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News & Notes: Ben Bernanke speaks at financial conference in Abu Dhabi

News & Notes: Ben Bernanke speaks at financial conference in Abu Dhabi

Daily Princetonian Staff

Former chair of the economics department and former chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke reportedly made at least $250,000 for a 40-minute appearance at the financial conference of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, according to Reuters. In his speech, Bernanke expressed regrets about his time as chairman, especially during the financial crisis.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Candidates for 12th district seat announced

Jacqueline Gufford

Since Rush Holt announced his retirement on Feb.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

News & Notes: Princeton Police Department investigating apparent suicide

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Princeton Police Department is currently investigating an apparent suicide. While on patrol around6:30 a.m., officers found the body of a 23-year-old male resident on Spring Street.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Suspicious powder found in mail reported to be powdered eggs

Jacob Donnelly

Powdered eggs, first mistaken for a suspicious powder, prompted numerous emergency response agencies to the University’s Print & Mail Services facility in the Forrestal Campus on Tuesday. The suspicious substance was reported at 10:20 a.m.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Convictions of plagiarism in computer science courses on the rise

Paul Phillips and Luc Cohen

Approximately 20 students were found responsible for plagiarism in COS 126: General Computer Science by the University's Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline during the 2012-13 academic year. The number represents an increase of more than twice the number of violations that occurred in any previous academic year, Fall 2013 COS 126 lead preceptor David Pritchard said. The spike coincides with massive increases in enrollment in recent years, and is consistent with a trend of increased cases of alleged plagiarism in introductory computer science courses across the country.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Government whistleblowers discuss consequences of actions

Konadu Amoakuh

Two government whistleblowers, Cathy Harris and Thomas Tamm, discussed their experiences as whistleblowers and the consequences of their whistleblowing actions at a lecture on campus on Tuesday. Beatrice Edwards, executive director and international program director of the Government Accountability Project, a nongovernmental organization that aims to promote government accountability by protecting whistleblowers and other activists,moderated the lecture.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Chen ’14, Japanwala ’14 win Dale fellowships

Daily Princetonian Staff

Vivienne Chen ’14 and Natasha Japanwala ’14 won theMartin Dale Fellowship, which will allow them to pursue independent projects after graduation. The fellowship provides each student with a $33,000 grant, and was created by Martin Dale ’53.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

Female chemistry professors call for boycott after congress does not include women in list

Elizabeth Paul

Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the EnvironmentEmily Carter is joining two other female theoretical chemists in a call for the boycott of the 15thInternational Congress of Quantum Chemistry because its preliminary list of speakers did not include women. Laura Gagliardi, chemistry professor at the University of Minnesota, and Anna Krylov, chemistry professor at the University of Southern California, composed anopen letterwith Carter.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

U. administrators to present data on peer academic advising system

Ruby Shao

University administrators will soon present data on the peer academic advising system that was implemented across all residential colleges in the 2012-2013 academic year. The peer advising program had been extremely limited before the 2011-2012 school year, Dean of Wilson College Anne Caswell-Klein said.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

Nine students arrested at Keystone Pipeline protests

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Nine students were arrested in front of the White House at a youth protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline on Sunday. The students joined around 1,000 other participants to protest phase 4 of TransCanada's pathway for crude oil, which is still pending President Barack Obama's approval.If approved, the final leg of the pipeline would have a capacity of 830,000 barrels of oil per day and constitute 329 miles, according to the project’s website. The students were among 398 youths who were arrested and charged with infractions for strapping themselves to the White House fence and blocking sidewalk passages, according to Nikolaus Hofer ’17, who left for Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

Two arrested on campus last week

Chitra Marti

Two arrests were made on campus last week by the Department of Public Safety, according to thedaily crime logspublished by DPS. The first of these arrests was made in front of the U-Store on University Place shortly after midnight on Monday morning.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

‘The jury and the prosecutors’

Luc Cohen

The central question facing the Committee on Discipline one night last year — a question that would contribute to the eventual verdict in a student plagiarism case — focused on a time stamp. If the time stamp on the student’s computer science assignment was altered, it would indicate the student had plagiarized and then presented fabricated evidence to the Committee before the hearing. The issue of the time stamp came up toward the tail end of the four-and-a-half-hour long hearing, late at night on March 13, 2013.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

News & Notes: Salt shipment arrives in town in time for new snowstorm

Daily Princetonian Staff

The town of Princeton received salt shipments this week which will be used to keep roads from icing and facilitate snow plowing, the Princeton Packet reported last week. Mayor Liz Lempert announced that critical salt shipments had arrived after a 100-ton order was delayed for weeks due to transportation issues.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Tips on marriage and aggressive husband hunting in "Marry Smart" by Patton '77

Anna Mazarakis

Women should work hard to find a husband, especially since they have a limited window in which they can have children, Susan Patton ’77 argues in her new book, “Marry Smart: Advice for Finding the One.” The book, set to be released next week, mostly rehashes the ideas expressed in a letterto the editor published by The Daily Princetonian last March.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

News & Notes: U. students finish seventh in trading competition

Angela Wang

A team of four University students finished in seventh place out of 52 teams at the Rotman International Trading Competition, the largest trading competition in the world. Teams from top universities in Italy, South Africa, Canada, Thailand, Egypt and the United States competed to maximize their profits in several rounds of simulated trading environments. The competition took place at the University of Toronto from Feb.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Chiang appointed director of Keller Center

Sarah Kim

Mung Chiang, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, was appointed director of the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education last Wednesday, the University announced. Chiang began his time at the University as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2003, and has received many awards both for his teaching and for his research.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Latke triumphs in annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate

Ruby Shao

History professor Julian Zelizer said the political atmosphere between Latke Lovers and Hamentaschen Hubrists has become "more toxic, more poisonous and more rancorous"at the packed annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate on Sunday afternoon. The debate involved the merits of two traditional Jewish foods: the latke and the hamentaschen.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

USG Senate approves Jackson '15's revised Ivy Policy Conference funding proposal

Durva Trivedi

A revised $4,000 funding request for the Ivy Policy Conference to be held on campus March 28-30 was approved at Sunday's USG Senate meeting with 19 votes in favor and three opposed to the proposal. The annual conference brings together representatives from all Ivy League universities to examine existing administrative policies and discuss improvements.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Liveblog: men's basketball vs. Yale

Eddie Owens

Live from Jadwin Gymnasium

NEWS | 02/28/2014

Updated: Krugman to retire from Princeton in 2015

Corinne Lowe

Paul Krugman, the economics professor known for his regular columns in The New York Times, will retire from his position at the University in June 2015. Krugman is currently an economics and Wilson School professor.

NEWS | 02/28/2014

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