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New international programs building to be named after Simpson GS' 60

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New international programs building to be named after Simpson GS' 60

Samvida Venkatesh

Thenew buildingfor international programs at 20Washington Road will be named the Simpson International Building after a $20million donation from Louis Simpson GS '60 and hiswife KimberlyQuerrey.According to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, starting this fall, theSimpson International Building will be home to the Davis International Center, the Princeton Institute forInternational andRegional Studies, the Office of International Programs, theBridge Year Program and the Council for International Teaching and Research, amongother initiatives.The building, located between Robertson Hall and Green Hall,was previously home to the Frick Chemistry Laboratory.

NEWS | 06/10/2016

Powell, U. director of admission, appointed as Brown's next dean of admission

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Powell, U. director of admission, appointed as Brown's next dean of admission

Daily Princetonian Staff

Logan Powell, current University director of admission, will serve as the dean of admission at Brown beginning on July 1, 2016. Powell will assume the office of current Brown Dean of Admission James Miller, who will retire this year. In addition to overseeing admissions, in his new capacity Powell will represent Brown at a number of professional conferences and committees, including the Consortium on Financing Higher Education Admissions Deans’ Committee, The College Board and the Ivy League Deans of Admission. In an interview with the Office of Communications at Brown, Powell noted that he will work with the Brown community to “represent a great depth of intellectual curiosity and diversity of thought” among its enrolled students. University Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said that she and her office are proud of Logan’s appointment at Brown. “His professionalism, wisdom and talents were evident in all he accomplished at Princeton as our director of admission.

NEWS | 06/01/2016

Woman reports sexual assault by someone known to her during Reunions Weekend

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Woman reports sexual assault by someone known to her during Reunions Weekend

Daily Princetonian Staff

A female attending Reunions was sexually assaulted by a male in Spelman Hall this past Sunday, May 29, according to an email from Public Safety Director of Operations Stefanie Karp. The victim is in her early 20s and the suspect is someone who was known to her, according to Casey DeBlasio, spokesperson for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.According to DeBlasio, the victim is not a University student or alumnus. According to the victim, the suspect is a black male with a height of approximately5'8-5'9 and weighs approximately 170 pounds.

NEWS | 06/01/2016

At 269th Commencement, Eisgruber '83 discusses importance of humanistic imagination

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At 269th Commencement, Eisgruber '83 discusses importance of humanistic imagination

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Humanistic imagination is crucial in forging a public culture that enables respectful discourse to bridge the increasingly polarized society, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said at the University’s 269th Commencement on Tuesday. Noting how the American society has become more and more polarizing over the past years, Eisgruber said that the University’s residential liberal arts education can forge discussions about ideas that can bind people together and allow students to connect with one another as fellow human beings despite their difference. Referring to the recent campus dialogues on diversity and inclusion, Eisgruber noted that for the University community to collectively decide about its future, it is crucial to understand each other.“Understanding one another requires, among other things, finding new ways to comprehend the history that has affected, and continues to affect, different groups and individuals in different ways,” he said. He noted how the musical “Hamilton” provides inspirational narrative of America that transcends the political line, explaining that imagination and creative construction can allow us to claim our pasts in new ways. “The world that awaits you will sometimes be frustrating and difficult, but it is a world that needs your talents, your citizenship and your engagement,” he added. Valedictorian Cameron Platt ’16, an English major, reflected on the importance of speech and conversation. Noting that she is less interested in the freedom of speech than in what people decide to do with that freedom, Platt praised her classmates who have “stood up, spoken out and declared that no one should have to suffer under the silence that is so often the burden of a marginalized identity” throughout the year. Platt noted how speech can heal the “aches of the silences” through the story of her grandfather who died of AIDS before she was born and whose story was silenced until recently.

NEWS | 06/01/2016
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Jodi Picoult '87 discusses diversity, privilege during Class Day speech

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Jodi Picoult '87 discusses diversity, privilege during Class Day speech

Caroline Lippman

“When somebody tells you no, you have two choices. You can stop in your tracks, or you can push forward,” said author Jodi Picoult ’87, the Class of 2016 Class Day speaker. Picoult discussed her time at Princeton, from a challenging yet transformative creative writing class to her experience as a manager on the men’s crew team.

NEWS | 05/30/2016

Professor Zaera-Polo files complaint for defamation by members of U.

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Professor Zaera-Polo files complaint for defamation by members of U.

Jessica Li

University professor Alejandro Zaera-Polo, former dean of the school of architecture, has filed a complaint alleging breach of contract, trade libel and defamation by members of the University earlier this week. The complaint lists the University Board of Trustees, Dean of Faculty Deborah Prentice, President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, and twenty other anonymous faculties and students as defendants. According to the complaint, in August 2014 an anonymous posting on “Architect,” an online discussion forum, alleged that Zaera-Polo had been subjected to suspicions of plagiarism by members of the School of Architecture and listed Wikipedia as one of the sources he had plagiarized.

NEWS | 05/28/2016

Q&A: Katrina vanden Heuvel '81, editor of 'The Nation'

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Q&A: Katrina vanden Heuvel '81, editor of 'The Nation'

Olivia Wicki

Katrina vanden Heuvel ’81 is the editor and publisher of the political magazine, “The Nation.” She spoke to The Daily Princetonian about her time at the University, the Nassau Weekly and the future of journalism.The Daily Princetonian: What was your favorite memory at Princeton?Katrina vanden Heuvel: It’s less a memory than what I left Princeton with, that has long been a part of my life, and Princeton played a role in it.

NEWS | 05/28/2016

Colloton '85 shortlisted as Trump's potential Supreme Court Justice

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Colloton '85 shortlisted as Trump's potential Supreme Court Justice

Abhiram Karuppur

Appellate court judge Steven Colloton ’85 was named as a potential appointee to the United States Supreme Court by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump last week. Judge Colloton sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and his chambers are in Des Moines, Iowa. Colloton did not respond to a request for comment.

NEWS | 05/28/2016

Panel discusses free speech, microaggressions

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Panel discusses free speech, microaggressions

Christina Vosbikian

On Friday, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Michele Minter moderated a panel that focused on the responsibility of universities to enforce individual rights to expression and protection.Panelists included Vice President and General Counsel at Northern Illinois University Jerry Blakemore ’76, Vice President for Ethics and Compliance at Purdue University Alysa Christmas Rollock ’81, freelance journalist Christopher Shea ’91 and Program Coordinator for the Office of Dean of Undergraduate Students Jeanne Laymon ’11.In her opening statement, Minter explained that the University has a deep commitment to freedom of expression and the prohibition of discrimination.“What we are seeing now, culturally, is a moment where those two important values are sometimes coming into conflict,” she said.Shea explained that the most pervasive issues on American college campuses have included the "disinvitation" of controversial speakers, the creation of safe spaces for students, restrictions on microaggressions and the disbandment of fraternities conducting racist actions.He explained that during his time as an investigative journalist on different college campuses, he noticed a trend in how students interacted with notions of safety in relation to free speech.“Students use the rhetoric of safety to describe how they want to feel on campus, and it applies not just to physical safety but to words that make them feel unsafe on campus," Shea said.Shea said at the University, he interviewed students and professors in hopes of finding diverging viewpoints on the necessity of protective safety.

NEWS | 05/27/2016

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