in court fees. Judge John McCarthy III ’69 waived the accompanying $100 municipal noise ordinance fines for each person.

NEWS | October 2

From ‘Colo’ club member to Colo. Governor: Jared Polis ’96 speaks at Whig-Clio event

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From ‘Colo’ club member to Colo. Governor: Jared Polis ’96 speaks at Whig-Clio event

Cynthia Torres

The American Whig-Cliosophic Society hosted a virtual conversation with Colorado governor Jared Polis ’96 on Monday, Sept. 30, to discuss bipartisanship, identity, and current political issues facing Colorado and the U.S.

NEWS | October 1

CPUC announces feedback process on Israel divestment proposal

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CPUC announces feedback process on Israel divestment proposal

Bridget O’Neill and Laila Hartman-Sigall

Chair of the Resources Committee John Groves announced a “community input process,” marking the first major step from the University towards establishing a process to consider divestment. The meeting also featured a presentation about protest and free expression policies.

NEWS | October 1

Dr. Jud Brewer ’96 visits Princeton to ‘unwind’ the habit of anxiety

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Dr. Jud Brewer ’96 visits Princeton to ‘unwind’ the habit of anxiety

Isabella Dail

Dr. Jud Brewer ’96 visited campus on Friday, Sept. 20 to talk about anxiety and methods to manage those feelings, tying in experiences from his own life with topics from his book, “Unwinding Anxiety.”

NEWS | October 1

SJP hosts vigil for Palestine, Lebanon, and Marcellus Williams

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SJP hosts vigil for Palestine, Lebanon, and Marcellus Williams

Isabella Dail

On Monday, Sept. 30, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) hosted a vigil to honor Palestine, Lebanon, and Marcellus Williams in East Pyne Courtyard. There, Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest (PIAD) alleged that the Department of Public Safety (PSAFE) is contacting students who have been involved in pro-Palestine protests on campus.

NEWS | October 1

Effron Center reconsiders ‘Latino’ terminology amid conversations on gender, geography

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Effron Center reconsiders ‘Latino’ terminology amid conversations on gender, geography

Sena Chang

The Program in Latino Studies (LAO) at the Effron Center for the Study of America has opened discussions about a possible name change, taking the current terminology's implications about gender and geography into account.

NEWS | September 30

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