Student Life

Students say Arts and Transit Neighborhood construction causes some inconvenience

Students say Arts and Transit Neighborhood construction causes some inconvenience

Jacob Donnelly and Jean-Carlos Arenas

Construction of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood has caused small inconveniences for the day-to-day lives of students living in Forbes College, according to several residents of Forbes.The intersection of Alexander Street and University Place was closed to vehicular traffic in October, resulting in changes to pedestrian and bike paths from Forbes College to the main campus.

NEWS | 12/01/2013

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Updated: USG President Jackson ’15 re-elected with 68 percent of vote

Updated: USG President Jackson ’15 re-elected with 68 percent of vote

Anna Mazarakis

USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 won his bid for reelection, chief elections manager Rachel Nam ’15 announced in an email sent by Jackson to the undergraduate student body last Friday afternoon.Jackson received 68.36 percent of the vote, with 1,303 students voting in his favor.

NEWS | 11/29/2013

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USG debates proposal to separate class governments from the Senate

USG debates proposal to separate class governments from the Senate

Anna Mazarakis

Members of the Senate debated a proposed constitutional amendment to split the existing USG structure into two separate bodies at their Monday evening meeting.

NEWS | 11/26/2013

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Updated: CDC approves meningitis vaccination campaign; dates announced

Updated: CDC approves meningitis vaccination campaign; dates announced

Emily Tseng

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given final approval for ameningitis vaccination campaignto commence at Princeton, the University announced in an emaillast week. The vaccine will be made available to all undergraduate students, graduate students living in undergraduate dormitories, the Graduate College and annexes and other members of the University community with medical conditions predisposing them to meningococcal disease.

NEWS | 11/26/2013

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Importation of Novartis meningitis vaccine not likely to make U. liable

Importation of Novartis meningitis vaccine not likely to make U. liable

Warren Crandall

Princeton's plan to make a meningitis vaccine —called Bexsero —available to students in the near future likely has few legal ramifications for the University, despite the fact that the U.S.

NEWS | 11/25/2013

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Alumni Association publicizes Reunions jobs through 'more robust' website, student survey

Alumni Association publicizes Reunions jobs through 'more robust' website, student survey

Corinne Lowe

Students who wish to be employed by the Office of the Alumni Association during Reunions may now complete an online survey to be considered for employment, according to an email sent by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students to non-senior students last week.

NEWS | 11/25/2013

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‘splash,’ ‘Saheli’ win big at Princeton Pitch

‘splash,’ ‘Saheli’ win big at Princeton Pitch

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The two $1,000 first prizes for Princeton Pitch went to the creators of “splash,” a free application that allows users to share media based on location, and the developers of “Saheli,” a catering service that aims to help Indian women escape the sex trade. Students dressed in business attire crowded into Dodds Auditorium for the annual competition hosted by the Entrepreneurship Club, which gives participants 60 seconds to pitch their startup ideas, in for-profit or social entrepreneurship tracks, to a panel of judges for cash prizes.

NEWS | 11/25/2013

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Concern over meningitis outbreak impacts Big Sibs, Princeton Disabilities Awareness carnival

Concern over meningitis outbreak impacts Big Sibs, Princeton Disabilities Awareness carnival

Angela Wang and James Evans

Several campus organizations have had their events cancelled or seen reduced participation due to concerns by outside groups over the outbreak of bacterial meningitis at Princeton.The Big Sibs mentoring program by the Class of 2016 has had two events with its elementary school mentees cancelled, and a Princeton Disabilities Awareness event this weekend saw much lower attendance than predicted.

NEWS | 11/24/2013

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Victory pyre warms students in freezing weather

Victory pyre warms students in freezing weather

Michael Granovetter

On the first day of the semester with temperatures that failed to reach above freezing, students, faculty, staff and townspeople huddled for warmth around a bonfire on Cannon Green to celebrate the football team’s victory in the Big Three for the second year in a row.

NEWS | 11/24/2013

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Updated: Mastroianni '14, McGinnis '13 win Rhodes Scholarships

Updated: Mastroianni '14, McGinnis '13 win Rhodes Scholarships

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Adam Mastroianni ’14 and Timothy McGinnis ’13 were selected as recipients of the U.S.

NEWS | 11/24/2013

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Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

Emily Tseng

Updated 11/24, 9:07 p.m. A female student was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized late on Thursdayin the eighth case of the disease to strike the University community since March. The student developed symptoms of the diseaseon Wednesdaynight, when she went to University Health Services at McCosh Health Center.

NEWS | 11/22/2013

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Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Anna Mazarakis

Despite a late start to campaigning, Zach Ogle ’15 said he will rely on his perspectives as a student in USG and in other campus groups to win the campus vote, emphasizing the importance of increased outreach to student groups. “I’m running for USG president because I feel like USG can do a much better job of reaching out to non-USG students,” Ogle said.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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3 of 4 races for USG committee chairs to be contested

3 of 4 races for USG committee chairs to be contested

Anna Mazarakis

In a break from recent trends, three of the four USG committee chair positions — Campus and Community Affairs Committee,Social Committee and Academics Committee — have contested elections.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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Pilot service trip program to expand solar power to Peru

Pilot service trip program to expand solar power to Peru

Sheila Sisimit

This spring break, eight Princeton students and one faculty member will travel to Urubamba, Peru to bring solar power to two communities in the area.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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Victory bonfire won’t burn John Harvard in effigy

Victory bonfire won’t burn John Harvard in effigy

Jacqueline Gufford

In response to student concerns regarding the burning of a human figure, fuel for Sunday’s bonfire will not include an effigy of John Harvard and likely will not include a Yale bulldog.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

Konadu Amoakuh and Joseph Sheehan Joe

Out of a total of 259 students interviewed by The Daily Princetonian between Tuesday and Wednesday, 197, or 76 percent, said they plan to get a vaccine not yet licensed in the United States that will be offered by the University to combat a campus outbreak of type B meningitis. Since March, six students and one visitor have been hospitalized with the disease.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

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With new course and club, Deaf culture enjoys resurgence on campus

With new course and club, Deaf culture enjoys resurgence on campus

Ruby Shao

Amid the chaos of Cane Spree this October, Colin Lualdi ’17 was trying to ask for a T-shirt.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

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'The fastest, most unsettling disease': one student's recovery from meningitis

'The fastest, most unsettling disease': one student's recovery from meningitis

Charles Kyungchan Min

On May 6, Peter Carruth ’14 was admitted to the hospital for symptoms of meningococcal disease.

NEWS | 11/18/2013

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DREAM Team rallies against deportation of El Salvador native

DREAM Team rallies against deportation of El Salvador native

Jacob Donnelly

A crowd of 35 people gathered outside Frist Campus Center Monday evening to protest the deportation of German Perez, a Trenton-area construction worker and native of El Salvador charged with illegally residing in the United States. The demonstrators, carrying signs like “Call ICE!” with U.S.

NEWS | 11/18/2013

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Princeton to sponsor two rounds of emergency meningitis vaccinations pending final CDC approval

Princeton to sponsor two rounds of emergency meningitis vaccinations pending final CDC approval

Emily Tseng

The University will sponsor two rounds of an emergency meningitis vaccination campaign for the Princeton community pending a final go-ahead from the U.S.

NEWS | 11/18/2013

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