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Former U. President Bowen GS ’58 discusses details of divestment

Former U. President Bowen GS ’58 discusses details of divestment

Jacob Donnelly

Divestment is a complicated issue, but universities should resist efforts to have outside agendas forced upon them through divestment, former University president Bill Bowen GS ’58 said at a dinner discussion on Monday. The action of divestment is too blunt to account for nuances and lets people engage in a form of activism that is "too easy" as opposed to the hard work of bridging divides and effecting real change, Bowen said. Bowen recalled that during his University presidency from 1972 to 1988, some members of the campus community had wanted the University to divest from a towel company that had engaged in questionable labor practices.

NEWS | 04/20/2015

News & Notes: NJ Transit may halt bus between town, local hospital

Do-Hyeong Myeong

New Jersey Transit recommended discontinuing the bus service between the town and the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to low ridership, The Times of Trenton reported on Monday. The specific route that is affected is the 655 Princeton-Plainsboro route. New Jersey Transit officials announced Monday that the agency faces a budget gap of about $60 million for the 2016 fiscal year, and that to close the gap, the agency is considering discontinuing some of its routes. The Tiger Transit route that runs between the hospital and the University would be unaffected. In addition to discontinuing and reducing bus routes, New Jersey Transit alsoproposed increasing the fares up to 9 percent. If approved, this would be the first fare increase in five years. Public hearings on fare increases and service reduction are scheduled from May 16-21, prior to the final decision of the agency’s board of directors in July.

NEWS | 04/20/2015

Lindy Li ’12 files paperwork for congressional candidacy

Lindy Li ’12 files paperwork for congressional candidacy

Cassidy Tucker

Lindy Li ’12 is running to represent Pennsylvania's Seventh Congressional District in the U.S.

NEWS | 04/20/2015

Class of ’77 discusses removal of Patton ’77 from alumni class presidential position

Christina Vosbikian

Members of the Class of 1977 have been discussing whether Susan Patton ’77 should be removed as alumni class president due to some concerns regarding her alleged abuse of the office. The critical point in these discussions occurred when Patton allegedly censored classmates who criticized her on the class Facebook page, Robert Gilbert ’77 said. Patton gained fame for writing aletter to the editorof The Daily Princetonian in March 2013 encouraging female students to find a husband on campus before graduation.

NEWS | 04/20/2015

Roberts '16 awarded Truman Scholarship

Kristin Qian

Thomas Roberts ’16 was awarded a 2015 Truman Scholarship, which will support his graduate studies in public policy and international affairs. Roberts is currently concentrating in astrophysical sciences with a certificate in Russian and Eurasian studies. This year, the Truman Scholarship was awarded to 58 students from a pool of 688 candidates, according to information released by the Harry S.

NEWS | 04/20/2015

News & Notes: Yale to increase undergraduate student body by 15 percent

Daily Princetonian Staff

Yale will increase its undergraduate enrollment by 15 percent, or 200 students per class, with the addition of two new residential colleges, according to Yale's website. The colleges mark the first expansion of the residential college system since 1961, bringing the total number of colleges up to 14, and the enrollment increase will significantly increase the student body for the first time since Yale became co-ed in 1969. At a ceremony on April 16, Yale president Peter Salovey, Yale president emeritus Richard C.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

USG senate discusses Honor Committee constitutional amendments, Projects Board funding

Katherine Oh

The Undergraduate Student Government senatediscussed possible updates to the Honor Committee constitution on Sunday. U-councilor and Honor Committee chair Dallas Nan ’16 suggested a provision that would destroy any evidence concerning a case, should a student’s appeal prove successful.If the provision were to pass, there would be no record that the student had appeared before the Honor Committee after a givendecision is overturned following an appeal. “Destruction of evidence is personally good for the students who have a graduate school or employer who ask for disciplinary records,” U-councilor Danny Johnson ’15 said. Johnson is a former senior writer for The Daily Princetonian. However, U-councilor Jacob Cannon ’17 said he was wary of the deletion of evidence, since it is important for accused students to understand that there have been successful appeals in the past.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

Q&A: Congressman Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee

Nahrie Chung

The Daily Princetonian sat down with Congressman Adam Schiff, eight-term representative of California’s 28th District, who in January became the leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

Students express interest in Hindu prayer space

Cassidy Tucker

Many students are interested in the idea of having a Hindu prayer space on campus, according to Rishika Dewan ’16. Dewan spearheaded an initiative withPrinceton Hindu Satsangam to send out a survey last month to students to see if there was interest on campus for the creation of a Hindu prayer space. “There is an interest from both Hindu students and non-Hindu students alike,” Dewan said.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

Ranking member of Intelligence Committee discusses national security, privacy

Nahrie Chung

Congress faces an unprecedented conflict between national security and individual privacy given the post-Edward Snowden era and emergence of a new brand of global terrorism, Congressman Adam Schiff, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said at a lecture on Friday. “It’s a really challenging time for our work on the Intelligence Committee for many reasons, not the least of which is in the wake of the Arab Spring we have greater instability than any time in the last half-century,” Schiff said. He referenced a number of conflicts occupying the attention of the Intelligence Committee, including high casualties from the catastrophe in Syria, the ongoing war in Iraq, party clashes and terrorist profiteers in Libya, government crackdowns in Egypt and, more recently, the growing conflict in Yemen, where Saudis and Iranians have a new battlefield to clash in. U.S.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

Newly formed student group, Valley Academy, wins Battle of the Bands

Olivia Wicki

The student band Valley Academy, which features David Lind ’18, Yaw Owusu-Boahen ’17 and Ben Falter ’17,won the inaugural Battle of the Bands event on Friday. The event, hosted by the Undergraduate Student Government’s social committee, was organized to decide the opener for the main act at Lawnparties. The Battle of the Bands line up included student bands St.

NEWS | 04/19/2015

News & Notes: Stanford announces it will not participate in divestment from companies in Israel

Daily Princetonian Staff

Stanford will not divest from companies operating in Israel, according to the Stanford Daily. The announcement was madeon Tuesdayafternoon by the Stanford Board of Trustees in response to a request from the Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine, who had asked Stanford to divest from a list of companies that allegedly profited from human rights abuses in Palestine. According to the statement, the Board believed that any action to divest would create deep divisions among the Stanford community.

NEWS | 04/16/2015

Prager discusses anti-Semitism, politics of religion

Jacob Donnelly

A moral compass can be determined to be valid or invalid based on whether Jewish people are treated fairly, and Islam may not pass this test, Jewish radio hostDennis Prager said at a heavily attended discussion moderated by jurisprudence professor Robert George on Thursday. Prager drew ananalogy between the few number of Germans who were actually mass killers during the Nazi era and the few number of Muslims who are actually terrorists,adding that just as a few Germans were Nazis did not excuse Germany from having a Nazi problem, few Muslims being terrorists does not excuse Islam from having a terrorism problem. Israel is now a target of annihilation just like Jewish citizens in Germany once were, Prager said. Prager also said he believed that Jewish and Christian conservatives have more in common now than with liberals in their own religions. Prager recalled an incident in which a caller was giving a rabbi who was a guest on a radio show a hard time about the chosen status of Jewish people, and a Catholic priest called in to say, “God chose the Jews.

NEWS | 04/16/2015

Humanities sequence will no longer require applications

Zoe Toledo

The Humanistic Studies Program will no longer require prospective freshmen students to apply to the intensive year-long Humanities Sequence. Students, including non-freshmen, can instead reserve a spot by emailing Lin DeTitta,the program manager for Humanistic Studies and Journalism. The Humanities Sequence is a year-long sequence of courses that is designed to represent an interdisciplinary approach to examining Western literature from antiquity to the 20thcentury. Originally, the emphasis on faculty-led precepts forced limits on the number of students who could enroll, saidKathleen Crown,executive director of the Council of the Humanities. The program has evolved over time in regard to the number of faculty and students involved with the program, she added. “There is nothing in the origins of the sequence to indicate that the HUMSequence should be limited to a select group," Crown said.

NEWS | 04/16/2015

Yik Yak considers disabling posts from U.'s region

Olivia Wicki

After an unknown individual emailed Yik Yak with a request to showcase posts from the University on the application's "Peek" feature, a Yik Yak support agent replied that the company is considering banning all future posts in the area. Yik Yak is a Twitter-like application that allows users within a certain area to share anonymous posts from their phones.

NEWS | 04/16/2015

Gender imbalance on disciplinary committees divides student opinions

Ruby Shao

The current 2014-2015 Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline has six male and two female undergraduate members.

NEWS | 04/16/2015

News & Notes: Driver who hit Emerson GS charged with careless driving, failing to yield to pedestrian

Daily Princetonian Staff

Police have charged Steven Cruz, the driver who hit chemistry student Nyssa Emerson GS on April 8, with careless driving and failing to yield to a pedestrian, The Times of Trenton reported. The Toyota Prius collided with Emerson as she was walking across Washington Road at approximately 9:32 p.m.She suffered serious injuries, including broken bones.

NEWS | 04/15/2015

New statement on freedom of expression sparks debate

Jessica Li

A newly adopted statement in the University’s “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” upholding “academic freedom of expression” triggered debate among students and faculty this week. The statement, which originated as a petition pioneered by professor of mathematics Sergiu Klainerman, has been incorporated into the University’s Principles of General Conduct and Regulations and is located immediately adjacent to sections on academic integrity and diversity and community, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said. In response to recent controversies surrounding Urban Congo’s performances and Big Sean performing at Lawnparties, Klainerman said that combatting incendiary speech through civilized debate is an important aspect to fully grasping the freedom of expression.

NEWS | 04/15/2015

USG sends email acknowledging problems with Big Sean lyrics

Jacob Donnelly

Undergraduate Student Government president Ella Cheng '16 sent an email to all undergraduates on Wednesday acknowledging that Big Sean’s lyrics “are demeaning towards women and LGBT individuals” and apologizing to students who were triggered by the selection. The email was co-authored by members of the USG social committee, as well as by Duncan Hosie ’16 and Rebecca Basaldua ’15, who started a petition earlier this month to rescind Big Sean’s contract to perform at Lawnparties. Basaldua said the email was the result of a meeting between her and Hosie with members of USG and Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne, but that the email was not going to be the final result of the USG campaign. Dunne did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “Duncan and I obviously have very strong disagreements over the fact that Big Sean was chosen to come here and we vehemently disagree with Simon [Wu ’17] and Ella even as they stand by that choice — we were able to come to some common ground over his lyrics ... and communicate that to the student body,” Basaldua said. Basaldua said she thought that Lawnparties should not be canceled but that USG could still make alternative accommodations.

NEWS | 04/15/2015

Indictments in Bridgegate scandal could come soon

Jacob Donnelly

Indictments in the controversial closing of the George Washington Bridge in the fall of 2013 could come next week, PolitickerNJ reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources close to the investigation. Aides close to N.J.

NEWS | 04/15/2015

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