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U. commits to planning Title IX office reform town hall, additional meetings over summer

U. commits to planning Title IX office reform town hall, additional meetings over summer

Benjamin Ball

In a press release from the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct and the University Student Life Committee, the Committees additionally said they anticipare releasing a final report in fall of 2019.

NEWS | 05/15/2019

U. offers admission to 13 transfer students

U. offers admission to 13 transfer students

Linh Nguyen

Of the 13 accepted students, eight come from military backgrounds. Five of the students are women and the other eight are men. Additionally, eight are first-generation college students.

NEWS | 05/13/2019

USG recaps Project Board work, discusses Room Draw error

Walker Stamps

Projects Board Co-Chair Rachel Hazan ’21 reported that they funded 77 groups and more than 100 events with $132,000 requested in total for events this semester and a median request of $1,863.

NEWS | 05/12/2019

PIXR protesters update demands, call for U. statement signed by Eisgruber

PIXR protesters update demands, call for U. statement signed by Eisgruber

Zachary Shevin

After over 100 hours of protest in front of Nassau Hall, Princeton Students for Title IX Reform (PIXR) updated their list of demands. Additionally, PIXR has called for a public statement from the University, signed by President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, “in order to demonstrate the University’s commitment to addressing students’ persistent suffering.”

NEWS | 05/12/2019

Q&A with Class of 2019 valedictorian Kate Reed

Q&A with Class of 2019 valedictorian Kate Reed

Paige Allen

After graduation, Kate will pursue an MPhil in Development Studies at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and continue thinking about the relationship between social, economic, civil, and political rights in Latin America.

NEWS | 05/12/2019

Free menstrual products to be implemented in 56 bathrooms next fall

Yael Marans

According to the task force’s official project proposal, their aim is to help students live a healthier, more dignified lifestyle and keep students from sacrificing other material needs, or missing class, to be able to obtain menstrual products.

NEWS | 05/12/2019

Eisgruber authorizes external review of U. Title IX office

Benjamin Ball

The statement comes after almost four days of the Title IX office sit-in outside of Nassau Hall in which students have demanded a list of eleven reforms. External review is the second demand in that list.

NEWS | 05/10/2019

Princeton Town Council holds first ever meeting on University campus

Zachary Shevin

The Princeton Council held a meeting in the Whig Senate Chamber on May 8, the first town council meeting ever held on the University campus. Students and Council members discussed a number of issues facing the University and the town, as well as possibilities for collaboration between the two entities.

NEWS | 05/09/2019

Day 3: Title IX office protesters meet outside Nassau Hall; Eisgruber and Calhoun do not

Day 3: Title IX office protesters meet outside Nassau Hall; Eisgruber and Calhoun do not

Benjamin Ball and Zachary Shevin

The assembly outside of Nassau Hall marks the third day of the student protest against the University Title IX office, as students have remained on the lawn overnight between demonstrations. Students have been on Nassau lawn since Monday at 10 a.m.

NEWS | 05/09/2019

Day 2: U. Title IX office protesters left dissatisfied after U. response, send letter to administration

Ivy Truong, Zachary Shevin, and Claire Silberman

Over 70 students have gathered on the front lawn for the past two days to protest the Title IX’s office handling of sexual misconduct cases. This sit-in follows several months of protests and graffiti on campus that aim to demonstrate their misgivings against the Title IX process.

NEWS | 05/08/2019

Day 1: Student activists demonstrate in protest of Title IX office for over 15 hours

Benjamin Ball, Zachary Shevin, and Claire Silberman

Dozens of University students are participating in a sit-in to push forward a list of at least eleven demands crowdsourced from the student body detailing specific ways in which the University could improve upon its Title IX policies.

NEWS | 05/08/2019

CPUC meeting discusses room draw error, Ban the Box concerns

CPUC meeting discusses room draw error, Ban the Box concerns

Hannah Wang

The CPUC meeting included talk on room draw, Wintersession, and a Ban the Box walk-out.

NEWS | 05/08/2019

SPEAR holds walk out and teach-in at CPUC meeting

SPEAR holds walk out and teach-in at CPUC meeting

Haleigh Gundy

Fifteen minutes into the CPUC meeting, the crowd of students left Betts Auditorium and walked to an outdoor area in front of Frist Campus Center, where they listened to two speakers — Damion Stackhouse, a formerly incarcerated activist, and Dannelle Gutarra Cordero, a University writing program lecturer. Students and faculty alike joined in solidarity over the issue.

NEWS | 05/07/2019

Grace Sommers '20 awarded Barry M. Goldwater scholarship

Allan Shen

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is an annual award established by the United States Congress in recognition of outstanding undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.

NEWS | 05/07/2019

Neuroscience pioneer and U. professor Charles Gross dies at 83

Katie Tam and Allan Shen

Charles Gordon Gross, a professor emeritus of psychology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) and pioneer of cognitive neuroscience, died at age 83 in Oakland, Calif. on April 13.

NEWS | 05/07/2019

Students boogie wit A Boogie at spring Lawnparties

Students boogie wit A Boogie at spring Lawnparties

Claire Silberman

Students were met with intermittent showers throughout the day, but many reported enjoying the festivities in spite of the weather.

NEWS | 05/06/2019

New York TigerTrek immerses students in NYC's tech and startup scene

New York TigerTrek immerses students in NYC's tech and startup scene

Naomi Hess

“I saw so many paths to success and so it was really comforting to know that whatever path I take, as long as I’m doing the things I’m interested in and working really hard, that I think I’ll be able to find success in the future,” a 2019 participant Nicole Meister ’22 said.

NEWS | 05/05/2019

U. to decide whether to amend language of conviction history question on supplemental application

U. to decide whether to amend language of conviction history question on supplemental application

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The draft of the proposal will be presented at the meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) on Monday, May 6, and then voted on at CUAFA’s May 13 meeting. The final decision as to whether to approve or revise the committee’s recommendation will lie with President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

NEWS | 05/05/2019

GoFundMe for Title IX protestor quickly exceeds fundraising goal

GoFundMe for Title IX protestor quickly exceeds fundraising goal

Julia Ilhardt

The amount, $2,723, was based on the fine that an anonymous student received for writing “Title IX Protects Rapists” on University walkways in April.

NEWS | 05/05/2019

Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony hosted in Murray-Dodge courtyard

Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony hosted in Murray-Dodge courtyard

Taylor Sharbel

The recitation of the names of victims of the Holocaust began at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1, in the Murray-Dodge Courtyard and continued for 24 hours. In 30-minute shifts, student volunteers recited the name, age, place of residence, and place of death of each of the approximately 6 million Jews who were killed.

NEWS | 05/03/2019

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