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SPIDER instrument to be launched in Antarctica

SPIDER instrument to be launched in Antarctica

Greta Shum

A team of University physicists and engineers met with collaborators in Palestine, Texas this summer to assemble and test a telescope complex, known as SPIDER, that when launched will help scientists understand the fundamental physics of a period during the early universe.Currently, most of SPIDER has been disassembled and is on its way by boat to Antarctica.

NEWS | 09/25/2013

Search underway for Dean Russel’s replacement

Jean-Carlos Arenas

A search committee has been formed to find the replacement for Dean of the Graduate School William Russel, who announced on Sept.

NEWS | 09/25/2013

U. has no investments in weapons manufacturing, report states

Anna Mazarakis

The University’s investments do not include any “direct” holdings in weapons manufacturing companies, according to a report released by the Resources Committee during the summer.

NEWS | 09/25/2013

Q&A: New York Times Op-Ed Columnist Gail Collins

Carla Javier

Gail Collins, a New York Times columnist and the first female editor of that paper’s editorial page, spoke on campus Tuesday about women’s rights from the 1960s to the present. The Daily Princetonian: Let’s talk about journalism and newsrooms.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Q&A: Jon Steinberg ’99, COO and president of BuzzFeed

Monica Chon

Before speaking on campus Tuesday, BuzzFeed COO and president Jon Steinberg ’99 sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his memories from Princeton, his position at the helm of one of the Internet’s most popular media companies and advice for current Princetonians. The Daily Princetonian: When you wrote for the Opinion section of the ‘Prince,’ did you know that you would end up working at an online media company?

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Collins discusses major issues in women's rights, a vision that "changed overnight"

Gail Collins in a lecture at the Wilson School

Collins discusses major issues in women's rights, a vision that "changed overnight"

Carla Javier

The birth control pill, the economy of the 1970s and the civil rights movement were the three factors that made the boom of women’s rights between 1964 and 1972 possible, New York Times columnist and former editor of the Times’ editorial page Gail Collins said in a lecture on Tuesday.Discussing her 2009 book “When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present,” Collins shared anecdotes from various women who were part of the women’s rights movement.“A vision about the way things should be that had existed for millennia, ever since the beginning of Western civilization, with women in the home taking care of kids while men were outside running the public world —that vision changed overnight,” Collins said.In 1960, women faced social pressure if they weren’t engaged by their junior year of college, Collins said, adding she believes this expectation existed because effective birth control was not available.Once the birth control pill became available to women, female applications to law and medical school soared, according to Collins.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Through ties both personal and professional, Christie and Buono connect to Princeton

Through ties both personal and professional, Christie and Buono connect to Princeton

Hannah Schoen

While Gov.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

In latest Annual Giving campaign, undergraduate alumni account for 80 percent of donations

In latest Annual Giving campaign, undergraduate alumni account for 80 percent of donations

James Evans

The University’s last Annual Giving campaign raised $57,019,138,the second-highest total in the program’s history in nominal terms,just short of the $57,246,302 mark set the previous year.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

News & Notes: Prosecutor’s Office downgrades drug possession charge in ecstasy case

Marcelo Rochabrun

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has transferred the case of the freshman charged with drug possession back to the Princeton Municipal Court, Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Prosecutor’s Office, said Tuesday.The Prosecutor's Office downgraded the charge againstJoseph Gauvreau '17 frompossession of controlled dangerous substances — the initial charge made by theUniversity’s Department of Public Safetyearlier this monthafter searching the student's Holder Hall room — to failure to dispose of CDS.The new charge is considered a disorderly persons offense under New Jersey law.The Municipal Court had originally elevated the case to the Prosecutor’s Office because of the nature of DPS's initial charges.DeBlasio also released a copy of the complaint against Gauvreau that indicates he was allegedly found with "Molly," a name for ecstasy usually found in powder or crystal form.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Catholic chaplaincy Aquinas Institute relocates to house on Charlton Street

Catholic chaplaincy Aquinas Institute purchased a house closer to Princeton University to better serve its ministry

Catholic chaplaincy Aquinas Institute relocates to house on Charlton Street

Ella Cheng

The Aquinas Institute, a local Catholic chaplaincy that provides services to Princeton students, relocated to a newly-bought house on 24 Charlton St., north of the Friend Center, on Aug.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Mass. Gov. Patrick endorses Booker for Senate

Mass. Gov. Patrick endorses Booker for Senate

Lydia Lim

Massachusetts Gov.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

BuzzFeed COO and pres. Jon Steinberg '99 assesses media trends, defends cute animal-stuffed posts

Buzzfeed President and COO Jon Steinberg '99 speaking at Princeton

BuzzFeed COO and pres. Jon Steinberg '99 assesses media trends, defends cute animal-stuffed posts

Monica Chon

“If someone says they don’t like the cute animals on BuzzFeed, you should turn to them and ask if they are a robot,” Jon Steinberg ’99, the president and COO of BuzzFeed, said jokingly during a lecture he delivered on Tuesday night. But it was not just a joke.

NEWS | 09/24/2013

Debate on U.S. intervention in Syria exposes clash of worldviews, audience opposition to military action

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

Researchers from two think tanks faced off in a debate on Monday over whether the United States should intervene in the ongoing Syrian civil war.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

News & Notes: Delays, failure to download attachments affect Gmail service

Daily Princetonian Staff

Gmail, the email service offered by Google that also hosts the University's @princeton.edu addresses for students, experienced technical difficulties on Monday. According to thetechnology blog TechCrunch, Google experienced problems with delayed emails and attachments that failed to properly download.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

Locals' challenge to Arts and Transit zoning begins trial

Patience Haggin

A lawsuit challenging the legality of the zoning granted to allow the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood went to trial in the Superior Court of Mercer County on Monday. The suit, brought by a group of local residents led by Walter and Anne Neumann, challenges the zoning ordinances granted by the former Princeton Borough and the Princeton Township to allow for the construction of the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

Moving and Storage Agency stores double last summer's items, has not yet received any lost item claims

Seth Merkin Morokoff

When Gabe Banevicius ’15 and his roommates returned to their new quad on campus at the beginning of the semester, they found a refrigerator and a mattress that didn’t belong to them.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

News & Notes: Ted Cruz '92 profiled as a "wacko bird" in GQ

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University was an alien environment for Texas Senator (R) Ted Cruz ’92 when he first stepped on campus, according to aprofile of Cruz in the October issue of GQ. "I did not know anybody there; I didn't know anybody who had gone there," he told the magazine.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

Intentional effort to remove Dinky canopy went awry, contractor says; council calls for full investigation

Patience Haggin

The collapse of the old Dinky station’s overhead canopy on Thursday was the result of an intentional effort to remove the awning, a spokesman for the University’s contractor working on the project, Turner Construction Company, said Monday.

NEWS | 09/23/2013

In installation, Eisgruber argues liberal arts education is worth the cost

Teddy Schleifer

As Kathryn Hall ’80 stepped forward to deliver the opening remarks for the installation of Christopher Eisgruber ’83, the man of the hour grabbed her arm and pointed at a chair. Should he remain standing as she spoke or sit in the outsized wooden throne on the Nassau Hall stage, Eisgruber seemed to ask, as 1,200 audience members laughed. Hall, the chair of the Board of Trustees, motioned for him to sit.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

One year after freshman Greek ban, Class of 2016 recruits "more self-selective" and rush-savvy

Elizabeth Paul

The Class of 2016 will get its first chance to rush fraternities and sororities next month, as the first class to do so under the administration’s ban on freshman participation in Greek activities. Presidents of Greek organizations say the ban has had a noticeable impact on this year’s class of pledges, increasing students’ interest in Greek life and attracting a more dedicated rush-savvy class of recruits.Sorority recruitment will begin on Monday, Sept.

NEWS | 09/22/2013

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