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USG considers student representation before Honor Committee

The Daily Princetonian

USG considers student representation before Honor Committee

Sheila Sisimit

While approving members of the Honor Committee and Committee on Discipline, the Senate debated some of these groups’ practices in its final meeting of the year on Sunday night. Under current protocol, members of the Honor Committee contact students to meet with the committee but do not inform students of whether they are being called in because they are suspects or witnesses. U-Council chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 raised the idea that students should be informed of their position as soon as possible in order to ensure their rights are protected. “When we’re trying to build a system on trust … it doesn’t make sense that we would treat all students with some kind of impression that they’re not going to tell us the truth if we don’t give them the time to think of what to say,” he said. Honor Committee chair Luchi Mmegwa ’14 responded to Kugelmass’ claim saying when a student is called in, the student is able to call in a representative at any point during the meeting and, in some situations, the committee members themselves do not know if the student called forth is a suspect or a witness. U-Councilor Zhan Okuda-Lim '15 noted that when this is the case, it creates a gray area for students who neither fit the description of a witness or a suspect. Although some members of the senate described this “gray area” as troubling with regard to ensuring the student's right to representation, Mmegwa said, “With regards to gray area, what I was meaning to say was that we never have a situation where we are calling someone who may be a suspect, but not treating them with their rights.” He added that when students are called into the office, the student is able to decide which course of action to take before proceeding with the investigation and case. “Students who come before the Honor Committee, even in investigatory phase, should be informed of status and rights and should not be left wondering if there were charges brought against them,”Kugelmass said. According to Kugelmass, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Victoria Jueds, who serves as secretary of the Committee on Discipline, said that she didn’t think it was necessary for students to have representation during the first meeting. Kugelmass asked the six nominees for the Honor Committee whether they “support all efforts to quickly inform all students whether they are suspects or witnesses.” He proceeded to ask the same question to the five nominees for the Committee on Discipline. All nominees agreed and were approved for their positions. The Senate also elected two new Council of the Princeton University Community executive committee representatives — U-Councilors Danny Johnson ’15 and Okuda-Lim.

NEWS | 05/11/2014

Princeton revises yield, new yield now higher than last year

The yield has increased since the University reinstated an early admission round.

Princeton revises yield, new yield now higher than last year

Corinne Lowe

Following an announcement Thursday, the University has revised its official yield rate for the Class of 2018, increasing it to 69.2 percent, which actually marks a slight increase from last year's yield of 68.7 percent. Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye explained in an interview Friday that the number provided to The Daily Princetonian on Thursday -- a yield of 67.4 percent — did not include Bridge Year students.

NEWS | 05/11/2014

‘Gray areas’: Who can use the ‘Princeton’ name?

The Daily Princetonian

‘Gray areas’: Who can use the ‘Princeton’ name?

Sharon Deng

Colleen McCullough ’12 was contacted this March by University officials who told her that Princeton in the Middle East, the post-graduate fellowship program she had founded along with other University alumni, would have to remove the “Princeton in” construction from its name because it suggested that the independently established organization had an affiliation to the University and thus created confusion. PriME is one of many outside organizations that have fallen into the gray area as to whether or not they should be allowed to use the word Princeton in their name.

NEWS | 05/11/2014

CPS denies existence of ‘watch list,’ ODUS involvement in mental health evaluations

The Daily Princetonian

CPS denies existence of ‘watch list,’ ODUS involvement in mental health evaluations

Jacob Donnelly

Counseling and Psychological Services does not maintain a “watch list” of students of concern that it shares with the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, CPS director Calvin Chin and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin said at a dialogue about mental health evaluations between students and administrators Friday afternoon. The dialogue followed an initial dialogue that took place on Tuesday.

NEWS | 05/11/2014
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News and Notes: Eisgruber ’83 urges business leaders to fund state schools in light of government budget cuts

The Daily Princetonian

News and Notes: Eisgruber ’83 urges business leaders to fund state schools in light of government budget cuts

Daily Princetonian Staff

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 discussed government cuts to higher education and the need for business leaders to press for more funding to state schools during a speech at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Princeton Marriott on Thursday, The Princeton Packet reported. The speech was Eisgruber’s first to the local business community, and he urged business leaders to make their voices heard in support of higher education. Eisgruber cited evidence that opposes the idea that students are graduating from college with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, countering newspaper articles which he said cast doubt upon whether higher education is worth the cost.

NEWS | 05/08/2014

GSS 397 students examine women in public discourse

The Daily Princetonian

GSS 397 students examine women in public discourse

Konadu Amoakuh

Ten students in GSS 397: Feminist Media Studies presented Thursday on topics they chose at the beginning of the semester in a symposium titled “More than MAD WOMEN: Examining Gender in Public Discourse.” Each student used examples from the media and popular culture, historical events and personal experiences to present the importance of their topic in relation to public discourse on it, as well as ideas moving forward for how to change or rethink the discourse. The class, taught by professor Melissa Deem, a lecturer in the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, focuses on the representation of women and feminism in various forms of media. Kayla Bose ’16 said Deem proposed the idea of a symposium in order to present the culmination of their research.

NEWS | 05/08/2014

U. administrators hold dialogue on mental health

The Daily Princetonian

U. administrators hold dialogue on mental health

Jacob Donnelly

Of the approximately 135 students who take time off from the University each year, about 35 take leaves of absence for mental health reasons, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan told students at a dialogue with administrators on Tuesday about mental health on campus. Of those 35 students, the University has a serious safety concern and pursues involuntary withdrawal for about three to five students, Deignan noted.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

News & Notes: Ten transported for alcohol intoxication on day of Lawnparties

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: Ten transported for alcohol intoxication on day of Lawnparties

Chitra Marti

Ten students were transported for alcohol intoxication on Sunday, the day of Lawnparties, to either the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro or McCosh Health Center. Additionally, one student was transported on Friday and one student was transported on Saturday, the two evenings of Houseparties, for a total of 12 transports over the weekend. This is an increase over last fall’s and last spring’s Lawnparties Sunday transportation numbers, when seven students were transported to McCosh and UMCPP.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

News & Notes: Harvard faculty approve College's Honor Code

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: Harvard faculty approve College's Honor Code

Daily Princetonian Staff

Harvard faculty have approved the college’s first Honor Code,theHarvard Crimson reported. With the new honor code, which will likely be put in place in the fall of 2015, students will be required to make a “regular affirmation of integrity.” The nature and frequency of the affirmation of the honor code have not yet been determined. However, exams will still be proctored, a key difference from the Princeton Honor Code. According to the Crimson, the code will lay out “formal expectations for academic integrity” and create a new student-faculty/administrator judicial “Honor Board” to hear violations of these expectations. Discussions about creating an honor code began nearly two years ago in the wake of the Harvard cheating scandal in fall of 2012, in which over 100 students were investigated for cheating. “The impact will probably be small, but I think over time it will help to create that culture shift where people really value academic integrity and personal integrity,” Harvard Undergraduate Council Vice President Sietse K.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

At CPUC meeting, Princeton revises sexual violence definitions

The Daily Princetonian

At CPUC meeting, Princeton revises sexual violence definitions

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Revisions to sexual violence and personal safety clauses under the University's RRR policies were passed on a 12 to six vote on Monday during the last Council of Princeton University Community meeting of the academic year. The revisions were drafted over the course of a year and originated from the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, which required institutions to prohibit acts relating to dating violence, domestic violence and stalking, University Provost David Lee GS '99 said in his presentation. To ensure adequate prohibitions relating to these three issues, a sexual misconduct working group comprised of faculty and administrators has worked on developing comprehensive definitions of such acts. There is a new definition for "Intimate Relationship" and "Intimate Relationship Violence," which includes domestic violence and stalking.Additionally, subsections were added to "Personal Safety" stating that serious offenses include "violence directed at a person cohabiting in the same space as the perpetrator" and stalking. Lee said the committee expects to introduce further revisions, as the legislation and policies regarding such acts are constantly evolving.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

Title IX complaint against U. likely to be resolved this month

The Daily Princetonian

Title IX complaint against U. likely to be resolved this month

Ruby Shao

The Department of Education will likely resolve the ongoing complaint against the University for alleged violations of Title IX within two weeks, according to New England School of Law adjunct professor Wendy Murphy, who was responsible for filing the complaint. Murphy opened cases against the University and Harvard Law School under Title IX — the law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational institutions that receive federal funding — for sexual violence complaints in fall 2010. The Department of Education included these institutions on a list of higher education institutions under federal investigation released last Thursday. In sending the cases to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, Murphy said she wanted the agency's headquarters to issue global guidelines so that all schools could improve their sexual assault and Title IX policies, as the problems at the University and Harvard Law School were allegedly systemic in higher education.OCR responded by releasing a Dear Colleague Letter in April 2011 that explained "schools’ responsibility to take immediate and effective steps to end sexual harassment and sexual violence" under Title IX regulations. However, a few weeks after the letter's publication, legislators filed a new federal law called the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act, referred to as SaVE, that reduced the standards for helping sexual assault victims, according to Murphy. "It in effect gives Harvard and Princeton and all schools federal authority to mistreat sexual assault victims on campus," she explained.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

Despite new building, Neuroscience courses on the decline

The Daily Princetonian

Despite new building, Neuroscience courses on the decline

De Vann Sago

While a new $180 million neuroscience building was completed in the fall of 2013, the program will only be offering three elective courses for the neuroscience certificate in the fall of 2014, compared with seven this semester and nine in the fall of 2013. In order to get the neuroscience certificate, students need to take two core courses and three electives. According to the Registrar’s website, the neuroscience electives offered next fall are NEU 408: Cellular and Systems Neuroscience, NEU 501A/501B: From Molecules to Systems and NEU 336: The Diversity of Brains.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

Program in Creative Writing transitions to online sign-ups

The Daily Princetonian

Program in Creative Writing transitions to online sign-ups

Sharon Deng

Students no longer have to line up early in the morning by New South Building to register for workshops in the Program in Creative Writing. Registration for fall 2014-15 will now take place electronically through SCORE, the University's student course online registration engine. The Program in Creative Writing offers small workshops that focus on poetry, fiction, literary translation and screenwriting.

NEWS | 05/06/2014

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