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Former Senator Snowe speaks on bipartisanship

Former Senator Snowe speaks on bipartisanship

Jessica Li

Former United States Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) analyzed causes of record-breaking congressional inefficiency, its societal impacts and potential remediation strategies in a lecture on Wednesday, reinforcing the need for bipartisan compromise. Snowe described the current Congress as the worst in history and the least productive legislative body since 1947.

NEWS | 10/15/2014

Health Officer Grosser addresses Ebola in Princeton

Durva Trivedi and Pooja Patel

Presenting an update on Monday night about themandatory quarantine of an NBC crew that included Princeton resident and NBC News’ Chief Medical Editor Nancy Snyderman, Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser said he was in disbelief aboutthe fact that he was addressing the subject of Ebola inPrinceton. “Not in a million years did I believe I would be speaking ata Princeton council meeting speaking about Ebola, let alonethe Princeton connection,” Grosser said, according to aTimes of Trenton article. Upon their return to the United States, Snyderman and her crewwere labeled as not at risk for Ebola, Grosser said in a PlanetPrinceton article. Later, the crew was upgraded to “lowrisk,” meaning they had come within three feet of someone who tested positive for Ebola.

NEWS | 10/15/2014

U. architect joins Lawrence University as board member

Olivia Wicki

Ron McCoy GS '80, University architect since 2008, was electedto the Lawrence University Board of Trustees earlier this month. The Office of the University Architect’s duties include providing long-range planning support for land use, zoning and regional development initiatives and coordinating the construction and alteration of structures on campus. “Because of his extensive experience, I thought he would be a good fit for it,” President of Lawrence University Mark Burstein said.

NEWS | 10/15/2014

Town may raise cost of historic district proposals

Annie Yang

The suggested addition of a $3,000 escrow for historical district proposals and a change in the definition of "historic site" in the Princeton municipal historic preservation ordinance have sparked consternation among local residents. The ordinance is a legal document that outlines the rules regarding the preservation and maintenance of historic districts. When Princeton Borough and Princeton Township merged in January 2013, their respective historic preservation ordinances were merged as well.

NEWS | 10/15/2014

Q&A: Republican Senate Candidate Jeff Bell

Q&A: Republican Senate Candidate Jeff Bell

Jacqueline Gufford

The Daily Princetonian sat down with New Jersey Republican Senate candidate Jeff Bell to discuss the major points of his campaign platform and the message he is trying to communicate to young voters in the upcoming midterm elections. The Daily Princetonian: You ran for Senate in 1978 and lost and then tried to secure another nomination in 1982.

NEWS | 10/15/2014

News & Notes: House of Cupcakes to reopen Friday

Daily Princetonian Staff

House of Cupcakes is scheduled to reopen this Friday, according to the Times of Trenton. The bakery has been closed for seven months due to an accidental fire that burned down the kitchen. The Bzdewkas, who were the winners of of the second season of the reality show "Cupcake Wars," decided to continue serving their customers by relocating to the space next door that used to be the Ferry House restaurant. While their previous location only had eight seats, the new location at 32 Witherspoon St.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

News & Notes: Swastikas chalked outside Yale dorm

Daily Princetonian Staff

Three swastikas were found chalked outside a Yale University freshman residence hall lateSundaynight, the Yale Daily News reported, the second such swastika incident at Yale in the past month and a half. Dean of Yale College Jonathan Holloway informed the Yale community of the swastikas on Monday night, speaking out harshly against the chalk drawings. "I condemn this shameful defacement, perpetrated anonymously under cover of night," Holloway wrote in his email.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

Q&A: Sally Frank '80 discusses social activism on campus

Sarah Kim

In 1990, Sally Frank ’80 successfully sued Ivy Club and Tiger Inn to open their membership to women.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

Former Secretary of State lectures on U.S.-Iran relations

Daily Princetonian Contributor and Tammy Tseng

Former Secretary of State James Baker ’52 spoke on Tuesday about the nature of American-Iranian relations during his time in office as well as recent developments and his predictions forfuture relations between the United States and Iraq.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

Professor emeritus West GS '80 arrested in Ferguson

De Vann Sago

Professor emeritus Cornel West GS '80, was arrested Monday in Ferguson, Mo., during a “Moral Monday” march. Protests have been ongoing in the St.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

U. joins other colleges in nonprofit mental health initiative

Pooja Patel

The University has joined 55 other colleges in participating in The Jed & Clinton Health Matters Campus Program, an initiative to reassess mental health policies on campus and make recommendations for potential changes. Dr. Calvin Chin, director of Counseling and Psychological Services, saidthat the fact that the University is looking toward nonprofits for guidance regarding mental health is completely independent of any controversy regarding the University’s policies. The program, which is mainly focused on substance abuse and suicide prevention, is a partnership between the Jed Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the emotional health of American college students, and the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Health Matters Initiative, which focuses on improving health and well-being. The University's mental health policies have been widely criticized this year.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

Halal food now available in dining halls

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Halal food now available in dining halls

Katherine Oh

Halal food is now available on a rotational basis in the residential college dining halls.

NEWS | 10/14/2014

Frank ’80, coeducation activist, recounts fight to admit women to Ivy, TI

Sarah Kim

Sally Frank ’80, who successfully sued Ivy Club and Tiger Inn to admit women, discussed her 11-year legal battle at a lecture this Monday. Currently a professor at Drake Law School and an Iowa representative to the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union, Frank opened up the lecture with the history of the University’s eating club and coeducation because she said that she believes the history best helps to explain the context of the lawsuit. The University’s secret societies, she said, were precursors to fraternities.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

Middle East and North Africa Regional Fellowship Program sends first fellow abroad

Sharon Deng

The Middle East and North Africa Regional Fellowship Program, originally operating under the name Princeton in the Middle East, has sent its first fellow abroad since disputes arose with the University about its name. The program sent Rachel Webb ’14 to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates in August to intern for Endeavor, a nonprofit organization that helps new entrepreneurs launch their careers around the world. MENAR, founded by a steering committee of four University alumni in 2011, is a fellowship program modeled after similar programs such as Princeton in Africa and Princeton in Asia.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

U. to hire additional investigator to handle sexual assault cases

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The University is scheduled to hire an external investigator to handle sexual misconduct disciplinary proceedings, according to a job posting on the University's website. This is at least the second staff addition since the University's policies for dealing with sexual assault cases were overhauled this summer in response to pressures from the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

News and Notes: Following email threat, Harvard dean says communication could have been better

Daily Princetonian Staff

After racially charged death threats were emailed to several hundred Harvard affiliates in early October, the Dean of the College at Harvard Rakesh Khurana was critical of administrators for failing to communicate quickly and efficiently with faculty and students during the incident, according to the Harvard Crimson. An hour after acceptingresponsibility for the lack of communicationduring an interview with the Crimson, Khurana sent out an email to undergraduates that said administrators could do a better job of communicating with students in such situations. The email death threat that was sent out included a racial slur and disproportionately targeted women of Asian-American descent, the Crimson reported. In his email to students, Khurana called the threat “despicable” and said the emails, which directly targeted Asian and Asian-American students, created a campus environment of fear and anxiety. The Harvard University Police Department's investigationinto the source of the threat is still ongoing, although the Crimson reported that a spokesperson issued an advisory message saying the emails originated overseas and do not pose a credible threat to the campus. In the aftermath of the incident, students have gathered several times for community conversations to discuss the threat and associated communications.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

Documents shed light on how Princeton handles mental health cases

Chitra Marti

In March 2012, Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey gave a student who had attempted to commit suicide a month earlier an ultimatum: Take a voluntary withdrawal sometime in the next four days or be forced to do so. “I do hope … that you will reconsider and take a voluntary withdrawal by no later than March 30, 2012,” she wrote in the final paragraph of a two-page letter.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

Women’s Center posters challenge gender representation in student groups

Women’s Center posters challenge gender representation in student groups

Corinne Lowe

“USG: where men are presidents and women are secretaries” is one of a series of posters that have spawned conversations about equal gender representation around campus, most notably in regards to the Undergraduate Student Government and campus leadership in general. Sponsored by the Women’s Center, the aforementioned USG poster is one of many that points out certain gender practices at the University.

NEWS | 10/13/2014

News & Notes: Bill Clinton to speak at fundraiser in New Jersey

Daily Princetonian Staff

President Bill Clinton is booked to speak at a private fundraiser in Princeton later this month, The Jersey Journal reported. Proceeds from the event will go to the campaign of Democratic congressional candidate for New Jersey’s 12th district, Bonnie Watson Coleman.

NEWS | 10/12/2014

USG senate addresses Mental Health Initiative Board, Firefighters and Yik Yak

Olivia Wicki

Members of the Undergraduate Student Government senate gathered for their weekly meeting this Sunday to address the opening of Mental Health Initiative Board applications and explore counter-Yik Yak initiatives. U-Councilor and chair of the Mental Health Initiative Board Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 presented an update on the board, whose applications are due by 5 p.m.

NEWS | 10/12/2014

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