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Q&A: Rep. Rush Holt on Syria and the U.S.-Russia Agreement

Q&A: Rep. Rush Holt on Syria and the U.S.-Russia Agreement

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

Following Secretary of State John Kerry’s Saturday announcement that the United States and Russia reached an agreement for the international control of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, The Daily Princetonian spoke briefly by phone to U.S.

NEWS | 09/15/2013

McCollum eliminated from Miss America competition

Angela Wang

Cara McCollum, who competed as Miss New Jersey, was eliminated from the Miss America national competition on Sunday night when the top 15 semifinalists were revealed at the beginning of the evening’s programming.

NEWS | 09/15/2013

ENV course examines climate change through Hurricane Sandy, Jersey Shore visits

Austin Lee

While the University campus was shielded from the worst effects of Hurricane Sandy last fall, the other home of Katie Goepel ’15 was not as fortunate.

NEWS | 09/15/2013

Q&A: Senate Candidate Steve Lonegan

Hannah Schoen

Late last week The Daily Princetonian spoke to Steve Lonegan, who is running as the Republican candidate for the late Senator Frank Lautenberg’s seat.

NEWS | 09/15/2013

News & Notes: Patton '77 finishes manuscript, anticipates spring release

Anna Mazarakis

Susan Patton '77 has finished the manuscript of her book, "Smarten Up!: Words of Wisdom from the Princeton Mom" and has sent the completed manuscript to her editor, she confirmed last week.

NEWS | 09/12/2013

Senate hopeful Booker remains favorite over Lonegan for October special election

Hannah Schoen

Newark Mayor Cory Booker remains the favorite over former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan for the Oct.

NEWS | 09/12/2013

Dean of the Graduate School William Russel to retire in spring

Regina Wang

Dean of the Graduate School William Russel announced Wednesday he will step down at the end of this academic year.

NEWS | 09/12/2013

Report finds whites, males dominate in faculty, administrator, graduate student, postdoctoral populations

Report finds whites, males dominate in faculty, administrator, graduate student, postdoctoral populations

Anna Mazarakis

Whites are overrepresented among the University’s graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and senior administrators, according to 2012 data published Thursday by the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity formed in January of 2012.The report states the committee found that progress in the University’s efforts to increase diversity since 1980 has been “uneven,” and, in the case of black and Hispanic populations, “disturbingly slow.”Data also shows that men are greatly overrepresented among faculty and graduate student populations.The report recommends that academic departments take steps to increase diversity.“We analyzed a whole lot of data and basically found that the University’s progress on issues of diversity has been very uneven,” Deborah Prentice, co-chair of the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity and a professor of psychology and public affairs, said.

NEWS | 09/12/2013

Preferred name policy to allow students to go by nicknames in U. directory

Michael Granovetter

University students who go by a first name other than their legal one will now have the option to change their name in the student directory, University Registrar Polly Griffin announced in an email sent to the student body last week. Under this new “preferred name policy,” the email explained, students may designate their “preferred” name in the directory through SCORE. “As long as the use of this preferred name is not for the purposes of misrepresentation, the University acknowledges that a ‘preferred name’ can and should be used where possible in the course of University business and education,” Griffin stated in the email, adding, “We know that this feature is important to many students, and we are pleased to be able to offer this option.” Griffin deferred comment to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua, who explained that the administration had been discussing this policy change over the past several months after receiving numerous requests from students who prefer a name other than their formal one.

NEWS | 09/12/2013

Q&A: Senator & Gubernatorial Candidate Barbara Buono

Hannah Schoen

State senator Barbara Buono, who represents New Jersey's 18th Legislative District, is the Democratic candidate for governor.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

Dinky train station move prompts residents to file six lawsuits

Patience Haggin

Those who arrived on campus by train in recent weeks were dropped off at the new temporary Dinky station, located 1,200 feet south of the old station’s location and over 700 feet south of its future location. The station’s relocation is currently being challenged by six different pending lawsuits, each of which takes issue with different aspects of the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood construction project that prompted the station’s relocation, as well as with different aspects of the project’s current execution. The construction currently revamping the Alexander corridor is part of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, a $330 million development that will include several rehearsal and performance spaces dedicated to arts education on campus.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

SHAB red cup initiative seeks to prevent meningitis, overdrinking

SHAB red cup initiative seeks to prevent meningitis, overdrinking

Anna Mazarakis

The Student Health Advisory Board has started a new initiative to combat bacterial meningitis by distributing reusable drinking cups to the student body in order to help avoid the spread of germs. The red cups say “Mine.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

Manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel digitized for public access

Patience Haggin

The original manuscript of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, “This Side of Paradise,” has been digitized and made publicly accessible online, the Princeton University Library announced today.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

News & Notes: Class of 2017 unable to log in to Mac clusters due to configuration change

Catherine Ku

Members of the Class of 2017 were unable to log in to the Mac operating system on computer clusters across campus on Wednesday due to a configuration change in the University’s Mac operating system.The University’s Office of Information Technology became aware of the issue on Tuesday night shortly after 9:30 p.m., according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

News & Notes: Icahn '57 will not seek new ways to prevent Dell buyout

Catherine Ku

Carl Icahn '57 announced Thursday that he will not take further action to prevent an impeding buyout of technological giant Dell, of which he is a shareholder, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a letter directed to the company's shareholders, Icahn wrote that it would be“almost impossible to win the battle” after the group promoting the buyout, which includes Dell CEO Michael Dell, upped its offer for the company to $24.8 billion. However, the revised offer will mean that Icahn will receive about $70 million from the sale, according to the newspaper. "No one will deny that shareholders would have gotten a lot less if I hadn’t shown up and done what the board should have been doing," Icahn said.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

Twist Yogurt name change, new NYC outposts shake up Nassau Street

Michael Granovetter

Students returning to Nassau Street this fall were greeted by a few new eateries and another old favorite in disguise. Newcomers to Nassau include small-plates restaurant Mistral, from Elements chef Scott Anderson, which opened across from the Princeton Public Library, as well as the tapas restaurant Despana, which opened on Nassau Street in June in the space formerly occupied by Palace of India. A Princeton outpost of downtown NYC'sMamoun’s Falafel will open at 20 Witherspoon Street in the fall.In a reversal of the New-York-to-Princeton expansion, the Manhattan location of House of Cupcakes closed this summer, after just two months in operation. In late July, the owners of Twist Yogurt changed the name of their business to “Sketch," a move intended to distinguish the branch from others that shared its former title. Despana general manager Michael Dokovna said the restaurant has seen a large University clientele, including students as well as faculty and staff. House of Cupcakes owner Ron Bzdewka said that the East Village location was a temporary deal, a test run to see how House of Cupcakes could do in New York. “It was just a very touristy area that didn’t really fit our model that we’re expanding to now,” Bzdewka said.

NEWS | 09/11/2013

Christie picks up Democratic endorsements as Buono continues to lag behind

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Christie picks up Democratic endorsements as Buono continues to lag behind

Hannah Schoen

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NEWS | 09/11/2013

Undergraduate charged by Public Safety with drug possession

Marcelo Rochabrun

An enrolled undergraduate student was arrested Sunday night by the University’s own Department of Public Safety after he was allegedly found in possession of illegal drugs in a room in Holder Hall.Public Safety has rarely arrested students for drug possession or any other offense, instead issuing what the University calls a judicial referral.Joseph Gauvreau ’17 was charged with drug possession after Public Safety received “information about possible drugs in a room,” according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.Mbugua explained that Gauvreau consented to the search of his room.“The officers found a plastic bag containing a drug,” Mbugua said, although he noted he could not specify the type of drug allegedly found at the moment because it has not yet been tested.

NEWS | 09/10/2013

Spitzer ’81 loses in tight race for NYC Comptroller

Daniel Johnson

Eliot Spitzer ’81, who left the New York governor’s mansion in disgrace after a prostitution scandal, lost Tuesday’s Democratic primary for Comptroller of New York City in a tight race against current Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

NEWS | 09/10/2013

Class of 2017 dominated by New Jersey, California applicants

Class of 2017 dominated by New Jersey, California applicants

Sarah Cen

New Jersey and California together contributed to over 27 percent of the total Class of 2017, while four states — Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming and Iowa — contributed no students.

NEWS | 09/10/2013

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