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Office of Sustainability hires interns for Reunions greening efforts

Office of Sustainability hires interns for Reunions greening efforts

Marcia Brown

The Office of Sustainability chose three interns for the spring semester to design and implement projects to make Reunions more sustainable, according to Director of the Office of Sustainability Shana Weber. Internship applications were solicited through an email circulated mostly within sustainability groups at the University.Weber said that members of the Office met with all students who expressed interest and then asked the students to return with proposals for ideas brought up in the meeting. According to Weber, the Office looked for candidates who demonstrated problem-solving abilities, well-organized thinking, clarity around purpose as well as initiative and teamwork.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Stephen Kotkin: Scholar of Soviet history, encouraging mentor

Andie Ayala

Known for his exhaustive and rigorous HIS 362 class on the Soviet Empire,Stephen Kotkin is a history professor who holds a joint appointment at the Wilson School.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Average semester GPA rises after grade deflation policy repeal, changes not significant for introductory courses

Zaynab Zaman

The average University Grade Point Average for the fall 2015 semester was 3.400, the highest semester average GPA attained at the University.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Mercer County Prosecutor's Office finds no wrongdoing in Perry case

Jessica Li

The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office released its findings from a preliminary investigation intoallegationsof police mistreatment made by Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studiesat the University, revealing no wrongdoing on the part of the officer, according toFirst Assistant Prosecutor Doris Galuchie. Perry declined to comment. Perry wasstoppedfor speeding on Feb.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

George Deek discusses diversity in the Middle East

Maya Wesby

Actions of inciting hatred has been destroying the diversity of the Middle East, George Deek, a diplomat working for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the International Law department, said in a lecture on Monday. Deek noted that such actions are keeping us from a home of ancient cultures and a place of diversity to a region of uniformity,a place where there’s no more room for people who are different, “People are aligning along ethnic, tribal, religious lines, and the entire order of states is collapsing… And change of this magnitude often creates a lot of uncertainty, not knowing what’s going to happen next.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

CPUC discusses Wilson School name change

Annie Yang

In a Council of the Princeton University Community meeting Monday, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 noted ongoing discussions about a potential name change for the Wilson School and spoke about ongoing efforts to support graduate students. Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees Brent Henry ’69 noted that the Wilson Legacy Review Committee received over 554 comments on itswebsiteas of Feb.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer '81 to face investigation for alleged assault

Andie Ayala

The New York Police Department will investigate former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer ’81 for allegations of assaulting a woman at the Plaza Hotel on Saturday night, according to the the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of the New York Police Department. According to theNew York Post, an unidentified woman called 911 around 8 p.m.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Q&A: Park Yeonmi, North Korean defector and human rights activist

Claire Lee

Park Yeonmi is a defector from North Korea and a human rights activist. She is the author of the book "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom." Park sat down with The Daily Princetonianafter a lectureon Saturday to talk about herexperiences afterleavingNorth Korean and herplans for activism.Daily Princetonian: How did you first decide to open up and share your story with the world?Park Yeonmi: I think that was when I was in Dublin [at the One Young World 2014 Summit], when I spoke there.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

News&Notes: Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 79

Daily Princetonian Staff

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, a native of Trenton, N.J., died Saturday at a resort in West Texas. Though the causes of his death were not immediately released, a spokeswoman for the United States Marshals Service stated that nothing indicated that anything other than natural causes was at play. Scalia was the longest serving Justice of the Supreme Court and often considered a "conservative champion," according to a 2012 Daily Princetonian article. Some of Scalia's notable rulings include a dissenting opinion inObergefell v.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

Terrace most popular fourth year in a row, Quad receives significant increase in membership

Hannah Waxman

Terrace Club received the highest number of sign-ins for the fourth year in a row, while Quadrangle Club received an increase of nearly 342% in new members from last year.The Interclub Council had agreed not to publish the first round sign-in numbers two weeks ago, but four out of the five presidents released first round numbers following the conclusion of the second round on Feb.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

USG to work on residential housing project to make room draw information more transparent

Katherine Oh

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed residential programming to make information about room draw more available to students during their first weekly meeting on Feb.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

North Korean defector Park Yeonmi discusses her experience in North Korea

Claire Lee

North Korean defector and human rights activist Park Yeonmidiscussed living in isolation under the North Korean governmentat a conference on Saturday hosted by Princeton for North Korean Human Rights.“I never heard about Beethoven, I never heard about Shakespeare.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

John Van Epp talks trust, commitment in successful relationships

Maya Wesby

John Van Epp said that trust, physical intimacy, reliance, knowing a person well and commitment are all categories that can ultimately determine the success of a relationship in a talk on Thursday. “I think, in your lifetime right now, it’s actually more difficult to find somebody who has their act together, who seems to have a maturity and a quality about them… than it was 30 years ago; that seems crazy in my mind,” he said. Van Epp, author of “How To Avoid Falling In Love With A Jerk,” has spoken across campuses nation-wide and his work has been featured in TIME, Psychology Today and other publications.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

James Agolia '16, Andrew Nelson '16 win Pyne Prize

Maya Wesby

James Agolia '16 and Andrew Nelson '16 were named the recipients of the 2016 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize on Wednesday afternoon. The Pyne Prize is the University's highest general distinction and is awarded to undergraduates who display excellent scholarship, strength of character, and effective leadership. According to apress release, Agolia and Nelson will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on Feb.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

Track teams to compete in Fastrack National Invite

David Xin

This Friday the men and women’s track and field team will be traveling back to Ocean Breeze Park for the Fastrack National Invite.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

News&Notes: Graduate students to be awarded the 2016 Jacobus fellowship

Daily Princetonian Staff

Four graduate students were named as the recipients of 2016 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship on Wednesday.Joshua Bennett GS, Kellen Funk GS, Carlee Joe-Wong GS and Rajesh Ranganath GS are the winners of this year's fellowship, the University's top honor for graduate students.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

Imani Perry arrest video released, U. and AAS faculty express support

Annie Yang

According to the arrest documents and a police dashboard camera footage of African American Studies Professor Imani Perry's arrest, Perry was speeding 67 mph in a 45 mph zone. On Saturday,Perry wroteon her Twitter account that police refused her a phone call before her arrest, conducted a body search on her and handcuffed her to a table at the police station.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

Potential NJ Transit strike to interfere with Spring Break travel

Jessica Li

A coalition of 17 rail unions plan to go on a strike during the weekend of March 12th if a contract settlement cannot be reached with New Jersey Transit, according to Dean Devita, chapter secretary-treasurer at the National Conference of Firemen & Oilers. The potential strike dates overlap with the first weekend of the University's spring break for this year’s academic calendar.

NEWS | 02/10/2016

Apartheid wall seeks to trigger political awareness

Hannah Waxman

The Princeton DREAM Team, a student organization focused on immigrant rights advocacy, partnered with the Princeton Committee on Palestine to create a two-sided Apartheid wall between McCosh Walk and Frist Campus Center on Monday.One side of the wall represents the US-Mexico Border Fence and the other the Israel Apartheid wall that runs along the West Bank of Palestine.

NEWS | 02/10/2016

Tax court judge rules against U. motion to dismiss tax exemption lawsuit

Marcia Brown

New Jersey State Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled against the University’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges its tax-exemptions on 19 buildings, including Frist Campus Center and McCarter Theatre, due to procedural issues this past Friday. The ruling comes with a series of past rulings that are part of the legal battles over the tax-exempt status of certain University properties and the University’s own tax-exempt status as an educational nonprofit.rkee University General Counsel Ramona Romero deferred comment to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan. Pullan deferred comment to a statement, which noted that the judge ordered the plaintiffs to file a list of the specific properties their lawsuit concerns within the next 30 days. “As with any complicated lawsuit, it’s not uncommon for there to be various motions along the way that attempt to clarify which issues are on the table,” Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 said. Bruce Afran, legal counsel for the four plaintiffs who are town residents, described the motion as the University's 'last ditch' effort to obtain dismissal of the cases after seven unsuccessful rulings in court. “The University is now zero and seven.

NEWS | 02/10/2016

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