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NEWS: Alumna letter generates national attention

NEWS: Alumna letter generates national attention

By ANNA MAZARAKIS and RONAN O'BRIEN Staff Writer and Contributor Susan Patton ’77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian’s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: Prank room draw email prompts OIT investigation

By ELLA CHENG Staff Writer The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a “fraudulent email” that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: ICC releases survey to collect feedback on the eating club admissions process

By SETH MERKIN MOROKOFF Contributor The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.“We’re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,” ICC president Connor Clegg ’14 explained.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: Faculty vote to approve changes to Thanksgiving break, fall semester

By HANNAH SCHOEN Contributor Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: La Source screening raises $7,784 for school-building in Haiti

BY LYDIA LIM Staff Writer On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of “La Source,” a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse’s return to his native Haiti after 2010’s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

USG votes to alter meeting attendance policies, hears SHARE initiatives

USG officers voted to make constitutional changes that would alter the existing officer attendance policies for meetings of the Student Groups Recognition Committee and heard a presentation about new initiatives to educate students about sexual assault on campus at Sunday evening?s meeting. The debate over SGRC meeting attendance policy continued from last week?s meeting.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

Diamond united Jewish students

Former Executive Director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James S. Diamond, who died on Thursday, was admired by friends, colleagues and relatives for his ability to bring together Jewish individuals of all backgrounds. Diamond died in a triple-car accident about one mile from campus.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

Students compete in E-Club’s HackPrinceton

An anti-procrastination application and a robot that can be controlled by an Xbox Kinect won first-place prizes in the software and hardware categories of HackPrinceton?s Spring 2013 Hackathon on Sunday evening. ?We combined two of our favorite things in the world ? Tamagotchi and trying to make ourselves a little more productive on the web,? Tamagetitdone team member Michael Toth said, referring to the Japanese handheld digital pet. The application is a Google Chrome extension in which a Tamagotchi sits on the bottom-right hand corner of the web browser and sends alerts when the user spends too much time on one of the websites on its ?unproductive list.? The Tamagotchi then goes around the screen and begins eating the links, pictures and video files on the website.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

OIT launches Princeton Mobile

Princeton Mobile, a new mobile website containing interactive information about the University for students, faculty, staff and visitors, will replace the current iPrinceton mobile app, the Office of Information Technology announced. Princeton Mobile contains 16 interactive menus, including a library catalogue and information on residential and retail dining.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

U. admits record 7.29 percent

A record low of 7.29 percent ? or 1,931 of the applicants ? were admitted to the University for the Class of 2017 on March 28.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

U. accepts 7.29 percent overall to Class of 2017

1,931 students ? or 7.29 percent ? of 26,498 applicants were offered admission to the University?s Class of 2017.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Q&A: Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng

Daily Princetonian Staff

Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, was awarded the James Madison Award For Distinguished Public Service by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Thursday.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Former Center for Jewish Life director Diamond dies in vehicle accident

Former director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James Diamond died Thursday morning in a triple-car accident, according to the Princeton Police.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Community Walks fosters student involvement in local community

The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Pace Center have cosponsored Community Walks, a new initiative designed to foster student involvement in the local community by introducing students, alumni and their families to various organizations in the town of Princeton through student-led walking tours. The concept originated in the spring of 2012 after four students formed a Pace Center working group to research projects sponsored by the civic engagement centers at peer universities, according to Shirley Gao ?13, one of the four members of the group and a member of the Community Walks Executive Board. ?I had noticed this gap in Princeton University programming; I noticed that we didn?t really have anything to push people beyond Nassau Street and explore the local town,? Gao explained. The team of students and administrative advisers developing the initiative hopes to familiarize students with the town and encourage them to participate in the local community on the basis of the awareness gained from the walk, according to Associate Dean Maria Flores-Mills, the ODUS member affiliated with the project. ?I think it?s very much in concert with the University?s unofficial service motto,? Flores-Mills added.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Whig-Clio awards medal to activist Chen Guangcheng

Daily Princetonian Staff

Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was presented with the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Non-profit “101” provides scholarships to local students

The nonprofit and volunteer-run organization known as ?101? provides need-based scholarships to graduates of Princeton High School.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Social psychologist Steele examines stereotype threat in higher education

Elizabeth Paul

Internationally renowned social psychologist and Dean for the School of Education at Stanford Claude Steele discussed his research on stereotype threat and the challenges faced by underrepresented minorities in higher education on Tuesday evening. Steele explained how stereotype threat, the experience of anxiety that a person feels when he or she is in a position to potentially confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group, can cause people exposed to the same situation to have divergent experiences.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

Student petition for sex survey gets 1,100 signatures

An online petition calling for the commissioning of an updated ?Sexual Experiences Survey? has amassed over 1,100 signatures since it was first circulated on March 10. The petition was authored by Shreya Murthy ?13, Siofra Robinson ?13 and Kellie Valladares ?13, with input from Kanwal Matharu ?13, earlier this month in response to the publication of a previously unpublished survey from 2008 showing that one in six female undergraduates reported non-consensual vaginal penetration. ?We were definitely shocked when the initial article had come out, but it seems that once we started asking questions it didn?t really seem like the University was necessarily trying to hide it or intentionally suppress it ? more that they had just used it internally and hadn?t necessarily thought to make it as public, as perhaps students would want it to be,? Murthy said. In response to the petition, Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education Program Director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse and Women?s Center Director Amada Sandoval met with Murthy, Robinson and Valladares on Monday to discuss efforts that can be made on campus to address sexual assault. ?When we met with the students [who crafted the petition], we had a productive first discussion on how to continue to further our efforts in this area,? Director of News and Editorial Services in the Office of Communications Daniel Day said on behalf of Cherrey.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

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