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New dean of Architecture School sparks controversy

New dean of Architecture School sparks controversy

World-renowned architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo will be the next dean of the School of Architecture, the University announced on Tuesday.Despite the support of his predecessor and others within the department, Zaera-Polo's appointment has been met with opposition from graduate students and doctoral candidates in the program, who say the School has been less than receptive to their opinions throughout the search process.

NEWS | 03/27/2012

Republicans absent from race

With five days left until the filing deadline for the primary election, the Princeton Republican Committee has yet to announce a candidate for mayor of the newly consolidated Princeton municipality.

NEWS | 03/27/2012

News & Notes: 2 women arrested Sunday on Nassau Street

A pair of New Jersey women were arrested on Sunday after one allegedly tried to fill a fake prescription for oxycodone at the CVS pharmacy on Nassau Street, the Borough police reported.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

HPA in flux after director resigns

Last week’s sudden departure of Glenn Cummings, director of Health Professions Advising, is only the latest in the revolving door of staffing changes at Forbes College and HPA.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

Slain teen inspires protest

Over 60 students staged a demonstration on campus that ended at Nassau Hall on Monday afternoon, the one-month anniversary of the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.Demonstrations across the country spurred students to wear hooded sweatshirts and carry Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea, the same snacks that Martin purchased the night of the shooting, and gather in front of Nassau Hall.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

ALTA findings released at community meeting

Nearly a year after the members of the USG’s Academic Life Total Assessment committee were announced, the group presented its findings and recommendations to the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

News & Notes: Campbell appointed director of campus services

Amy Campbell, who during her 17 years at the University has led many prominent social initiatives on campus, will become the new executive director of campus services and planning for University Services.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

Committee threatens ban on Greek organizations

n April 2010, President Shirley Tilghman told The Daily Princetonian that she would be “absolutely willing to have a conversation” about recognizing Greek organizations who made the concession to voluntarily delay rush until sophomore year.Nearly two years later, the University has banned freshman rush, but the conversation about the unrecognized status of fraternities and sororities has swung in the opposite direction.

NEWS | 03/26/2012

U. considers new pub in Cafe Viv

The University is making progress toward reinstating a campus pub, which has evaded the campus for nearly three decades, to be potentially located in Cafe Viv, which is located in Frist Campus Center.Last May, the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life recommended the return of the pub, which was previously located in the cafe in Chancellor Green. This semester, a steering committee will meet to consider issues surrounding its implementation, including food and beverage dispensation and hours of operation.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

News & Notes: Head of Dartmouth nominated to run World Bank

President Obama nominated Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim on Friday to succeed Robert Zoellnick as president of the World Bank. Zoellnick’s five-year term will expire on June 30.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

Other Ivies already delay pledging

After seven months of deliberation, the University unveiled on Sunday its recommendations for implementing the freshman-rush ban. However, Princeton is not the only school in the Ivy League determining how to enforce a ban on freshman rush.Yale is currently assessing how to implement the ban it announced in early March. Penn and Dartmouth already have well-established delayed-rush systems. Princeton’s policy of nonrecognition of fraternities and sororities puts it in a unique position among peer schools that have sought to delay rush, and, as a result, its policy looks different from the systems in place at other schools.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

News & Notes: Finalists named for Young Alumni Trustee election

Norm Bonnyman ’12, Angela Groves ’12 and Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 have been named finalists for the position of Young Alumni Trustee. The three were selected in a primary election from the 41 seniors that ran for the position, the largest pool of candidates since the University began keeping records of the elections in 1999.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

Committee: Suspend freshman pledges

Freshmen will be prohibited from attending formal and semiformal events held by Greek organizations, among other activities that affiliate freshmen with fraternities and sororities, beginning in the fall of 2012, according to the report of the Committee on Freshmen Rush Policy.In addition to explicitly enumerating the details on how the ban will be implemented, the report — which was released by the University at 2 p.m. today — threatens to ban fraternities and sororities altogether if there is not widespread compliance with the policy.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

USG signals support for Gmail as replacement

USG IT committee chair Josh Chen ’14 delivered the latest updates on the USG’s collaborative effort with the Office of Information Technology to switch the undergraduate student body’s current email server from Webmail to either Gmail or Microsoft Office 365 at Sunday’s Senate meeting.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

PCDO endorses Lempert for mayor

Princeton Township Deputy Mayor Liz Lempert received the Princeton Community Democratic Organization’s endorsement for mayor of the soon-to-be-consolidated Princeton, earning 61.4 percent of the votes cast at the PCDO’s meeting on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, four candidates received PCDO endorsements in the election for the new Princeton council to be elected this November.Lempert’s opponent, Kevin Wilkes ’83, received 34.8 percent of the vote of the 345 votes cast. The remaining votes did not support an endorsement of either candidate.

NEWS | 03/25/2012

Breaking: Violators of rush ban to be suspended

Freshmen will be prohibited from attending formal and semiformal events held by Greek organizations, among other activities that affiliate freshmen with fraternities and sororities, beginning in Fall 2012, according to the report of the Freshmen Rush Policy Implementation Committee. In addition to explicitly enumerating the details on how the ban will be implemented, the report — which was released by the University at 2 p.m. today — threatens to ban fraternities and sororities altogether if there is not widespread compliance with the policy. “When President [Shirley] Tilghman met with our Committee in December, she suggested that in the future, violations of the prohibition on freshman affiliation can be expected to further reduce the University’s tolerance of sophomore, junior and senior affiliation,” the report reads. In October, Tilghman charged the committee with describing exactly what types of activities should be prohibited under the ban, which was announced in August, as well as recommending appropriate penalties and devising a strategy to effectively communicate the terms of the ban to the student body. Tilghman will make a final decision on the policies recommended by the committee later this spring.

NEWS | 03/24/2012

U. will announce Greek ban regulations on Sunday; policies at other Ivies lend clues to U.'s options

Nearly seven months after first announcing its intention to prohibit freshmen from rushing fraternities and sororities, the University administration will unveil how it plans to implement the ban on Sunday at 2 p.m. The ban will take effect this upcoming fall.

NEWS | 03/23/2012

Cars broken into north of Nassau Street

Items were stolen from at least 18 cars that were broken into between Friday and Sunday in areas north of Nassau Street, according to a Borough police report. The 18 cars were parked in their owners’ driveways and had been left unlocked.

NEWS | 03/20/2012

WWS takes 55 percent

In its last year of selective admission, the Wilson School accepted 90 sophomores of 164 applicants for a 55 percent acceptance rate, Nathan Scovronick, director of the undergraduate program at the Wilson School, told The Daily Princetonian in an email. Applicants were notified of their acceptances on Wednesday.While the program has accepted 90 sophomores every year since 1995, the number of applicants has varied slightly. Last year, 180 students applied compared to the 162 who applied in 2010.

NEWS | 03/15/2012

News & Notes: New book reflects on the Occupy movement

A new book on the Occupy Movement scheduled for release in April will feature work by writer Michael Lewis ’82, former governor of New York Eliot Spitzer ’81 and Wilson School professors Paul Krugman and Ilyana Kuziemko. “Occupy Handbook,” compiled by editor-at-large Janet Byrne, contains 67 essays by 53 different contributors and offers a range of perspectives on the recent movement.

NEWS | 03/15/2012

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