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University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 has begun to set an ambitious agenda for his term as the months wind down through his first academic year in office.He has, for example, announced a review of the grade deflation policy, suggested that the University will look into reversing its policy on accepting student transfers,and hinted at a potential expansion of the student body that could accompany a new residential college or an expansion of Forbes College. Eisgruber’s agenda, set so early in his presidency, is in contrast to the agenda set by his predecessor, former University President Shirley Tilghman early in her term.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

"Key meeting" set for this week to discuss Reunions in light of meningitis outbreak

"Key meeting" set for this week to discuss Reunions in light of meningitis outbreak

Charles Kyungchan Min and Paul Phillips

Following the University's decision to cancel overnight stays for Princeton Preview, theAlumni Association is scheduled to meet later this week for a "key meeting" that will discuss whether changes should be made to Reunions this year in light of the meningitis outbreak, according to Associate Director for Reunions Mibs Mara. Mara declined to comment further until the meeting has taken place. In response to the outbreak of meningitis, which began in March 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and theand the New Jersey Department of Health advised members of the University community to increase hygienic practices and avoid sharing items such as drinking glasses and utensils, but did not advise the University to curtail any of its events or activities. No changes were made to Reunions last year, even though the situation at the University was officially designated as an outbreak less than two weeks before Reunions was set to start. The University recentlyannounced that it will cancel overnight staysduring Princeton Preview for the health safety of newly admitted students.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

Appellate Court affirms decision to allow U. Dinky plans in latest lawsuit

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The Appellate Court of New Jersey affirmed the Department of Environmental Protection’s decision to approve the early termination of a public easement allowing University construction plans on the Dinky Station on March 18. As part of the University’s$330 million Arts and Transit Neighborhood, the Dinky train station is set to operate 464 feet south of its former location in the fall of 2014, an encroachment that required NJ Transit’s approval under the 1984 station purchasing agreement.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

Princeton professor to run for 12th District Congressional seat

Princeton professor to run for 12th District Congressional seat

Jacqueline Gufford

The field of Democratic candidates for New Jersey's 12th District Congressional seat has recently expanded to include Dr. Andrew Zwicker, aphysicist and head of the Science Education Program at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Zwicker filed Mondayto run in the district Democratic primary against State Senator Linda Greenstein from Middlesex, State Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman from Mercer and State Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula from Somerset.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

News & Notes: Princeton is “best deal of the century”

Daily Princetonian Staff

Co-founder of the National Institute of Certified College Planners Ron Them said the University is “the best deal of the century” in a Bloomberg article this week. The article says that Princeton is the school that offers the cheapest financing to parents to supplement need-based aid by offering 1.2 percent, no-fee loans to families with annual incomes up to $500,000.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

Satisfaction with academic, peer advising on the rise

Ruby Shao

Although freshmen most often turn to University friends for academic advice, recent survey data from the past three fall semestersshows that underclassmen have expressed increasing satisfaction with the academic advising system. According to the data presented by Senior Associate Dean of the College Claire Fowlerat the March 10 Council of the Princeton University Committee meeting, an average of 50 percent of freshmen and 47 percent of sophomores agreed or strongly agreed that they had made the most of the advising opportunities available to them in the fall. Fowler said the survey itself will help students take advantage of academic resources in the future. "By doing the survey, you have to be exposed to all the forms of support available, because we ask you about them," Fowler explained.

NEWS | 03/31/2014

News and Notes: Dartmouth student found not guilty in sexual assault case

Angela Wang

Parker Gilbert, a sophomore at Dartmouth College accused of rape by a female classmate last May, was found not guilty by 12 jurors of five counts of sexual assault and a misdemeanor criminal trespassing charge last Thursday, according to Valley News. Gilbert allegedly entered the female student’s unlocked dorm room the night of May 1last year and had sex with her while she was asleep.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

News and Notes: Police system error

Angela Wang

The Princeton Police Department discovered a flaw in its 9-1-1 system last week when a call could not be directed to a dispatcher, Planet Princeton reported.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

USG discusses improvements to Career Services

Durva Trivedi

The USG heard a presentation from Career Services Director Pulin Sanghvi at the Sunday night Senate meeting, during which the Senate moved into a brief executive committee session to speak privately with Sanghvi. During the public session, Sanghvi spoke about his vision for change within Career Services. “There is a strong alignment to drive change quickly within our organization,” he said. By deemphasizing career fairs in favor of smaller, more targeted and meaningful programming, Sanghvi said he hopes Career Services can evolve to be more responsive to students.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

DataFest sees teams competing in data analysis

Ray Mennin

Students competed in teams to present the most informative and sophisticated data analysis at DataFest, the University’s first data analysis competition that was held March 28-30. The competition had 46 participants, and although 13 teams had signed up for the event, only seven participated. Duke and UCLA have had similar competitions in the past and for this competition, and Duke provided the common data set that all the teams were required to analyze. The competition was sponsored by the Operations Research & Financial Engineering department, along with the Princeton Statistics Laboratory, the Computational Stochastic Optimization and Learning Department of Operations Research, RJMetrics, and the IBM Academic Initiative.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

HackPrinceton attracts over 600 participants

Jasmine Wang

The winners of this weekend's HackPrinceton were Derrick Dominic '15 in the software category and Chen Ye, a student at Brown University, in the hardware category. Hansen Qian '16, who helped organize the event, said that EchoCast, the culmination of Dominic's work, is an application which allows individuals to send information wirelessly over high-frequency sound waves. Ye's hardware, AirBike, involves a wireless electronic lock and an iPhone application to allow individuals to rent and borrow bikes from each other.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

In response to shorter Princeton Preview, students organize overnight hosting system

Do-Hyeong Myeong

In response tothe University’s decision to shorten the Princeton Preview program, a group of students is trying to organize an informal hosting system for admitted students. The students created a Facebook groupcalled Informal Hosting for Prospective Princeton Studentson Thursdayevening, shortly after the University announced that the program for prospective students would be shortened to one day. As of2:30 p.m.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

Student allegedly forced to withdraw following suicide attempt sues Princeton

A student has filed a lawsuit against the University and seven administrators.

Student allegedly forced to withdraw following suicide attempt sues Princeton

Chitra Marti

The student previously alleged to have been forced to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt is now suing the University for disability discrimination in federal court, according to documents filed last Tuesday. The student had originally filed a discrimination claim with the The Office for Civil Rights within the Department of Education.

NEWS | 03/30/2014

News & Notes: Christie discusses Bridgegate scandal on ABC News

Daily Princetonian Staff

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said in an interview with ABC News that his aides did “inexplicably stupid things” in the George Washington Bridge traffic incident known as “Bridgegate.” The interview, which airedon Thursdaynight, was the first television interview since the Bridgegate scandal came to light.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Princeton cancels overnight stays for Preview weekend in light of meningitis-related death

Corinne Lowe

Princeton Preview will be shortened this year for the Class of 2018 and will no longer include an overnight component in light of the recent death of a student at Drexel University that was caused by meningitis and linked to contact with Princeton students. The University will continue to fly students to campus who require financial assistance, putting students up overnight in hotels in Newark or Philadelphia if necessary before Preview starts.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Patton ’77 discusses marriage, sexual assault at panel discussion

Durva Trivedi

Susan Patton ’77, who recently released her new book, “Marry Smart,” urged women to accept sole responsibility for their own happiness on Thursday at an emotionally charged and at times chaotic panel discussion on campus. “It’s disempowering to tell women they’re not responsible for the situations they find themselves in,” Patton said. Some audience members reacted with angry outbursts at Patton’s discussion of her views on sexual assault, which were recently criticized in a recent letter to the editor from University faculty. Along with fellow writers and panelists Sara Eckel and Claire Fallon ’10, Patton discussed marriage, sexual assault, work-life balance and feminism. Fallon is the Books Editor for The Huffington Post and wrote anarticleentitled, "The 10 Worst Pieces of Advice from Susan Patton's 'Marry Smart.’"Eckel is the author of "It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single" and has written anarticlein response to Patton's book, "Why We Can All Relax and Ignore the Princeton Mom." Patton suggested that for undergraduate women at the University who see marriage and family as critical for their happiness in the future, it’s important that they start planning early on. “I don’t like the term 'husband-hunting' per se, and I’d rather we say, 'searching for a meaningful relationship,'” Patton said.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Updated: Princeton offers admission to 7.28 percent of applicants

Updated: Princeton offers admission to 7.28 percent of applicants

Corinne Lowe

The University has offered admission to 1,939 students, or 7.28 percent, of the 26,641 applicants for the Class of 2018, making this the most selective admission year the University has seen to date.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Zelizer takes students to see Cranston play

Do-Hyeong Myeong

History professor Julian Zelizer went with 48 students to Broadway on Wednesday to see "All the Way," a play about former President Lyndon B.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Sigma Alpha Epsilon eliminates pledging but questions over hazing and drinking remain

Corinne Lowe

The national headquarters of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has eliminated the pledging process for new members in the hopes of treating all members fairly.

NEWS | 03/26/2014

News and Notes: Mathematics professor awarded Abel Prize

Lorenzo Quiogue

Mathematics professor Yakov Sinai was awarded the 2014 Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today for his more than 50-year career in mathematics, the Office of Communications reported.

NEWS | 03/26/2014

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