David Piegaro ’25 sues Princeton and PSafe head, alleging retaliation for Clio incident

Cynthia Torres

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Nearly 18 months after tumbling down the steps of Whig Hall after an altercation with Department of Public Safety head Kenneth Strother during Princeton’s ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ David Piegaro ’25 is suing Princeton University and the department chief over the incident.

U. discontinues Wintersession, citing budget constraints

Hayk Yengibaryan

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The University will discontinue the Office of Campus Engagement and Wintersession in September amid budget cuts, ending the six-year program that has offered winter session since 2021.

U. investigating swastika graffiti in graduate student apartment building

Sena Chang

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Graffiti of a swastika was discovered in mid-July at Princeton’s Lakeside graduate housing complex, prompting Public Safety to boost patrols and investigate. The Department of Public Safety’s investigation is still ongoing, with no suspects identified.

Late meal is late again, program scales back to 2–4 p.m.

Eojin Park

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Frist Late Meal is reducing its hours to 2 to 4 p.m. for lunch Monday through Friday. Additionally, the Whitman-Butler and Rockefeller dining halls will be remaining open until 3 p.m. for lunch. The dinner hours remain unaffected.

Frist Late Meal is reducing its hours to 2 to 4 p.m. for lunch Monday through Friday. The dinner hours remain unaffected. Additionally, the Whitman-Butler and Rocky-Mathey dining halls will be remaining open until 3 p.m. for lunch.

Princeton boosts financial aid despite potential budget cuts, new endowment tax

Devon Rudolph

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The financial aid increase comes amid a rocky financial picture for many elite universities, which are confronting the loss of research federal funding and an endowment tax passed by Congress in July. It could also reduce Princeton’s tuition-paying student population.

Princeton's recent announcement of a boosted financial aid program could allow the University to be exempt from the recently passed federal endowment tax.