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

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

Luminate dietary supplement now on sale on Amazon

De Vann Sago

The dietary supplement Luminate Focus created by Hafiz Dhanani, originally a member of the Class of 2016 who is now taking time off from school, is now for sale on Amazon at a price of$46.95 per bottle of 60 capsules. Marketed as a“non-addictive, safe and effective cognitive enhancement supplement supported by clinical research,” the product is formally a dietary supplement rather than a drug.

NEWS | 04/16/2014

News & Notes: Following fire, House of Cupcakes to move to new location

Ray Mennin

House of Cupcakes will reopen in a new location some time in the next month, The Princeton Packetreported. The move comesafter a March 19 fire left the old building damaged. The business will now be moving one door over from 30 Witherspoon St.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

News & Notes: MSNBC host Harris-Perry to take position at Wake Forest University

Daily Princetonian Staff

Melissa Harris-Perry — who hosts thethe MSNBC weekend show “Melissa Harris-Perry” and taught at Princeton from 2006 until 2010 — is now switching academic homes once again, this time to her alma mater. Harris-Perry will leave herposition as a political science professor at Tulane University in order to become a presidential chair in the politics and international affairs department at Wake Forest University.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

U. and PPPL receive $3.5 million for nuclear disarmament research

Photo courtesy Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications

U. and PPPL receive $3.5 million for nuclear disarmament research

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory will be pursuing nuclear research under a five-year, $3.5 million grant as part of the Center for Verification Technology.They will use the grant to continue developing a protocol for testing whether a warhead has nuclear content. The Center is a consortium of 13 universities and eight laboratories funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration.The group investigates both the technological and policy dimensions of nuclear disarmament, and includes a strong educational component, Alexander Glaser,assistant professor in the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering and in the Wilson School, said. “One of the best things about it is that Princeton is very strong in having both scientific and technical capability along with the Woodrow Wilson School,” Vice President of the PPPL A.J.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

Recurring bed bug infestations displace Holder residents

Jacob Donnelly

Bed bugs continue to be a problem in Holder Hall and Forbes College. Following two reports of bed bugs last September, at least four reports were confirmed this March. The students have been temporarily moved to graduate housing, a move different from last year, when four students were moved to single rooms in 1915 hall, in Butler College. Only the infestation in Holder Hall was disclosed to students.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

Discussions ongoing on development of electronic meal exchange system

Ruby Shao

The USG is in discussions with the Interclub Council and Dining Services to develop an electronic meal exchange system for upperclassmen in eating clubs and dining halls. By digitizing the system, the USG is aiming to streamline the meal exchange process, University Student Life Committee chair Ella Cheng ’16 said.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

Citizen group that opposed AvalonBay will not appeal ruling

Ruby Shao

A group of local residents who oppose AvalonBay, the controversial developer that wants to build residential units at the former University Medical Center at Princeton site, will not appeal a decision that affirms the rights of the company to develop the zone. The Association for Planning at Hospital Site LLC had sued Avalon Bay on Sept.

NEWS | 04/15/2014

News and Notes: Gellman ’82 and Washington Post win Pulitzer Prize

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Washington Post staff and The Guardian staff were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service on Monday. The team of journalists, which includes Barton Gellman ’82,won for a series of articles based on classified National Security Agency documents whichrevealed the Agency’s widespread surveillance program.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

News and Notes: Free New York Times digital subscriptions now available to students

Daily Princetonian Staff

Faculty, students and staff at the University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratorycan now access the digital edition of The New York Times through an academic site license provided by the University’s Library, the Library announced on its website. The license does not include e-reader editions, tablet applications, or applications for the Times’ crossword puzzles.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Low response rate for USG Midterm Evaluation survey

Sharon Deng

Only 171 students, approximately 26 percent of the students sampled, responded to the USG Academics Committee’s Midterm Evaluation Pilot program survey.The survey was available from April 3 to April 6 and allowed students to submit anonymous feedback about their classes. The 10 classes selected for the pilot program varied in size, department and type, but all received the same survey.Consisting of 14 questions, the survey was based on an existing midsemester course questionnaire template provided by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Class Council and U-Council candidates announced

Anna Mazarakis

Thirty-four students are running for class council or U-Council positions this year, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email to the undergraduate student body on Monday. Of the 15 class council positions, nine are uncontested.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

In light of changes and unrest, Princeton monitoring investment policies across the Ivy League

James Evans

The University is monitoring sustainable investment developments across the Ivy League in light of recent demonstrations and policy changes across peer institutions, although it considers it is still too early to make a decision. Harvard President Drew Faust recently announced Harvard’s commitment to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment, aimed at tackling climate change.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Bodine to take position at Georgetown

Bodine to take position at Georgetown

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Wilson School diplomat-in-residence and Directorof the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative program Barbara Bodine intends to step down at the end of the academic year. The University is now searching for a director for the SINSI program, which was established in 2006. A job posting indicated the search was posted on the University website on April 7.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

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