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Updated: Justices' Princeton-related activities provide clues as to how they might rule

The Daily Princetonian

Updated: Justices' Princeton-related activities provide clues as to how they might rule

Anna Mazarakis

For the two University alumni who will likely be shaping the future of affirmative action in the United States this week, their relationships with their alma mater both during and after they graduated hints at their views on the issue. The Supreme Court did not rule on Thursday in the case Fisher v.

NEWS | 06/19/2013

U. reopens after eight hours following bomb threat evacuation

The Daily Princetonian

U. reopens after eight hours following bomb threat evacuation

Carla Javier

About eight hours after thecall to evacuate due to a bomb threat, the University reopened its campus at6:25 p.m.according to thePrinceton homepage.After an investigation led by the Department of Public Safety and assisted bymultiple law enforcement agenciesincluding the Princeton Police Department, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Mercer County Sheriff's Department and Prosecutor's Office, Monmouth County K-9 unit, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Transit Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, no explosives were found. According to the homepage, the University will continue to work with law enforcement officials to investigate the source of the threat.

NEWS | 06/13/2013

U. announces eight new trustees

The Daily Princetonian

U. announces eight new trustees

Daily Princetonian Staff

Eight new members will join the University’s Board of Trustees beginning July 1, the University officials announced Monday. The octet that will join the 40-member board that manages the University’s endowment, academics and property includes three term trustees elected by the board to serve four years and three alumni trustees elected by the University’s alumni to serve four years.

NEWS | 06/13/2013

Rep. Holt to run for Lautenberg’s Senate seat in special election

The Daily Princetonian

Rep. Holt to run for Lautenberg’s Senate seat in special election

Rep.Rush Holt(D-NJ) announcedThursdayin an email to his supporters that he intends to run for the Senate seat left vacant byFrank Lautenberg’s deathon Monday. Holt is currently serving his eighth consecutive term in Congress representing the 12th Congressional District, the central New Jersey district that encompasses the University. In a controversial move expected to cost the state $24 million, New Jersey Gov.

NEWS | 06/06/2013
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In her last commencement speech, Tilghman tells Class of 2013 to ‘aim high and be bold'

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In her last commencement speech, Tilghman tells Class of 2013 to ‘aim high and be bold'

After a Commencement weekend characterized by rain, with guests huddling under white tents, the sun shone brightlyTuesdaymorning as members of the Class of 2013 marched onto the front lawn of Nassau Hall for the University's 266th Commencement. One thousand two hundred and sixty-one members of the Class of 2013, five students from other classes and 892 graduate students received degrees in the morning ceremony, joined from the audience by roughly 10,000 friends and family members. The University's 19th president Shirley Tilghman addressed the graduates.

NEWS | 06/04/2013

Couple allegedly robbed near Engineering Quadrangle after stun gun threat

The Daily Princetonian

Couple allegedly robbed near Engineering Quadrangle after stun gun threat

One man and one woman were allegedly robbedon Sundaynight at10 p.m.on Charlton Street between Nassau Street and William Street, close to the Engineering Quadrangle and Princeton University Press, according to a Princeton Police press release and an email sent to undergraduate studentsMondayafternoon by Department of Public Safety Administrative Captain Donald Reichling. The two victims told police who arrived on the scene that several black males in their late teens to early 20s stole cash, credit cards and a cell phone after allegedly threatening them with a stun gun.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

Class Day speaker Remnick '81 speaks on luck, freedom and how Princeton changed his 'dim, denimed' self

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Class Day speaker Remnick '81 speaks on luck, freedom and how Princeton changed his 'dim, denimed' self

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick ’81 discussed the responsibilities of freedom and recalled how Princeton changed his life in his Class Day speech Monday morning. Remnick opened by asking the Class Day committee what they were thinking when they chose him over the likes of comedian Louie C.K., filmmaker Lena Dunham and Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan ’81. “The truth is, of course, I don’t want to know what led to your impoverished decision, because I’m so immensely grateful for it,” Remnick said. He recalled arriving at Princeton as a freshman in 1976 as an “amorphous teenager … dim, denimed and desperate to learn.” Remnick majored in comparative literature — what his father called “fancy English” — though he told the crowd that he received a C-plus and D in Russian 102 and 105, respectively. Despite his grades, however, Remnick said he was changed by the University, citing the classes he took with professors Robert Hollander and John McPhee ’53, and his experience outside the classroom writing for the University Press Club after initially being hosed and founding the Nassau Weekly. Remnick likened the seniors to the protagonist of the novel “This Side of Paradise” by F.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

Baccalaureate: Bernanke offers Princeton seniors advice on careers, romance and everything in between

The Daily Princetonian

Baccalaureate: Bernanke offers Princeton seniors advice on careers, romance and everything in between

Chairman of the Federal Reserve and former chair of the University’s Department of EconomicsBen Bernankereturned to campus 11 years after he left the faculty to speak to the Class of 2013 at Baccalaureate and make observations based on his experiences on everything from potential career paths to future romances. In her introduction, University President Shirley Tilghman described Bernanke as open and fair-minded, traits that not only “won him the deep respect of colleagues” with diverse political views but also enabled him to “rise above the partisan fray in the service of both a Republican and Democratic president.” Tilghman also described him as “one of the nation’s foremost monetary economists” whose leadership during the 2008 financial crisis has led to a “weak but palpable recovery.” “As each of you prepares to put your education to good use, in the service of this nation and all nations, you could not do better than to look to Ben Bernanke, who has combined in his career the best elements of academic and public life,” she said.

NEWS | 06/02/2013

Q&A: Chris Lu ’88

The Daily Princetonian

Q&A: Chris Lu ’88

Former Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu ’88visited the Princeton campus for his 25threunion andheadlined a panelon the opportunities and challenges facing Asian-Americans today.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

With 252, Class of 1998 sets Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people in tennis outfits

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With 252, Class of 1998 sets Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people in tennis outfits

For its 15thReunion class picture, the Class of 1998 successfully completed an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people in tennis outfits, with 252 participants. As this was an attempt to set a new record, as per Guinness policy, the minimum number of people needed is 250.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

Eisgruber ’83 lectures on importance of technology in learning

The Daily Princetonian

Eisgruber ’83 lectures on importance of technology in learning

The University and universities at large must learn to use technology to enhance the learning experience, according to University Provost and President-elect Christopher Eisgruber ’83 in his lecture entitled, “The Changing Landscape of Higher Education:MOOCs, Money and the Future of Liberal Arts Education” in the filled-to-capacity Dodds Auditoriumon Fridayafternoon.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

Chris Lu ’88 and Don Lu ’88 discuss challenges, benefits of being the ‘model minority’

The Daily Princetonian

Chris Lu ’88 and Don Lu ’88 discuss challenges, benefits of being the ‘model minority’

Two prominent Asian-American alumni in public service discussed challenges and opportunities for the Asian-American community at the University, in public service and in the world over a breakfast panelFriday,titled “Trailblazers.” Former Obama assistant and White House Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu ’88 and Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassy in New Delhi Don Lu ’88 talked about the benefits and pitfalls of the “model minority” stereotype, the importance of Asian-American studies and the number of Asian-Americans in leadership positions. Both Don Lu and Chris Lu — who are not related — recalled their consciousness of their Asian-American identity while growing up and their efforts to reconcile the values of their parents’ generation with their own.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

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