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Rosen ’17 founds nonprofit to include women in orthodox Judaism

Rosen ’17 founds nonprofit to include women in orthodox Judaism

Jacob Donnelly

Netzitzot, a new nonprofit venture cofounded by Maya Rosen ’17, is selling tzitzit online that are specifically tailored to women. Tzitzit are specially knotted ritual fringes worn by some adherents of Judaism.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

News & Notes: Almost half of New Jersey residents disapprove of Consolidation

Daily Princetonian Staff

More than a year after the municipal consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, a survey by Rutgers-Eagleton shows that nearly half of New Jersey residents are not in favor of consolidating municipalities. According to the poll, 46 to 48 percent of state residents oppose their town consolidating with a nearby municipality, an eight percent increase from 2010. The township and the borough of Princeton merged in 2013; after the merging, the town saw a drop in crime rate, budget and tax savings and increase in bond rating. In an interview with the Princeton Packet, Anton Lahnston, former chairman of Princeton’s Consolidation Study Commission, explained that the reason for opposition could be found in residents’ suspicion about change and distrust in local government. The poll surveyed 816 state residents between March 31 and April 6.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

News & Notes: Harvard facing investigation for alleged misconduct in sexual assault cases

Daily Princetonian Staff

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is launching an investigation into Harvard for alleged misconduct in handling sexual assault cases, the Huffington Post reported Monday. Among the accusations were Harvard allegedly failing to move a sexual assault perpetrator from the dormitory in which the victim lived, and that Harvard’s sexual assault policy is outdated and discriminatory. The Huffington Post had previously reported on March 31 that a group of Harvard students had asked the OCR for a review of Harvard’s legal compliance with Title IX and the Clery Act.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

In Bunch '09 murder-suicide case, a number of questions remain

Chitra Marti

At the University, Bryan Bunch ’09 was one of the only open libertarians on campus. He was “not your stereotypical student,” one of his friends said. Bunch also never joined an eating club, instead opting to live and dine in Mathey College for all four years, in one of the first classes that allowed students to live in their residential college as upperclassmen.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

Negotiations for Krugman’s departure had been ongoing for over a year

Negotiations for Krugman’s departure had been ongoing for over a year

Jacob Donnelly

Although economics professor Paul Krugman announced his decision to join the City University of New York faculty on Feb.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

Q&A: Journalism professor and former editor-at-large of Newsweek Evan Thomas

Marcelo Rochabrun

Evan Thomas, former editor-at-large at Newsweek who has taught journalism at the University for seven consecutive years, will be leaving Princeton at the end of the academic year.

NEWS | 04/29/2014

News & Notes: PC guy to perform at the Comedy Show during Houseparties weekend

Daily Princetonian Staff

Comedian John Hodgman will perform at the Comedy Show on Friday night during Houseparties, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students announced Monday in a Facebook post. Hodgman, a Yale graduate, is best known for his gig on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and for his role as the PC in Apple’s “Get a Mac” advertising campaign with Justin Long as the Mac.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

Princeton hires first professor of Asian-American history

Ruby Shao

Beth Lew-Williams, who will join the University next year, will become the first professor in Asian-American history.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

Without selective admissions, Wilson School enrollment increases 76 percent

Lorenzo Quiogue

With 155 new members in the Class of 2016, the Wilson School has seen an increase of 76 percent in its student body in two years.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

Pogrebniak '14 named valedictorian, Iriza '14 named salutatorian

Sheila Sisimit

Katherine Pogrebniak ’14, a computer science major, was named valedictorian on Monday at a faculty meeting.Alexander Iriza ’14, a mathematics major, was named the Latin salutatorian. Both Pogrebniak and Iriza were nominated by the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing.Pogrebniak, who is from Jacksonville, Fla., and Iriza, who is fromAstoria, N.Y.,were informed that they had been nominated for their position on April 18. Both students said that they received an email asking to meet with Dean of the College Valerie Smith. “I would have never expected that that was why I was being called in,” Pogrebniak said.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

USG discusses mental health policy in light of recent debate

Jacob Donnelly

Members of the USG discussed University mental health policy in light of recent wider public discussion of the subjectat their weekly senate meeting on Sunday.U-Councilor Zhan Okuda-Lim ’15 noted that the Mental Health Initiative board was hoping to write an editorial to publish in The Daily Princetonian within the next week to express the USG’s position on mental health policy.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

Nine win Spirit of Princeton Award

Courtesy of the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students

Nine win Spirit of Princeton Award

Sheila Sisimit

Nine students were awarded the 2014 Spirit of Princeton Award, which recognizes students who have made positive contributions to the University community. Ray Chao ’15, Estela Diaz ’14, Sara Figel ’14, Jenesis Fonseca-Ledezma ’14, Adam Mastroianni ’14, Matthew Vengalil ’14, Benedict Wagstaff ’14, Tiana Woolridge ’15 and Trap Yates ’14 were selected from a group of students who were nominated by members of the University community. The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students uses the award to recognize students whose contributions to the arts, community service, student organizations, residential living, religious life and athletics go unrecognized by the University at large, according to the award's website. Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne said that the students were chosen by a selection committee made up of undergraduate students, alumni and administrators from campus life.

NEWS | 04/28/2014

Rappuoli discusses meningitis B vaccine

Sarah Kim

Rino Rappuoli, global head of vaccines research for Novartis Vaccine and Diagnostics, posed the possibility of a meningitis-free world in a lecture last Thursday. Rappuoli, developer of the Bexsero meningitis B vaccine that is being administered by the University, walked the audience through the immunological history of the meningococcus bacteria and the discovery and usage of Bexsero. He opened up the lecture by explaining the chemical and biological structure of the meningococcus bacteria. As soon as they enter the blood system, the bacteria multiply rapidly and pass the blood-brain barrier, which separates blood from brain fluid, causing inflammation of the meninges, Rappuoli said.

NEWS | 04/27/2014

Meningitis vaccine study reaches target of 600 participants

Charles Kyungchan Min

A total of 607 students participated in a public health study conducted by University researchers from April 17-23.

NEWS | 04/27/2014

USG summer storage canceled, PSA to provide similar service

Durva Trivedi

USG will not be offering summer storage to students this year, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email sent out to students on April 21. “After considering the effort we'd have to put into the program and knowing that Princeton Student Agencies offers a similar service in a similar price range, we voted against continuing it,” Jackson said in an interview. Aaron Ave ’15, the student director for Moving and Storage within PSA, said that the service PSA will offer is identical to what USG provided in the past. “We’re just taking over [USG's] portion and adding it on to our existing services,” Ave said, adding that this is PSA’s first year offering summer box storage.

NEWS | 04/27/2014

Updated: Tobias Kim ’17 dies in Argentina, cause of death remains unknown

Tobias Kim '17 poses with his brother and with his mother, Joanna, after high school graduation.

Updated: Tobias Kim ’17 dies in Argentina, cause of death remains unknown

Elizabeth Paul

Tobias Kim ’17 died while abroad in Argentina on Friday. He was 19. Kim was visiting his mother's family in Argentina, according to an email sent by Kim's former high school to alumni on Friday evening.

NEWS | 04/26/2014

USG announces class council presidents

Durva Trivedi

Jonathan Ma ’15, Justin Ziegler ’16 and CJ Harris ’17 have been elected presidents of their respective class councils, and Benedict Wagstaff ’14 was elected president of the Class of 2014 Alumni Council officers, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email to students Friday evening. “It was a good election, and we had good voter turnout overall, I believe,” chief elections manager Amara Nnaeto ’17 said. Additionally, the referendum to separate the class governments from the senate passed with 1661 votes in favor and 277 opposed. "I'm pleased that [the referendum] passed," Jackson said.

NEWS | 04/25/2014

News & Notes: Dartmouth community discusses abolishing the Greek system

Daily Princetonian Staff

Four Dartmouth students debated in front of an audience the possibility ofeliminating the Greek systemfrom their campus on Monday,the Dartmouth reported.While all participants agreed that the campus’s Greek system must undergo changes due to the dangers of binge drinking and sexual assault, the Dartmouth reported thatthey disagreed about whether the faultlay in the system as a whole or in individual members.About half of Dartmouth undergraduates are members of a Greek organization, according to public policy professor Charles Wheelan GS ’93.Dartmouth math professor Alex Barnett opened the debate, claiming that fraternities serve as a “training ground” for violence against women.

NEWS | 04/24/2014

News & Notes: Dean of Forbes College Hodgson to retire

Corinne Lowe

John Hodgson announced his decision to retire from his position as dean of Forbes College in an email sent out to the Forbes listserv on Wednesday. After 20 years at the University, Hodgson said in the email that he will spend his free time working on his next book, titled “Ventriloquism Becomes American: Richard Potter and the Origins of an American Performance Tradition.” Hodgson explained in the email that he had found limited periods of time to work on his book, primarily during weekends and summer vacation, while acting as dean.

NEWS | 04/24/2014

Sociology department sees most growth in concentrators among social sciences

Lorenzo Quiogue

The sociology department saw the greatest increase in concentrators among all the social science departments, with 12 more students entering the department this year than last year. The department had 42 sophomores declare as sociology concentrators this year, compared to the 22 sophomores who joined the department last year.

NEWS | 04/24/2014

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