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Local board approves battlefield construction

Local board approves battlefield construction

The Institute for Advanced Study received the go-ahead on Thursday night to develop new faculty housing on a controversial plot of land on which George Washington and his troops fought the 1777 Battle of Princeton. In a unanimous 10-0 vote, the Princeton Regional Planning Board voted in favor of the IAS, despite continuing opposition from the Princeton Battlefield Area Preservation Society.

NEWS | 03/04/2012

Committees present projects at USG meeting

The USG meeting Sunday night featured presentations by several student implementation committees.Catherine Ettman ’13 spoke on behalf of three initiatives, first on the Leadership Implementation Committee. She said the committee’s purpose was to “find many ways to engage students in the practice of leadership,” explaining that its goals were to expand access to leadership to all students and to improve support of student leaders.

NEWS | 03/04/2012

As student, new mayor shadowed by race, gender

When it comes to town-gown relations, Borough Mayor Yina Moore ’79 has a dog on both sides of the fight.The Moore family has lived in Princeton since her grandfather settled in the town in 1890. Moore attended local public schools and graduated from Princeton High School in 1973.

NEWS | 03/04/2012

USG, Sustained Dialogue promote mental health

Today marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week, co-sponsored by the USG and the student group Sustained Dialogue. Among the events planned for the week are group yoga sessions, free fitness classes, a student panel about stress and mental health-themed study breaks.

NEWS | 03/04/2012

Wilson School dean named Brown president

Brown University announced Friday morning that it had selected Wilson School Dean Christina Paxson as its 19th president and the successor to current president Ruth Simmons. Simmons announced in September that she would step down at the end of this year.

NEWS | 03/04/2012

Pro-Life group unveils 'Demographic Winter' project

Princeton Pro-Life engages current students, recruits students and holds events advocating its cause. But the group’s motto — “for the sake of our missing classmates” — indicates it is motivated less by a desire to engage current students than by its concern for students that may have missed out on the opportunity to attend the University because of abortion, members said.An advocacy group that opposes abortion, the organization is also active in many other issues and is gearing up for the next semester with a new theme, what it calls “Demographic Winter.”

NEWS | 03/01/2012

Cheeburger Cheeburger to open Nassau Street 100-seat restaurant this May

Cheeburger Cheeburger, a national burger chain, is set to open at 182 Nassau Street this May. The 1950s-style restaurant will replace Carousel Luncheonette — which has occupied the space since 2004 and another Nassau Street location since 1955.The restaurant will be locally owned and operated by partners John Lim and Adam Pasieka, residents of nearby West Windsor and Cream Ridge, respectively.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

News & Notes: SFER chosen as finalist for White House competition

Students for Education Reform, an advocacy group which aims to close the achievement gap in American public schools founded by Catharine Bellinger ’12 and Alexis Morin ’12, was named a finalist in the White House’s Campus Champions of Change Challenge, which aims to give student-led organizations the opportunity to demonstrate how their project has helped improve their campus communities and American society.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

U. assesses impacts of new UMCP

The upcoming move of the University Medical Center of Princeton to its new Plainsboro location is presenting logistical challenges to University officials, especially regarding referrals from University Health Services and the administration of rape kits.The new hospital will be located right across the border of Mercer County in Middlesex County, which is under the jurisdiction of a different police department and prosecutor’s office. The University is currently holding discussions with health and law enforcement officials over allowing students to travel to the new hospital location for sexual assault forensic investigations, known as rape kits, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said in an email.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

Virus cases highest at U.

The number of confirmed cases of gastroenteritis on campus over the past month is significantly higher than that at a number of other colleges and universities in the northeast that are also seeing major outbreaks.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

Consolidation task force progresses

Less than nine months before the Borough and Township will formally consolidate, local government officials are clashing over potential staffing reductions and how open transition discussions should be. Meanwhile, the governments have agreed to spend more than $100,000 on consultants to guide the transition.A Transition Task Force of 12 members was created in January, comprised of five voting members and one alternate from each municipality. All 12 members are members of the Democratic Party. Mark Freda, the former director of the Borough’s emergency services, chairs the task force. The TTF’s preliminary review is due April 10.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

Dean of Wilson School named new president of Brown

Brown University announced Friday morning that it had selected Wilson School Dean Christina Paxson as its 19th president. Paxson will take over from current president Ruth Simmons, who announced she would step down as president in September.

NEWS | 03/01/2012

News & Notes: Dean of the Faculty Dobkin celebrates Sweet 16

After celebrating his 16th birthday on Wednesday, Feb. 29, Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin can no longer get the youth discount at movie theaters, museums and sporting events.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

Departments discuss staffing changes

The Princeton Transition Task Force considered how the impending consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township will affect department staffing at its meeting Wednesday night.The merger of the municipalities, approved by Borough voters this past November, will take place at the beginning of next year. Much of the cost savings from consolidation are predicted to come from the merger of the two police departments.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

Math and games

If John Nash GS ’50 is the phantom of Fine Hall, then his colleague John Horton Conway is the building’s resident surrealist.If students were to pass by the windows on the third floor of Fine Hall, they’d find Conway, who spends most of his day in the iconic mathematics building, playing children’s games on a blackboard. Conway has pioneered a field known as recreational mathematics, a specialty that Conway said he believes is misnamed.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

University to stop HEI investments

The University will stop investing in the embattled hospitality firm HEI, ending more than three years of controversy on campus about the company’s alleged workers’ rights violations, Princeton University Investment Company president Andrew Golden confirmed in a statement to The Daily Princetonian late Wednesday night. The decision followed the actions of Yale, Brown and the University of Pennsylvania, which have all declined to reinvest.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

Study finds N.Y. vulnerable to storms

While the Northeast may have been spared from the worst devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Big Apple could soon find itself under water. A study by a team of researchers from the University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that climate change may cause devastating storms and storm-related disasters — notably surges and floods — to hit low-elevation areas like New York City much more frequently. The team published its findings in the journal Nature Climate Change on Feb. 14.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

Lajeunesse continues project

Josue Lajeunesse, a custodian in Whitman College who was featured in two recent documentaries, is implementing several new projects centered on developing his hometown of La Source, Haiti.

NEWS | 02/29/2012

News & Notes: Unknown white male exposes self to female undergraduate

Members of the University received a Campus Safety Alert on Tuesday night about a reported incident of lewdness that occurred near the University around 6:15 p.m.

NEWS | 02/28/2012

U. to side with UT-Austin in affirmative action case

As the Supreme Court plans to hear a major affirmative action case this spring, the University will continue to express support for the consideration of race in the admission process, officials said.The Court decided last Tuesday to review the case of Fisher v. Texas, in which Abigail Fisher, a white student, claimed to be denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin because of her race. Fisher filed a lawsuit for alleged racial discrimination. This is the third time the nation’s highest court has decided to hear a case on affirmative action. The court last evaluated the use of race in admissions in 2003.

NEWS | 02/28/2012

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