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House Rep. Holt discusses retirement

House Rep. Holt discusses retirement

Jacob Donnelly

After eight-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, whorepresented New Jersey’s 12th district,announced his decision to retire on Tuesday in an email to supporters, he spoke with The Daily Princetonian about his work in the House of Representatives and his plans for the future. The Daily Princetonian: I want to start with a recent statement you made, that “Congress is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.” Why do you still say that after recent events, including the government shutdown? Representative Rush Holt: Let me first say that I’ve spent the past couple of days tamping down speculation in a couple of areas.

NEWS | 02/20/2014

News & Notes: Gellman ’82 wins award for national security reporting

Daily Princetonian Staff

Barton Gellman ’82, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who writes for The Washington Post, was one of 30 recipients to receive the George Polk Award for national security reporting, according to The National Post. Gellman, along with The Guardian’s Laura Poitras, Ewen MacAskill and Glenn Greenwald, was recognized for reporting based on the documents that former intelligence analyst Edward Snowden leaked. Gellman’s and the others’ reporting efforts have opened up a renewed debate over the legitimacy of government surveillance by revealing the extent of surveillance and massive data collected by the National Security Agency. This was the 65th annual George Polk Award, conferred each year to honor investigative and enterprise reporting that is original, requires resourcefulness and procures results that gain public attention.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Club Nom hosts first dialogue at Cloister

Chitra Marti

Club Nom, an initiative started by Hannah Rosenthal ’15 to facilitate dialogue between upperclassmen in eating clubs and those in other eating options, held its first event at Cloister Inn on Wednesday. The initiative will hold 10 dialogues in each of the participating clubs this semester.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

U. lecturer argues global warming doesn’t cause polar vortex

Elizabeth Paul

University lecturer Isaac Held and his colleagues published a letter in "Science"on Feb.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Holt to retire from Congress

Jacob Donnelly

Eight-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Rush Holt announced his decision to retire on Tuesday in an email to supporters.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

New TI membership almost 60 percent male

New TI membership almost 60 percent male

Ruby Shao

Almost 60 percent of the students accepted to Tiger Inn this spring are male. This number represents a slight decrease in the number of new male members compared to last spring, when the number of male students accepted to TI represented 62.5 percent of the new membership. Approximately 53 percent of students accepted to Tower Club were female, the bicker club with the largest percentage of new female members. TI president Ryan Cash ’15 did not respond to a request for comment.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Students petition for a new vegetarian co-op

Do-Hyeong Myeong

An online petition for a new vegetarian co-op has been circulating on campus since Feb.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

News & Notes: O’Shea ’16 a Jeopardy! finalist

Daily Princetonian Staff

Theresa O’Shea ’16 won her semifinal round competition of Jeopardy! College Championship last night, moving on to the final round with a chance to win up to $100,000. O’Shea said in a previous interview with The Daily Princetonian that being on Jeopardy!

NEWS | 02/18/2014

News & Notes: Holt chooses not to seek reelection

Daily Princetonian Staff

U.S. Rep. Rush D. Holt of New Jersey, who has represented the 12th congressional district — including Princeton — in the U.S.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Wilson School to offer study abroad program in Israel

Warren Crandall

The Wilson School has partnered with the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, to offer Wilson School students the chance to study abroad while completing a mandatory task force.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Weldon ’16 named Class of 2016 Social Chair

Anna Mazarakis

James Weldon ’16 will serve as the new Class of 2016 social chair, the 2016 class council announced in an email to the sophomore class on Tuesday. Molly Stoneman ’16 vacated the position after she won her bid for USG vice president in the November elections. Weldon was chosen out of approximately 20 applicants, Class of 2016 president Justin Ziegler ’16 said.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Falk encourages Palestinian use of ‘soft power’ in conflict with Israel

Falk encourages Palestinian use of ‘soft power’ in conflict with Israel

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Palestinians should continue to pursue self-empowerment, legal justice and peaceful resistance in their ongoing territorial conflict with Israel, international law professor emeritus Richard Falk said during the 11thannual Edward W.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Biographer discusses personal aspects of Wilson’s presidency

Corinne Lowe

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University trustee A. Scott Berg ’71 gave a lecture on Tuesday on the life of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, depicting Wilson as a president deeply influenced by his regional and religious background and reluctant to take a stand against racism and women’s suffrage. Berg’s Woodrow Wilson biography, published in the fall of 2013, is a New York Times best seller whose rights were recently been purchased by Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Confusion surrounding vaccination and blood drives resolved

Charles Kyungchan Min

Individuals who received the meningococcal disease vaccine were not originally eligible to donate blood because of the vaccine's unlicensed status in the United States.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

News & Notes: 1,162 receive second dose of meningitis vaccine on first day of clinic

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

A total of 1,162 eligible individuals received the second vaccination dose against meningococcal-B on Monday, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

News & Notes: Painting allegedly punched at Ivy

Chitra Marti

A painting was allegedly punched and damaged last Friday in Ivy Club, according to a press release by the Princeton Police Department. Police were called to the club on the report that someone had punched and damaged a painting in the club, the release said.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

Wantchekon strives for ‘pan-African’ university

Catherine Duazo

Politics professor Leonard Wantchekon, prison activist turned professor, is in the process of founding a university in Africa, which he hopes will become a “pan-African” university that would provide students with a “modern American-style university” experience.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

Princeton says no injuries due to ice, but students report falling

Jasmine Wang

The University is not aware of any injuries caused as a result of the sheets of ice that have covered sidewalks around campus after several snowstorms hit the east coast over the last few weeks, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

USG sponsors Violence Intervention and Prevention week

Ruby Shao

The USG is sponsoring aViolence Intervention and Prevention week dedicated to educating students about issues related tosexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking. Students this week will have the opportunity to attend lectures, study breaks, performances and discussions that deal with topics ofpower-based personal violence. The USG collaborated with Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education, the residential colleges’ directors of student life and the Women’s Center to create the initiative. USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, who proposed the project, said that the idea came to him at a meeting in which several officers were discussing the USG promotion of an upcoming lecture by sexual assault expert David Lisak.

NEWS | 02/17/2014

USG discusses PrinceTHON project

Sheila Sisimit

USG Social Chair Logan Roth ’15 presented the PrinceTHON project to the Senate at the first meeting of the new administration on Sunday night. According to its website, PrinceTHON has started "a year-long effort of innovative projects to unite the community and fundraise for big impact causes, culminating in Princeton’s first dance marathon" which will take place on April 5.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

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