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News & Notes: Following rush ban, Olives to close doors*

News & Notes: Following rush ban, Olives to close doors*

The management at Olives, the Greek deli on Witherspoon Street, doesn’t know what happened. Last year, the business was recording record profits as its popularity grew with University students and town residents alike. Now, it’s closing its doors.

NEWS | 01/10/2013

New database for student funding opportunities to go live Jan. 16

Students looking to finance study abroad, thesis research and summer internships will now be able to look through one central database for University funding.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

Finance recruitment ads in college papers decline

As the job market slowly recovers and hiring at financial institutions remains low, college newspapers are feeling the impact of decreased advertising from financial institutions.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

No violations of rush ban yet

Halfway through the first year of the ban forbidding freshmen from joining Greek organizations on campus, not one violation of the ban has been reported. Both students and administrators attribute the success of the ban to the severity of the punishment violators would face, a one-year suspension.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

University-town PILOT negotiations could include fiscal impact-based approach

Patience Haggin

Representatives of the University and the newly-consolidated Princeton are set to renegotiate the terms of the University’s annual payment to the town’s budget sometime later this year. As a nonprofit entity, the University does not pay local taxes on property used for educational purposes but instead contributes a voluntary payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, or PILOT, to offset the impact of foregone property tax revenue.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

Firearms divestment petition under review

University President Shirley Tilghman has received a petition from faculty members urging the University to divest its holdings in companies involved in the manufacture of firearms similar to those used in the Dec. 14 shooting Newtown, Conn. The petition has been sent to the Resources Committee for review.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

News & Notes: Viewpoint, show featuring Spitzer '81, set to end after channel's purchase by Al Jazeera

University alumnus and former New York governor Eliot Spitzer ’81 announced on Sunday that his progressive television talk show, “Viewpoint,” is ending.

NEWS | 01/08/2013

Man declared persona non grata after alleged threat

Over winter break, a man who allegedly made “terroristic threats” to a postdoctoral student in a University parking lot was banned from campus for 90 days by the Department of Public Safety. In addition, another man allegedly in possession of marijuana outside the Fields Center was arrested by Public Safety.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

News & Notes: Alumnus once again expresses interest in purchasing Dinky

Railroad investor and Dinky devotee Henry Posner III ’77 recently renewed his interest in purchasing the Dinky line and keeping the station in its current location, according to The Times of Trenton. Publicity for the announcement comes on the heels of the Regional Planning Board of Princeton’s decision last month to allow the development of the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

Wilson School personalities auction off coffee dates, prizes for charity

The Wilson School raised well above its goal of $30,000 in its Fifth Annual Holiday Service Auction meant to benefit at-risk youth. The auction pulled in more than $39,000 for the Greater Donnelly Initiative, a Trenton-based non-profit that provides a safe space for youth who are at risk of gang violence, family troubles, homelessness, hunger and drugs.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

In new era, one Princeton

While students were away over winter break, two momentous, long-awaited events ushered in a new age in both the town’s government history and in its relations with the University. The previously separate Borough and Township merged into a single municipality, and the local planning board approved the construction of the University’s long-awaited Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

U. PILOT larger than peer institutions' by percentage, report shows

As a nonprofit institution, the University does not pay municipal property tax on its land used for educational purposes. Despite this, the University paid $8 million in property taxes in 2012, making it the single largest taxpayer in town.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

Body language critical in signaling emotion

This past holiday season when students watched their relatives opening presents, they looked at more than just their faces to gauge their reactions, according to University psychology professor Alexander Todorov.

NEWS | 01/06/2013

As towns formally merge, a pause for celebration

Lance Liverman, a former Princeton Township committeeman, has referred to consolidation as a rancorous family reunion — one with an uncle who is “rude and nasty,” and an aunt who is “too judgmental.”

NEWS | 01/01/2013

Terrace graduate board fires club's chefs, prompting hundreds of complaints

In response to concerns raised by members of Terrace Club after the graduate board fired club head chef Olin Noren and assistant chef Ben Arfa, the Terrace graduate board has formed a new committee to discuss transparency and communication between club members and the graduate board.

NEWS | 12/26/2012

Jackson GS '86 steps down as EPA chief, reportedly interested in Princeton presidency

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson GS ’86 announced her resignation on Thursday, igniting speculation that she may be in the running to replace outgoing University President Shirley Tilghman.

NEWS | 12/26/2012

Alumnus' firm sells company that manufactured guns used in Conn. shooting

Following Friday’s shooting in an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., Cerberus Capital Management — an investment firm owned by Stephen Feinberg ’82 — announced on Tuesdaythat it would sell the gunmaker that produces the weapon used in the killings.

NEWS | 12/19/2012

News & Notes: Justin Timberlake to shoot film scenes in Princeton on Friday

Justin Timberlake will be in Princeton all day Friday to shoot the film “Runner, Runner” on various streets in the Borough as well as inside of Ivy Inn. All filming locations are within walking distance from campus, according to Geoff Aton, a business affiliate of Ivy Inn who is familiar with the filming logistics.

NEWS | 12/13/2012

Lawrence chooses Burstein

University Executive Vice President Mark Burstein was named to the presidency at Lawrence University, a small liberal arts college in Appleton, Wisc., Thursday morning. The announcement concluded Burstein’s search for an opportunity to lead another institution, a process that began last year.

NEWS | 12/13/2012

U. hosts conference on diversity in higher education, Tilghman moderates

University President Shirley Tilghman moderated a panel on higher education institutions’ practices of promoting and valuing diversity in the makeup of their faculty and student body Thursday morning.

NEWS | 12/13/2012

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