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Survey quantifies sexual assault

Survey quantifies sexual assault

Sohee Khim

More than 15 percent of female undergraduates reported experiencing non-consensual vaginal penetration during their time at the University, according to an unpublished survey conducted in 2008 by several University offices. The survey, a version of a standard survey format called the “Sexual Experience Survey” was developed in 2007 by Mary Koss, a University of Arizona Public Health professor specializing in sexual violence, and consisted of 17 multiple choice questions.

NEWS | 03/03/2013

USG discusses centralizing professors’ office hours

The USG discussed plans to centralize professors? office hours as well as the success of its bike tune-up event at its meeting Sunday night.Class of 2016 senator Eduardo Lima presented a new idea to create a central online location for office hours that would allow students enrolled in a class with multiple sections or precepts to find and attend the office hours of professors or preceptors who teach any of those sections.Lima said he met with Office of Information Technology Vice President Jay Dominick and Director of Academic Services Serge Goldstein, who were ?very receptive to the idea and 100 percent on board? with the idea, according to the USG?s agenda.After Dominick and Goldstein suggested that he implement his idea through the Web Appointment Scheduling System, Lima submitted a proposal to change WASS in order to automatically generate calendars for office hours for classes in which students are enrolled.U-Councilor Gavin Cook ?15 said he thought that some professors who enjoy student interaction wouldn?t mind opening their office hours to students outside of their precepts or classes, especially since it can be difficult for students to remember all the different appointment times.It could be possible to provide an option to show the office hours to students on WASS, but to also require a student to email a given professor in order to be allowed to attend office hours, Class of 2014 senator Charissa Shen suggested.Lima said he plans to meet with various department heads next in order to discuss ways that the faculty can get involved with the project.But not all members of the USG agreed that the plan was feasible.?If you want to get professors on board then you probably shouldn?t open their hours up,? U-Councilor Sarah Wiley ?13 said.

NEWS | 03/03/2013

Molecular biology professor David Botstein awarded $3 million prize

Greta Shum

Molecular biology professor David Botstein was awarded a $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Feb.

NEWS | 02/28/2013

Moody’s and U. confirm Princeton’s Aaa rating

The credit ratings agency Moody?s issued a downgrade of its outlook for the entire U.S. higher education sector in January, citing ?mounting fiscal pressure on all key university revenue sources,? but both Moody?s and University administrators have confirmed the stability of Princeton?s gold-standard Aaa rating.Moody?s had previously assigned a negative outlook to the higher education sector in the midst of the financial crisis in 2009, but then upgraded the status of the nation?s most elite institutions to ?stable? in 2011.

NEWS | 02/28/2013

91 students register in multi-club bicker

In the inaugural year of the new multi-club bicker system, 12 percent of students who bickered or joined Charter Club entered the selection process for more than one selective club.

NEWS | 02/28/2013

Sequester may decrease U. budget

A set of spending cuts to the federal budget could take effect automatically Friday if President Obama and congressional Republicans fail to reach a compromise to avert it.

NEWS | 02/28/2013

New bicker class mostly male

Male students make up 54.1 percent of the new sophomore class of the six bicker clubs, according to a review of membership lists obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 02/28/2013

Q&A: David Sanger outlines ‘Obama doctrine’

David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, spoke at the Wilson School on Monday as part of the ?Leadership and Governance Program.? Sanger discussed his most recent book Confront and Conceal: Obama?s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power.

NEWS | 02/27/2013

Spread of norovirus reduced

Following last year?s record-breaking number of campus gastroenteritis cases, which surpassed the number of cases in any of the previous 10 years, the number of students affected by symptoms of the virus in 2013 so far has plateaued at half of last year?s levels.

NEWS | 02/27/2013

Event to address campus bike safety

The USG and Student Health Advisory Board will co-host a bike tune-up event on Friday afternoon, offering free repairs, giveaways, raffles and opportunities to learn about bike safety and security on campus. In partnership with the USG and SHAB, representatives from the Department of Public Safety will be present to answer questions about safe biking practices and to help students register their bikes on-site through Transportation and Parking Services.

NEWS | 02/27/2013

USG to review academic concerns

The USG?s academics committee has a busy year ahead of it, with major policy changes planned for the pass/D/fail option and the academic calendar, while other initiatives are under consideration. ?One thing I?m really, really excited about is the academics policy changes,? Shawon Jackson ?15 said when discussing his term as USG president.

NEWS | 02/27/2013

Ben Bernanke to speak at Baccalaureate

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke will speak at this year?s Baccalaureate ceremony on June 2, the University announced Tuesday morning. Bernanke joined the Princeton faculty in 1985 and chaired the economics department from 1996 to 2002.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

Wanted poster for Lincoln’s assassin now on display in Firestone’s main gallery

At Firestone Library, the dust was brushed off of a surprising Civil War-era artifact ? a wanted poster for John Wilkes Booth printed just days after President Abraham Lincoln?s assassination. The poster, which was discovered by library staff in December, is now on display as part of the ?A Republic in the Wilderness: Treasures of American History from Jamestown to Appomattox? exhibition in the library?s main gallery.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

Graves appointed to Obama Access Board

Architecture Professor Emeritus Michael Graves has been appointed to the White House Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, the Obama Administration announced earlier this month. The board, which is also known as the Access Board, develops and enforces design criteria that ensure accessibility to federally funded facilities for people with disabilities.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

SURGE to petition for divestment

Students United for a Responsible Global Environment plans to petition the University to divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies, according to the group?s vice president of policy. The initiative follows similar campaigns at other Ivy League institutions, including Penn, Harvard and Brown. Isaac Lederman ?15, SURGE?s co-president, said his group found investment in fossil fuel-producing companies incompatible with the University?s values. ?It is immoral for the University to invest in [fossil fuel] companies, especially because the University is supposed to look after the planet that we, the students, are going to inherit,? explained Lederman.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

News & Notes: Local resident charged with drug possession at Frist

An 18-year-old princeton resident was arrested and charged with drug possession and criminal trespass at Frist Campus Center on Tuesday morning. Kairi Nadre-Dimitri Aeriel was allegedly seen asleep inside Frist in the early hours of Tuesday morning, prompting a call to the University?s Department of Public Safety.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

Alumnus pushes for Greek advocacy

A University alumnus and member of Beta Theta Pi is seeking to generate interest for an advocacy group on behalf of Greek organizations on campus.

NEWS | 02/26/2013

U. considers covering gender reassignment in health plan

The University is ?actively exploring the possibility of offering benefits for gender reassignment surgery in both plans for students and employees,? though no decisions have yet been made, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Although Princeton was ranked in the ?Top 10 Trans-Friendly Colleges and Universities? by the Advocate this past August, the University differs from Brown, Stanford and 34 other institutions in that it does not currently offer coverage to students for gender reassignment surgery under its student health care plan. Princeton health care plans for both students and employees currently provide coverage for prescriptions including hormone therapy and mental health counseling. LGBT Center Director Debra Bazarsky said that the Center and University Health Services have partnered in examining the surgery and arrangements for its coverage under the student and employee health care plans. ?There are transgender students on campus, some of whom are seeking surgery, some who have no intention of ever having surgery and some who?ve already had surgery,? Bazarsky said.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

AASA pushes for Asian American Studies certificate

Members of the Asian-American Students Association and several faculty members have renewed a decades-old push for the administration to establish an Asian-American studies program at the University.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

Sanger discusses Obama’s drone policy, Operation Olympic Games

The United States has yet to determine a coherent policy on the use of war tactics such as drone strikes and cyber weapons, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times David Sanger said in a lecture in Robertson Bowl on Monday. Sanger said that the American public was essentially engaged in a debate over how drone strikes and cyber weapons should be used in warfare and that it was crucial that this debate soon result in a coherent policy. Sanger cited domestic policy debates on the use of tactics like nuclear weapons and landmines as historical lessons to understand how public debate can help resolve present-day challenges.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

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