Attorneys for two former aides of embattled New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will appear in court next month to argue why their clients should not comply with subpoenas issued to further investigate the Fort Lee bridge lane closures, The Star-Ledger reported. State Superior Court Assignment Judge Mary Jacobson told attorneys for former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Anne Kelly and former campaign adviser Bill Stepien to submit briefs defending their position by March 3.
Town Mayor Liz Lempert said that the Princeton Council could appoint a new police chief to replace disgraced former police chief David Dudeck as early as next month, the Princeton Packet reported. Dudeck signed a separation agreement with the town last year after facing numerous allegations of administrative misconduct. Captain Nick Sutter has run the police department in Dudeck’s absence, but Town Administrator Robert Bruschi said that Sutter will not necessarily be the automatic choice for the position.
Former President of the United Nations General Assembly Vuk Jeremic gave a lecture Thursday in which he argued that regional and national governments are facing a growing danger in continuing to misalign short-term priorities with long-term needs. Sustainable development is an essential component to moving forward and preserving humanity, he said.
Daphne Oz ’08, co-host of ABC’s food-centered talk show The Chew, shared her experiences in the professional world during a lecture on Thursday and advised students to embrace the opportunity to explore different career paths before choosing a long-term track. “It’s not only amazing, it’s totally acceptable for people our age to have eight, 10, 15 careers,” she said. Oz explained that upon graduation from the University, where she concentrated in Near Eastern Studies, she struggled to identify what she wanted to do as a full-time career.
4,709 students received the second dose of the meningitis vaccine, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.
Following the psychology department’s move from Green Hall to Peretsman-Scully Hall, Green Hall is now being used as “swing space,” Provost David Lee GS ’99 said.
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.
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.
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.
University lecturer Isaac Held and his colleagues published a letter in "Science"on Feb.
Eight-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Rush Holt announced his decision to retire on Tuesday in an email to supporters.
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.
An online petition for a new vegetarian co-op has been circulating on campus since Feb.
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!
U.S. Rep. Rush D. Holt of New Jersey, who has represented the 12th congressional district — including Princeton — in the U.S.
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.
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.
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.
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.