What started as a joke exploded into a nation-wide movement. Newspapers across the country ran articles on the Veterans for Future Wars. Members of Congress discussed their arguments; veterans’ organizations condemned them.
Their opposition brought to light a widening rift emerging in the Republican Party between proponents of nationalism and its skeptics. The conversation, which took place in McCormick 101, provided a glimpse at the intensely polarized debate.
The Daily Princetonian had a chance to sit down with former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum to discuss the present state of Florida politics, his 2018 run for governor, and the upcoming 2020 Presidential Election.
Boettcher came up more more correct responses and fewer incorrect responses than both of her opponents in the semis, but the game was anything but a runaway.
The Pulitzer Prize Board has selected two University alumni as members.
Wallis was invited by the Coalition for Peace Action, a grassroots citizens organization based in the town of Princeton, to preach for its 40th Anniversary Multifaith Service and Conference. Wallis also spoke at the conference later in the afternoon at Nassau Presbyterian Church.
On Sunday, Nov. 10, the University held the second annual mandatory Kognito Day to educate first-year students on how to address and discuss the mental health concerns of their peers through zee group discussions and completion of an online simulation.
The November 2017 complaint, which was one of the first challenges to the government’s decision to end DACA, alleged that the program’s termination violated both the United States Constitution and federal law.
On Nov. 5, Levine gave a lecture entitled “Contextualizing the Hearings,” where he discussed Robert Mueller ’66’s independent investigation into President Donald Trump and the impeachment process more generally. Following the event, The Daily Princetonian had the opportunity to sit down with Levine to discuss all things impeachment.
“A couple wires caught fire in the basement, but all is good,” Cottage President Jamie Denham ’20 said. “The house did not burn down.”
One of the committee’s co-chairs, Associate Dean for Student Life of the Graduate School Lisa Schryer, said the committee’s “goal is to prepare an initial report by the end of the [calendar] year.”
Former Newark Schools Superintendent Cami Anderson is now CEO of ThirdWay, an organization focused on solving problems of equity, specifically in regards to the treatment of marginalized students in school systems. On Nov. 11, she sat down for an interview with The Daily Princetonian.
The resolution was proposed by Ohio Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman.
In an interview, Jackiw described performance as an opportunity to “come together in some quasi-religious way, take communion together through this piece.”
According to Jarett Messina, Project Manager for the University, construction will commence during the summer of 2022 to complement the construction of the new residential colleges.
The initiative has spurred debate about what the concept of “free speech” means on college campuses, specifically because of the controversial nature of one of the five nominees — Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator.
“7x9” is meant to bring awareness to the use of solitary confinement in prisons. SPEAR has held the “7x9” demonstration annually for the past seven years. The performance protest has typically been accompanied by a talk from a formerly incarcerated person. This year’s speaker was Mark Hopkins.
In early October, Amada Sandoval, the former director of the Women*s Center, resigned from her position, having worked at the University for 19 years.
During her recent visit to the Woodrow Wilson School, The Daily Princetonian spoke with Rojas about her work at The Workers Lab and her thoughts on the most pressing issues facing American workers.
Samuel Hynes, a World War II veteran, as well as the University’s Emeritus Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature and emeritus professor of English, passed away at his home in Princeton on Oct. 10 at the age of 95.
