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Gansa ’17: waffle fries, ripe fruit, 'bike reform'

Undergraduate Student Government presidential hopeful William Gansa ’17 -- an outside candidate who has not been involved with USG in the past -- is running on an alternative platform of small issues and reforms that, he claims, have historically been less publicized and have not been addressed by other candidates. Some of these issues include adding waffle fries to dining hall menus and making sure their fruit is riper, ensuring the survival of the Integrated Course Engine and implementing 'bike reform,' a mysterious term that is included in his platform but is defined nowhere. “These are all little parts of a person’s day, but when they all add up, it really speaks to an effect that can be hugely detrimental or hugely beneficial to one’s mood,” Gansa said. Gansa's platform also says that he is running for Government Club, seemingly poking fun at the USG's name.

NEWS | 11/23/2014

The Daily Princetonian

71 tenured faculty present divestment petition to Eisgruber '83

A group of faculty members presented a petition on Wednesday to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 advocating for divestment from companies that “contribute to or profit from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the continued siege of Gaza.” The five professors who drafted and presented the petition were Molly Greene, Michael Laffan, Gyan Prakash, Cyrus Schayegh and Max Weiss.

NEWS | 11/20/2014

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: Gunman at Florida State University injures 3

Three Florida State University students were injured as a gunman opened fire in a campus library on Thursday, according to FS View & Florida Flambeau, the university's student newspaper. The gunman, identified by authorities as Florida State alumnus Myron May, was killed by Florida State University Police Department officers after firing shots at the officers, according to CNN. Two of the victims were brought to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, one of whom remains in critical condition and the other is in good condition.

NEWS | 11/20/2014

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Justice Kagan ’81 discusses legal analysis, Court's perception

One of the most difficult aspects of being a judge is understanding the role and limits of a justice’s position, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Elena Kagan ’81 argued in a discussion on her experiences and judicial views moderated by University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 on Thursday. Kagan, nominated and appointed to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2010, holds a bachelor’s degree from the University, an M.Phil.

NEWS | 11/20/2014

The Daily Princetonian

Students revive SpeakOut group to promote discussion on sexual assault

A student group that had gone inactive for the past few years is being revitalized by students who feel that campus lacks a group separate from the administration to discuss and activism regarding sexual assault,SpeakOut president Eliza Mott ’16 said. SpeakOut was created in 2006 in response to some highly publicized cases ofsexual assault related to Tiger Inn but has remained inactive for a number of years.

NEWS | 11/20/2014

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Wawa, ‘eternal’ Princeton fixture, gives new store a modern look

The new 7,500-square foot Wawa is set to open its doors on Friday at 8 a.m.. Except for the class banners that used to line the store's walls, the new locale retains most of the features of the old one, along with 14 newly hired employees and added features like modern restrooms and new equipment. The new Wawa, located near the new Princeton Station at 152 Alexander St.

NEWS | 11/20/2014

The Daily Princetonian

N&N: Rush Holt to serve as CEO of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Congressman and former Assistant Director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Rush Holt will serve as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science after his retirement from the House of Representatives, according to the AAAS’s press release on Tuesday. Holt will assume his new post in February. The AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.

NEWS | 11/19/2014

The Daily Princetonian

USG hosts debates between presidential, vice presidential candidates

The three Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates and two vice presidential candidates debated policy, programming and waffle fries at the elections debate on Tuesday night in the Whig Hall senate chamber. Speaking to about 25 audience members, USG presidential candidates Ella Cheng '16, William Gansa '17 and Molly Stoneman '16 presented opposing opinions on the role of USG in student life and emphasized different issues they plan to address if awarded the presidency. Stoneman is the current USG vice president, while Cheng is the Student Life Committee Chair.

NEWS | 11/18/2014

The Daily Princetonian

USG begins project to bring more outdoor lighting on campus

The Undergraduate Student Government is undertaking a project to introduce more outdoor lighting on campus. According to Ella Cheng '16, the chair of the University Student Life Committee, the idea began with her predecessor Greg Smith '15, who met with the Department of Public Safety to discuss walking through dark areas on campus together last winter. After receiving feedback about certain students not feeling completely safe on campus at night, Cheng said that she decided to tackle the issue. "I thought about the best ways to address it, and then I figured that actually taking administrators on a walk through campus would be the best way to illustrate to them where the need is on campus," Cheng said.

NEWS | 11/18/2014

The Daily Princetonian

U. research group creates first LED 3D printer

After more than two years and an estimated $20,000, a research group in the mechanical engineering department has created the first 3D printer capable of printing LED lights. The venture was led by researcher Yong Lin Kong and Ian Tamargo ’14, and was sponsored by the Air Force of Scientific Research and the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. The research group McAlpine, led by mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Michael McAlpine,made a breakthroughmore than a year ago after it successfully printed 3D bionic ears, devices that can hear sound frequencies beyond the capacity of a human ear, out of bovine cells. According to the team's website, the 10-person group explores “interweaving biology and nanomaterials” that “could enable the creation of bionic devices, possessing unique geometric, properties and functionalities for a variety of fundamental and applied research directions”. With this new 3D printing technology, the lab has shown the capability of printing “emissive semi-conducting inorganic nanoparticles, elastomeric matrix, organic polymers as charge transport laters, solid and liquid metal leads and a UV-adhesive transparent substrate layer cube of encapsulated LEDs," according to their report. “What we have presented here is an additional method to integrate electronics that can take into consideration the three-dimensional geometry of an object," Kong explained. He added that previously only simple mechanical structures were able to be printed using 3D technology and that McAlpine has presented the first example of the printing of a fully functional electronic device.

NEWS | 11/18/2014