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Study reveals that average citizens wield minimal political power

Study reveals that average citizens wield minimal political power

Jeron Fenton

New research produced by politics professor Martin Gilens andpolitical science professor at Northwestern University Benjamin Page shows that average citizens have little to no influence on the outcome of government policy. The data used in Page and Gilens' research consisted of 1,779 pieces of U.S.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Long time Obama aide and long time writer of classmate news: Chris Lu '88

Long time Obama aide and long time writer of classmate news: Chris Lu '88

Jacob Donnelly

On April 5, 1988, at 2:27 a.m., Christopher P.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

News & Notes: 2014 Boston Marathon to expect high police presence

Daily Princetonian Staff

One year after the bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line, runners will take to the starting line for the 2014 Boston Marathon on Monday. Last year, two homemade bombs made from pressure cookers detonated near the marathon's finish line on April 15, killing three and wounding more than 260 others. Dozens of University students, faculty, staff and alumni either ran the marathon or attended the celebrations that accompanied the marathon, and were confirmed safe shortly after the bombs were detonated. There will be a higher-than-usual police presence at Monday's marathon, in addition to other security measures, Massachusetts Gov.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

USG discusses expansion of counseling services, Lawnparties

Durva Trivedi

Guests from the Graduate Student Government and Counseling and Psychological Services spoke at Sunday night’s USG Senate meeting. Dr. Calvin Chin, the director of CPS, addressed ways that CPS and USG can collaborate to spread the message that it's important to “not be afraid to acknowledge vulnerability, and to not be afraid to reach out and get resources.” Chin said that on their end, CPS is expanding counseling services' availability hours in the fall, developing their new initiative which places a CPS wellness outpost in the EQuad for drop-ins, working on a bystander intervention program in partnership with SHARE, putting together training so that students, faculty and staff can be trained to act as allies and working on destigmatizing mental illness. Chin said he wants students to know that “it’s okay to have stress, it’s okay to feel displaced, it’s okay sometimes to feel not okay, it’s okay to feel overwhelmed.” Chin said he hopes to communicate that message through a variety of video projects, including a Princeton Speaks Up initiative of short student, faculty and staff testimonial videos.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Students to vote on separation of Senate, Class Governments

Ray Mennin

Students will vote on a referendum to separate the Senate and Class Governments in addition to voting for Class Council and U-Council positions.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Katsevich '14 awarded Hertz Fellowship

Sheila Sisimit

Gene Katsevich ’14 is one of 15 students nationwide to be awarded a Hertz Fellowship this year.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

In light of Heartbleed, Princeton asks students to change passwords

Paul Phillips

The Office of Information Technology sent an email to students on Friday asking them to change their passwords in response to "Heartbleed," a security flaw in software used to protect private information on the Internet. Vice President for Information Technology and CIO Jay Dominick said Heartbleed is a function of a particular version of OpenSSL, a piece of software that encrypts Internet traffic.

NEWS | 04/18/2014

Eisgruber discusses online courses, higher education

Jacob Donnelly

The traditional brick-and-mortar college experience is still valuable because of the broad array of interactions it allows students to have with faculty members, University President Christopher Eisgruber’83said Thursday in a lecture that was a part of the “Last Lecture” series. Eisgruber explained that students may be more motivated to learn when immersed in an environment that offers opportunities to engage with the people who teach and grade them.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

News and Notes: Late García Márquez had ties to Princeton

Daily Princetonian Staff

Author and Nobel Laureate in literature GabrielGarcía Márquezdied Thursday at age 87. The exact cause of death was unspecified, but he had recently returned to his home in Mexico City after a hospitalization. Born in Colombia and widely considered one of the best Spanish-language authors of the 20th century, García Márquezpopularized magical realism, a literary genre that combines supernatural elements with the every day.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

News and Notes: No Truman scholarships awarded to Princeton this year

De Vann Sago

No Truman scholarships were awarded to the University this year, and no Princeton student made it to the final round of the application process for the second consecutive year, the Foundation announced. The scholarship was awarded this year to one student at Harvard and two students at Duke, but none of the scholars came from Yale.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

Panels detached, reinstalled in campus art project

Panels detached, reinstalled in campus art project

Carla Javier

The creators of a class art project that seeks responses to the question, "What can you not say at Princeton?” have reported two incidents against their project. Known as The Surface, the creators reported one incident of "aggressive intervention” and a second incident where the University removed part of their project due to "graphic content." Both incidents allegedly happened on April 15. The University has denied any involvement in the first incident and said the second incident was in response to a complaint it had received. The Surface is a literal white surface where people can write and express their answers to the overarching question.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

Researchers find climate response is sensitive to emissions rate

Elizabeth Paul

The relationship between carbon emissions and climate response is much more complicated than previously thought, according to research published by scientists at the University's geosciences department andthe Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory on April 1in Geophysical Research Letters. The scientists' findings imply that current methods of comparing carbon emissions with temperature change are not effective. John Krasting, a physical scientist at the GFDL, which is associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, led the study. He explained that the researchers used a physical climate model coupled with a carbon cycle model to conduct the study.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

Fire on third floor of Wendell was caused by box left on stove

Fire on third floor of Wendell was caused by box left on stove

Lorenzo Quiogue

A fire was reported in the third-floor kitchen of Wendell Hall in Whitman College at around 1:50 p.m.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

Tilghman, Gibson '65, Daniels '71 elected to Commission on Presidential Debates

Jacqueline Gufford

Former University President Shirley Tilghman, University trustee Charlie Gibson ’65 and current Purdue University President Mitch Daniels ’71 were recently elected directors to the Commission on Presidential Debates. Their addition brings the total number of Princeton-affiliated directors on the commission to six. Co-chair of the commission Mike McCurry ’76 and former Senator Jack Danforth ’58 are also directors on the commission.

NEWS | 04/17/2014

News & Notes: Three student groups win $10K grants to implement peace projects

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Three University student groups were awarded $10,000 from the Davis Projects for Peace to launch their ideas for peace this summer in Jordan, the Philippines and India, according to the University website. Wardah Bari ’16 and Farah Amjad ’16 will pursue their project “Children's Playground: Fostering Peace Between Native and Refugee Communities” in Jordan.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

News and Notes: Princeton Mock Trial wins 2nd place in national competition

Daily Princetonian Staff

Princeton Mock Trial was ultimately titled the National Champion Runner Up for the 2014 competition of the American National Mock Trial Tournament, losing to University of California, Los Angeles in a 3-2 ballot decision.The team also received three individual All-American Awards for best witnesses and attorney and placed first in its division with an undefeated record, the first team to do so in the 30-year history of the national competition. This year was Princeton’s first championship round appearance.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

McCarty delivers lecture on criminality in financial institutions

McCarty delivers lecture on criminality in financial institutions

Charles Kyungchan Min

Complexity and decentralization are two of many factors that exacerbate the criminality and corruption in financial institutions, professor of politics in the Wilson School Nolan McCarty said in a lecture on Wednesday. McCarty began his lecture by discussing the main thesis of his newly co-authored book, “Political Bubbles: Financial Crises and the Failure of American Democracy.” His discussion focused on financial crimes, such as money laundering and bank fraud, as systematic problems that shed light on the relationship between the financial sector and the federal government.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

New introductory entrepreneurship course to be offered

Sarah Kim

The Keller Center will begin offering a new introductory entrepreneurship course, EGR 201: Introduction to Entrepreneurship, in fall 2014 to give students early exposure to entrepreneurship in their university career. The course, which is co-taught by Keller Center professors John D.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

Parks ’15 starts “fitness buddies” program to promote exercise among students

Sheila Sisimit

The Peer Health Adviser programpartnered with Campus Recreation to start a new initiative called Princeton Fitness Buddies earlier this month.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

Lawnparties charity linked to controversial public education plan

Jacob Donnelly

TEAM Charter Schools, the charity chosen by the USG that will receive merchandise proceeds from spring Lawnparties, is linked to the controversial “One Newark” plan, which involves transferring the management of some public schools to charter organizations. The program was planned by Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson, who announcedin March that TEAM would operate grades K-4 at the Bragaw Avenue Elementary School and K-1 at Hawthorne Elementary School. Hundreds of Newark parents, students and teachers chanting “Public schools are our schools” and “Cami must go”protested“One Newark” outside the State House in Trenton on March 27.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

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