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Colson Whitehead speaks about his novel, ‘The Underground Railroad’

Colson Whitehead speaks about his novel, ‘The Underground Railroad’

Catherine Benedict

“I considered myself a writer, but didn’t write anything,” Whitehead said. “Eventually I gathered my forces and wrote two five-page stories to audition for the creative writing classes, but I was turned down each time.”

NEWS | 03/06/2017

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Men's hockey advances to second round of tournament

Men's hockey advances to second round of tournament

Jack Graham

The Princeton men’s ice hockey season this year can be viewed as one long comeback. Situated in the cellar of the ECAC for much of the beginning of the season, the team clawed back to earn a No. 7 seed and home ice for the first round of the conference tournament. However, this pales in comparison to the comeback pulled by the team in this weekend’s three-game playoff series against Colgate. Literally a second from elimination, Princeton fought back to win the series and advance in the tournament. 

NEWS | 03/06/2017

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Day of Action sparks discussion about science's role in society

Day of Action sparks discussion about science's role in society

Ariel Chen

Members of the University science community gathered on the Day of Action to discuss the importance of science and its historical and current role in the political climate.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

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Reich ’04 charged with manipulating LIBOR for profit

Reich ’04 charged with manipulating LIBOR for profit

Norman Xiong

Reich and Contogoulas’ manipulation of LIBOR rates entailed serving as middlemen between the Barclays U.S. dollar swaps trading desks and the U.S. dollar rate submitters in London, requesting specific rates that would make their own trading more lucrative.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

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Tigers lock up second place, will face Harvard on Saturday

Tigers lock up second place, will face Harvard on Saturday

Chris Murphy

Coming into this weekend, the Tigers knew that they would be invited to the inaugural Ivy League tournament. What they didn’t know, however, was if they would be there defending a regular season title or just looking to turn a second or third place finish into a spot in the Big Dance this March.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

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USG confirms new committee members, discusses housing guide update

USG confirms new committee members, discusses housing guide update

Catherine Benedict

In its weekly meeting on Mar. 5, the Undergraduate Student Government confirmed new committee members, recapped a meeting on student health care and Mental Health Week, and deliberated future steps for the student room guide.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

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Class of 2012 changes Reunions stormtrooper costumes after complaints of Nazi references

Class of 2012 changes Reunions stormtrooper costumes after complaints of Nazi references

Audrey Spensley

The Class of 2012 decided to change their costume choice for their Star Wars-theme at Reunions in response to one classmate’s concerns about the term “storm trooper,” which has connections to Nazi Germany.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

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Deer crashes through Forbes College

Deer crashes through Forbes College

Jisu Jeong

“We heard banging on the window, and went to go look to see what happening, and then as we turned the corner in the annex, we saw the deer inside the building, and we saw all the broken glass, and we starting running the opposite way because we were obviously scared of the deer,” Shaw said.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

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Bell’s last-second shot lifts Princeton over Harvard

Bell’s last-second shot lifts Princeton over Harvard

David Liu

In the most important game of the season, the Princeton Tigers showed last night why they are the best team in the Ivy League.

NEWS | 03/04/2017

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Weber ’89 discusses need for media objectivity, accuracy

Weber ’89 discusses need for media objectivity, accuracy

Marcia Brown

The degree of polarization – especially among media outlets – is at a zenith, Tom Weber ’89 asserted at the Princeton Social Media Day.

NEWS | 03/04/2017

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Graham Richard ’69 champions advanced, sustainable energy through business and technology

Graham Richard ’69 champions advanced, sustainable energy through business and technology

Nouran Ibrahim

“We take energy for granted,” Richard said, recalling the devastating Hurricane Sandy, which left thousands of individuals across the East Coast without electricity for days in October 2012. Richard said that he believes a realignment of energy sourcing can be the answer to problems such as those that arise after natural disasters when only traditional energy sources are available.

NEWS | 03/03/2017

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Kimberlé Crenshaw, activist and professor, discusses underrepresentation of intersectional identities

Kimberlé Crenshaw, activist and professor, discusses underrepresentation of intersectional identities

Claire Thornton

Crenshaw argued that we must acknowledge painful truths in order to achieve equality. She said we must acknowledge that constitutional language centered around the idea of the individual prevents the administration of justice to people who have been systemically discriminated against because of their membership to a particular group.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

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Greitens discusses increases in Chinese security spending

Greitens discusses increases in Chinese security spending

Sam Oh

In a public lecture on March 2, Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri and First Lady of Missouri, spoke about increases in security spending in the People’s Republic of China from the late 20th century to present. Greitens is a leading scholar in comparative politics and international relations in East Asia. In a small, densely packed room of professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students, Greitens challenged listeners to look beyond Western media projections of Chinese security spending and truly analyze released statistics. She emphasized the need to depart from media preconceptions about Chinese security spending, as well as the need to carefully analyze what few numerical sources the Chinese government releases to the international community. “The lecture that I am presenting today is focused on China,” Greitens explained, “but is also focused on trying to put some numbers that we often hear from China that we often hear in the media and the press and in the policy world in the cross national perspective and see what this means for China.” Greitens began by rebutting the media-created gloom that appears to surround the rise of China’s security spending.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

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Snider ’17 receives $246K in poker tournament win

Snider ’17 receives $246K in poker tournament win

Abhiram Karuppur

Bradley Snider ’17, who served as the president of the Princeton Poker Club, received $246,000 in prize money for winning the Freeze-Out event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in August of 2016. He plans to attend the World Series of Poker tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada this summer. Snider defeated 529 other players at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open to win the Freeze-Out event, where he had to initially place a bet of $2,650 in order to participate.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

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​U. lobbies for BRIDGE Act, DACA

​U. lobbies for BRIDGE Act, DACA

Katie Petersen

Recent developments in Washington, D.C., have prompted considerable reaction on the University’s campus over the past three months, from faculty panels to an Immigration Day of Action.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

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Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella discusses role of diversity, justice in democracy

Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella discusses role of diversity, justice in democracy

Samuel Garfinkle

“Here I am, 70 years later... all because the phoenix that rose from the ashes of Auschwitz was justice.”

NEWS | 03/01/2017

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Monique Claiborne ’17 wins Luce Scholarship for yearlong internship in Asia

Monique Claiborne ’17 wins Luce Scholarship for yearlong internship in Asia

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Monique Claiborne ’17 was awarded a Luce Scholarship, which allows her to spend a year in Asia, where she will work as an intern in arts and entertainment in Seoul, South Korea. Claiborne, a philosophy major from Opelousas, Louisiana, said she will pursue work at a record label, film production studio, or arts magazine.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

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Refugees caught in global sociopolitical turmoil, says David Miliband

Refugees caught in global sociopolitical turmoil, says David Miliband

Audrey Spensley

President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband travels all over the world to support refugees. Yet he started his lecture, “The Global Refugee Crisis and What To Do About It,” by pointing out his connection to the University.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

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Stem cell registration drive sets record

Stem cell registration drive sets record

Marcia Brown

For two days in Frist Campus Center, students ran a bone marrow match swabbing drive at a central table.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

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Seniors say farewell to Jadwin in final weekend homestand

Seniors say farewell to Jadwin in final weekend homestand

Chris Murphy

For four years, women's basketball seniors Taylor Brown, Vanessa Smith, and Jackie Reyneke have made Jadwin Gymnasium their home. On Saturday, they walked off the court for their final time at Jadwin, capping a wild and record-setting four years for the Class of 2017.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

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