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Academics Committee to consider final exam concerns; Restaurant Week to expand

Academics Committee to consider final exam concerns; Restaurant Week to expand

Anna Mazarakis

The USG Academics Committee will discuss the concerns expressed by students and faculty regarding fall semester final examinations with the Committee on Examinations and Standing on Friday, USG members decided at a weekly meeting on Sunday night.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

Greatest threat to University is becoming too comfortable in No. 1 ranking, Shapiro says

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Greatest threat to University is becoming too comfortable in No. 1 ranking, Shapiro says

Elizabeth Paul

The University’s high standings on rankings such as U.S. News and World Report does not mean Princeton should not pursue experimental teaching methods, former University President Harold Shapiro explained in a Sunday afternoon discussion onthe challenges facing higher education. Four current and former college presidents, including Shapiro and former University president Shirley Tilghman, discussed the expansion of online courses, financial difficulties and inadequate rating systems.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

Kennedy '77 discusses benefits of "positive" discrimination in new book on affirmative action

Paul Phillips

Affirmative action is a “positive” form of discrimination, according to a new book written by University Trustee Randall Kennedy ’77 that was released by Pantheon Books this month.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

Bed bug infestation in Holder Hall causes students to relocate twice

Alex Jafari

The occupants of a four-person suite in Rockefeller College’s Holder Hall have been relocated twice after reporting bed bug infestations on Sept.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

News & Notes: Mercer County judge orders state to allow gay marriage

Daily Princetonian Staff

Same-sex couples may legally marry in New Jersey beginning Oct. 21, a Mercer County judge ruled on Friday. The decision overruled Governor Chris Christie's veto of a gay marriage bill in February 2012.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

News & Notes: Turkey President Gul's appearance cancelled

Daily Princetonian Staff

President Abdullah Gul of the Republic of Turkey cancelled his Friday noon talk on campus, an email sent by the University communications staff at 7:26 a.m.

NEWS | 09/29/2013

Marzouki encourages patience in assessing Tunisian revolution’s success

Angela Wang

Post-revolution turmoil in the Middle East is a natural effect of creating new democracies, not a sign that the Arab Spring was unsuccessful, Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki argued in a lecture about the challenges facing his country’s new democracy on Thursday afternoon. Observers of the Arab World should be patient before drawing conclusions about the success of the Arab Spring because revolutions take time to effect change, he noted. “Democracy is a process; it’s continuous experimentation,” Marzouki said in an exclusive interview with The Daily Princetonian before the lecture.

NEWS | 09/26/2013

Q&A: Moncef Marzouki, president of Tunisia

Angela Wang

Before delivering a public lecture on Thursday afternoon, Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki spoke briefly with The Daily Princetonian about the challenges he faces as president and the reasons for his visit.

NEWS | 09/26/2013

From “sexiest Internet executive” to politics professor: Omar Wasow

Loully Saney

Omar Wasow became an assistant professor of politics this fall to teach students on race and identity.

NEWS | 09/26/2013

With 88 concentrators, ORFE sees jump in sophomore class

Michael Granovetter

Concentrators in the operations research and financial engineering department jumped by more than a third with this year’s sophomore class, according to the University directory.

NEWS | 09/26/2013

News & Notes: Town looking into use of private schools, churches as emergency reception centers

Daily Princetonian Staff

A year after Hurricane Sandy, Princeton is negotiating the use of private schools and churches as reception centers in case of weather emergencies, the Princeton Packet reported. Two weeks ago, Emergency Management Director Robert Gregory wrote letters of request to private schools for use of their spaces.

NEWS | 09/26/2013

News & Notes: Abraham, McCraney named MacArthur fellows

Daily Princetonian Staff

Two of this year's 24MacArthur fellows areaffiliated with Princeton University. Choreographer Kyle Abraham is a guest instructor in the University's dance program.

NEWS | 09/25/2013

News & Notes: Princeton makes list of squirrel-obsessed colleges

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University was included on The Huffington Post’s list of The Colleges Most Obsessed with Squirrels. The story features the infamous black squirrels that frequent the campus, recounting the campus myth that theywere the result of a biology experiment at the University.

NEWS | 09/25/2013

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

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