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Obamas win 55.7% of Student Speaker Initiative vote

David Veldran

In his announcement, Eddy wrote, “The next step is to officially present Michelle and Barack Obama as speakers to the university as the student choices for the trial program. I'll be sure to keep you all up to date as the discussion proceeds.”

NEWS | 11/19/2019

'That's love': Sitting down with Edith from the CJL

'That's love': Sitting down with Edith from the CJL

Ben Angarone

What is it like to be one of the most well-liked employees on Princeton’s campus? Our reporter met with Edith Murray at the Center for Jewish Life at 8 a.m. one Tuesday morning to find out.

NEWS | 11/19/2019

Boettcher ’14 falls to Holzhauer in two-day Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finals

Boettcher ’14 falls to Holzhauer in two-day Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions finals

Evelyn Doskoch

Boettcher, a User Experience Librarian at the University of Chicago, ended Holzhauer’s winning streak on June 3, 2019, and went on to be a three-day champion. She advanced to the Tournament of Champions finals after victories in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

UHS warns of increased gastroenteritis cases

UHS warns of increased gastroenteritis cases

Shamma Pepper Fox

In order to prevent the outbreak from spreading further, University Facilities and Dining Services is undertaking “enhanced cleaning protocols in residential dormitories, athletic facilities and dining venues,” according to Robin Izzo, the Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS).

NEWS | 11/18/2019

Bridge Year Bolivia students relocated to Peru amid political crisis

Bridge Year Bolivia students relocated to Peru amid political crisis

Rooya Rahin and Rachel Sturley

Following recommendation for evacuation by the University’s emergency assistance provider, International SOS, students moved to Peru’s capital at the beginning of this week.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

Q&A with Staffan de Mistura, former UN Special Envoy for Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon

Allie Spensley

Staffan de Mistura is a diplomat who has worked for the United Nations and the Italian government. During his 40 years with the United Nations, he was stationed in countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Lebanon, and he served as the UN’s Special Envoy on Syria from 2014 to 2018.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

U. announces summer internships to count as academic credit, CPT possible for undergrads

Mindy Burton

International students may now apply for curricular practical training (CPT) in specific domestic internships, a program which would allow them to work in the United States over the summer. Previously, CPT was not available to undergraduate students as there were no undergraduate internship courses available for credit.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

USG affirms language of P/D/F and exam paper referendums, discusses past changes to the Honor System

Caitlin Limestahl

Olivia Ott ’20, Academic Chair, and Ben Press ’20, U-Council Chair, discussed recent key changes to the Honor System in the past two years, including updates to the Honor Committee’s website, and additions of a dean on call and professional investigators to Honor Committee proceedings.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

ACT to allow students to retake individual sections

ACT to allow students to retake individual sections

Emily Perez

In previous years, students who wished to improve their score on a single section had to retake the entire test, which costs $46 and takes three hours to complete.

NEWS | 11/18/2019

Anita Hill, Imani Perry discuss intersectionality in law

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

“We exposed a kind of ugliness with the election of Donald Trump that we thought didn’t exist or that some didn’t know some had,” Hill said. “That exposure is worth something.”

NEWS | 11/18/2019

U. professor holds town hall on gerrymandering with California's Citizen Redistricting Commission

U. professor holds town hall on gerrymandering with California's Citizen Redistricting Commission

Elizabeth Shwe

“Civic engagement, to me, is the constant price we pay for freedom,” California commissioner Andrew Parvenu said. “Democracy needs to be inclusive and move towards the goal of one man, one woman, one vote, under districts we can proudly say are fair and as rationally drawn as possible.”

NEWS | 11/17/2019

Alumni in Congress speak on service, policy

Alumni in Congress speak on service, policy

Yael Marans and Naomi Hess

The Daily Princetonian spoke to members of Congress who are University alums, and asked them how they believe they work “in the Nation’s Service.”

NEWS | 11/15/2019

ROTC celebrates 100-year anniversary

ROTC celebrates 100-year anniversary

Benjamin Ball and Caitlin Limestahl

Three days a week, Cadet Gabriel Peña ’23 wakes up at 5:30 a.m. and makes the mile trip to Jadwin Gymnasium for physical training (PT). By 8:00, he’s in the dining hall for breakfast and then on his way to a 9:00 a.m. class. Peña’s schedule is roughly similar to that of the 47 other cadets in Princeton’s Army ROTC.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Colin Jackson ’92 and Karl Jackson ’22

Josephine de La Bruyere and Elise Hogan

“I think the combination of Princeton and the army uniquely qualifies you to serve the nation and humanity to a greater extent than at another place.”

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: John Hurley ’86 and George Hurley ’22

Josephine de La Bruyere and Abigail Goldberg-Zelizer

Ret. Captain John Hurley graduated from the University in 1986 as an ROTC Cadet, Chairman of The Daily Princetonian, and with a degree in history. He went on to serve as an artillery officer in South Korea and fought in the first Gulf War. After his army service, Hurley went to Stanford Business School. Today, Hurley runs Cavalry Asset Management, an investment firm based in San Francisco and Hong Kong. His son, Cadet Sergeant George Hurley, is a sophomore at the University. Also enrolled in the ROTC program, George intends to follow his father in pursuing a degree in history.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Peace in Palmer Square: A history of Vietnam War activism

Peace in Palmer Square: A history of Vietnam War activism

James Anderson

The Vietnam War brought unprecedented activism at the University in forms ranging from peaceful pickets and fasting to sieges on buildings and firebombing. It divided the campus deeply between radicals and conservatives, youths and adults, and draft refusers and ROTC cadets.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Who do WWS graduates serve?: Analyzing 75 years of alumni profiles

Who do WWS graduates serve?: Analyzing 75 years of alumni profiles

Zachary Shevin and Omar Farah

An analysis of alumni career data, available in the TigerNet Alumni Directory, shows that while the WWS sends more students into government jobs per capita than any other major, a WWS graduate student is nearly seven times more likely than an undergraduate to go into government.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Jack Bound ’22 and Alex Bound ’23

Josephine de La Bruyere

Cadet Sergeant Jack Bound ’22 is a sophomore and prospective history major enrolled in the Army ROTC program. His younger brother, Alex Bound ’23, is a Midshipman Fourth Ensign enrolled in the BSE program and the Navy ROTC program.

NEWS | 11/15/2019

Legacies of Service: Paul Spiegl ’19, Sterling Spiegl ’21, and Jarrett Spiegl ’21

Josephine de La Bruyere

The Daily Princetonian sat down with three brothers: Atlanta-born Second Lieutenant Paul Spiegl ’19, and twins cadet Sterling Spiegl ’21 and cadet Staff Sergeant Jarrett Spiegl ’21, who are both members of the University’s ROTC program.

NEWS | 11/14/2019

In the service of other nations: International student vets at the U.

In the service of other nations: International student vets at the U.

Sam Kagan

According to a report by the Davis Center, 12.4 percent of all undergraduates in the previous academic year and 25.3 percent of all University students were international students. The Daily Princetonian spoke with four international student veterans from South Korea and Israel about their experiences in service and transitions to the University.

NEWS | 11/14/2019

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