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Updated: Turner Construction did not use temporary supports to hold up Dinky canopy, investigation finds

Updated: Turner Construction did not use temporary supports to hold up Dinky canopy, investigation finds

Patience Haggin

Turner Construction Company, the firm leading the development of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, did not make use of temporary supports to hold up the canopy of the Dinky station on Sept.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

Princeton branch of falafel restaurant Mamoun's in permit process, may open in January

Emily Tseng

New York-based falafel restaurant Mamoun’s may open its Princeton location in January, owner Hussam Chater said Tuesday. Chater, who now oversees all aspects of his father Mamoun's business with his brothers Kinan, Galal and Nedal, had previously estimated a fall 2013 opening date for the newest branch of his family’s restaurant chain.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

Personal lockers in Firestone to be assigned to seniors this week

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Seniors are being assigned new lockers in Firestone Library starting this week, according to an email sent to a portion of the senior class Tuesday morning with instructions to pick up their locker assignments. The email instructed seniors to stop by the library’s Privileges Office for their assignments by Nov.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

University hires prominent law firm to represent it in tax challenge case

Patience Haggin

The University has hired Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, one of the largest law firms in the world, to defend it in a court challenge to the school’s tax-exempt status.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

Former U. President Bowen GS ’58 argues online education is “here to stay”

William Bowen lectures on the future of online education and MOOCs

Former U. President Bowen GS ’58 argues online education is “here to stay”

Evan Draim

Former University President William G. Bowen GS ’58argued that “online education is here to stay”in a lecture in McCosh 50 on Monday night,saying that universities must work to find solutions to the challenges posed by technological advances. The national discourse surrounding the growing prevalence of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, has become increasingly relevant to the University in recent years, where several professors have adopted Coursera, a massive online education platform that allows professors to offer online courses to students off-campus. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, who has indicated his support for a greater role for online education in the past, acknowledged the cost considerations driving the popularity of MOOCs in a May lecture.

NEWS | 10/14/2013

U. debate on threat posed by climate change grows hot

Greta Shum

The threat posed to humanity by climate change is questionable, University physics professor William Happer GS '64 said in a talk Thursday at the physics department's monthly colloquium. Happer's comments came in response to anannual report on the state of climate changereleased by theUnited Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in September, with whose findings he disagreed.Two weeks earlier, Happer had shared the same views at atalk celebrating Institute for Advanced Study physicist Freeman Dyson’s 90th birthday. Happer’s criticism of the link between greenhouse gases and carbon dioxide contributing to global warming has been a point of contention among the academic community, including his peers at the University. In his Thursday discussion, titled “Why Has Global Warming Paused?”, Happer directly challenged the IPCC report that supported the link between human greenhouse gas emissions and global warming.Contrary to the report, Happer said that increased carbon dioxide emissions would not pose a problem for humanity. Over the past 15 years, temperatures have not risen as high as scientists, including himself, have predicted, Happer pointed out.

NEWS | 10/14/2013

News & Notes: Gas line rupture near Forbes College causes changes in pedestrian paths, dining hall menu

Daily Princetonian Staff

A backhoe accidentally ruptured a gas line at Alexander Street near Forbes College around 10 a.m.

NEWS | 10/14/2013

Town police to issue protocol regarding non-involvement in immigration law enforcement

Chitra Marti

At the urging of several town council members, the Princeton Police Department will issue an official protocol this month clarifying the department’s role in federal immigration law enforcement.

NEWS | 10/14/2013

Spilling secrets: Barton Gellman ’82

Spilling secrets: Barton Gellman ’82

Angela Wang

Barton Gellman ’82 has always been a secret breaker.As an undergraduate at Princeton, Gellman decried secrecy inNassau Hall in his first column as the chairman of The Daily Princetonian — a position roughly equivalent to what is now known as editor-in-chief.“We've been far too tolerant, as well, of Nassau Hall’s idiosyncratic preference for secrecy and closed-door decisions on the most basic issues facing Princeton,” Gellman wrote in February 1981.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

Booker and Lonegan to vie for Senate seat in special election

Hannah Schoen

Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan will face off for a U.S.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

Five officers elected to Freshman Class Council

Anna Mazarakis

Nusrat Ahmed, CJ Harris, Luke Li, Nathan Suek and Andrew Sun have been elected class council for the Class of 2017.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

News & Notes: U. co-sponsored study finds association between guilt and self-perceived weight

Daily Princetonian Staff

A study cosponsored by the University has yielded findings that suggest an association between the perception of guilt and the perception of heaviness, The Huffington Post reported.The study used three separate groups of college students.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

With Class of 2013, Mudd Library offers online database of senior theses

Konadu Amoakuh

Princeton senior theses are now joining the world of digital documents.On Tuesday Oct.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

USG votes to create transparency ad-hoc committee

Anna Mazarakis

In response to calls for greater transparency by members of the USG Senate, theUSG passed a proposal to create a transparency ad hoc committee at a Senate meeting on Sunday evening.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

For senatorial election, U. organizations continue efforts to encourage student voting

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For senatorial election, U. organizations continue efforts to encourage student voting

Lorenzo Quiogue

With the special New Jersey senatorial election happening on Wednesday, Oct.

NEWS | 10/13/2013

USG announces winners of freshman class council elections

Anna Mazarakis

The new Class of 2017 class council officers were announcedFridayevening by USG president Shawon Jackson '15 in an email sent to the freshman class.The new officers areNusrat Ahmed '17,CJ Harris '17,Luke Li '17,Nathan Suek '17 and AndrewSun '17.The five freshmen were chosen out of 23 who ran for the position.Sun received 253 votes, Suek received 233 votes, Harris received 197 votes, Li recieved 174 votes and Ahmed received 173 votes.Jackson did not disclose in the email the percentage of votes each elected officer received.A referendum in the election of April 2012eliminated officer positionsfor the freshman class council.

NEWS | 10/11/2013

Eisgruber ’83: Forbes College could be expanded to allow for student body increase

Eisgruber ’83: Forbes College could be expanded to allow for student body increase

Warren Crandall

University President Christopher Eisgruber’83 suggested that the University may consider either building a seventh residential college or expanding Forbes College in order to handle a potential increase of the student body. Eisgruber floated the idea of expanding the student bodyat the lastCouncil of the Princeton University Community on Sept.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

Q&A: Former Egypt foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr

Lydia Lim

Before his lecture at the Wilson School on Thursday afternoon, former Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss the challenges facing the Egyptian government and the likelihood of a transition to a legitimate constitutional democracy in the wake of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s removal from power in June. The Daily Princetonian:What is the biggest challenge facing the Egyptian government today? Mohamed Kamel Amr:I think the biggest challenge facing Egypt today, it is what they call a “road map” for, you see, moving forward.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

News & Notes: Hammer and chisel hitting door identified as source of reported gunshot sounds

Marcelo Rochabrun

A hammer and chisel that were used to repair a door have been identified as the likely source of the reported gunshot sounds on Tuesday evening at Nassau Hall, the University said Thursday.The door repair happened around 20 minutes before a female caller told the University’s Department of Public Safetyshe had heard the sound of gunshots inside the building, according to a press release issued Thursday night.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

Egyptian foreign minister urges patience, understanding on part of international community

Elliott Eglash

“Democracy is not an event. Democracy is a process,” Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Kamel Amr said at a lecture on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

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