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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

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.

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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

Former University professor James Rothman wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

Jasmine Wang and Loully Saney

Former University professor James Rothman won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday along with Stanford biochemistry professor Thomas Sudhof and University of California, Berkeley biologist Randy Schekman.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

Obama administration nominates Stengel ’77 for under secretary role at State Department

Jacqueline Gufford

As a result of the government shutdown that began on Oct. 1, the confirmation process for Time Managing Editor Richard Stengel ’77, who was nominated by President Obama on Sept.

NEWS | 10/10/2013

President Eisgruber '83 discusses details behind grading policy review

Warren Crandall

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 pointedto the near-constant criticism that surrounds grade deflation as well as recent feedback received from alumni asthe strongest indicators that the policy needs review. “If anybody had said to me on the day that I voted for the [grading] policy … that a decade later this would still be a major topic on campus, I wouldn’t have believed it,” Eisgruber said in an interview Wednesday morning. In the most important policy review so far in his presidency, Eisgruber charged a committee of nine faculty members with reevaluating Princeton’s grade deflation policy on Monday.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

$100 million BRAIN initiative frozen by shutdown, but holds potential benefits for neuroscience at U.

Elizabeth Paul

Pending the end of the government shutdown, University neuroscientists may play a crucial role in pioneering new neurotechnologies through President Obama’s recent $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

SURGE powers ahead with efforts to raise awareness about fossil fuel divestment

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Students United for a Responsible Global Environment has continued to advocate for the University to divest any holdings in fossil fuel companies. Since first circulating a petition in February, the student environmental group has beencollecting additional signatures, organizing related events and raising awareness among alumni, according to co-president Stephen Moch ’14.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

Following unfounded gunshot reports, Nassau Hall resumes normal operations

Marcelo Rochabrun

Following a two-and-a-half hour shutdown as a result of unfounded reports of gunshots inside Nassau Hall on Tuesday night, the University’s main administrative building resumed normal operations Wednesday morning. The police search that took place, which included local Princeton Police Department officers armed with rifles, did not damage the building or items within it, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said Wednesday evening. The initial 7:55 p.m.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

News & Notes: Yellen nominated to succeed Bernanke

Daily Princetonian Staff

Ben Bernanke, the former chair of the University’s economics department, will step down from his role as chairman of the Federal Reserve at the end of January.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

Q&A: Washington Post reporter and Wonkblog editor Ezra Klein

Loully Saney

After reports of gunshots at Nassau Hall prompted attendees of Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein’s lecture to evacuate to the Whig-Clio Senate Chamber, Klein spoke to The Daily Princetonian in the crowded basement about his passion for blogging, views of American politics and obsession with charts. The Daily Princetonian:What sparked your interest in journalism? Ezra Klein:I got in through kind of a backdoor.

NEWS | 10/09/2013

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