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Class of 2018 honorary member Cory Booker suspends presidential campaign

Class of 2018 honorary member Cory Booker suspends presidential campaign

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Zachary Shevin

In an email to supporters Monday, Booker wrote, “It was a difficult decision to make, but I got in this race to win, and I've always said I wouldn't continue if there was no longer a path to victory.”

NEWS | 01/13/2020

Meet Ben Chang: diplomat, DJ, deputy vice president of communications

Danielle Ranucci

“I have seen some of the best spokespeople in my years consist of individuals who are great leaders,” said Anthony Clark Arend, a former professor of Chang’s at Georgetown. “Ben is one.”

NEWS | 01/13/2020

USG appoints Honor Committee clerk, confirms eye health ad-hoc committee

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USG appoints Honor Committee clerk, confirms eye health ad-hoc committee

Caitlin Limestahl

The ad-hoc Committee on Eye Health proposed by AJ Sibley ’20 will sponsor eye health awareness events that will resemble their efforts during Mental Health Awareness Month last November.

NEWS | 01/12/2020

Geyman ’19 has thesis research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal

Kris Hristov

Geyman graduated from the University with an A.B. degree in geosciences. Geyman’s thesis focused on the use of carbonate rock to record indicators of ancient climate.

NEWS | 01/12/2020

Hundreds attend ‘No War with Iran’ protest in town

Evelyn Doskoch

At the Princeton rally, speakers described the current political situation and argued against American military action. Rallygoers bore signs saying “Diplomacy Not War,” “Remove Trump,” “Hands Off the Middle East,” and “Prevent WWIII.”

NEWS | 01/12/2020

Students, community members protest India's Citizenship Amendment Act

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The teach-in and protest was organized by undergraduate students and aimed to stand in solidarity with student-led protests in India that began at Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). In recent weeks, the Indian government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has cracked down on protestors, with 25 deaths reported as of Jan. 10.

NEWS | 01/12/2020

'The integrity and will of ten men': the life of Paul Volcker ’49

Allan Shen

In his senior thesis, Volcker criticized how the Federal Reserve dealt with inflation in the wake of WWII. Thirty years later, becoming Chairman of the Federal Reserve among economic turmoil, he began a crusade against inflation that would define his career.

NEWS | 01/09/2020

T.S. Eliot’s letters in U. library after 50 years in storage

T.S. Eliot’s letters in U. library after 50 years in storage

Danielle Ranucci

On Jan. 2, a collection of 1,131 letters from renowned poet and Nobel Laureate Thomas Stearns Eliot, better known as T.S. Eliot, opened for research at Firestone Library. The letters dated from 1932 to 1947 and were written from Eliot to his muse and lover Emily Hale.

NEWS | 01/09/2020

Sophomore sues U. over poorly maintained sewer grate

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The personal injury lawsuit, filed last month, charges the University, the Municipality of Princeton, and Mercer County with negligence over the fall 2018 incident. On Dec. 10, 2018, Spencer rode his bicycle over a poorly maintained sewer grate, which flung him off, resulting in “severe and permanent injuries.”

NEWS | 01/09/2020

Cats and dogs for tigers: emotional support animals on campus

Cats and dogs for tigers: emotional support animals on campus

Mindy Burton

Scarlet is precocious. At just 12 years old, she’s four months into her first year at the University. She has curly, sandy-colored hair, loves her roommate, K Stiefel ’20, and lives in the Pink House at 99 Alexander Street. Scarlet also has four legs, loves playing catch, and serves as Stiefel’s emotional support animal (ESA).

NEWS | 01/09/2020

Karen Farrell ’09 qualifies for Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

Evelyn Doskoch

Despite having her eight-day winning streak broken on Tuesday night, Jeopardy! champion Karen Farrell ’09 is one step closer to competing in the show’s next Tournament of Champions.

NEWS | 01/09/2020

Tower Club buys Fine Hall, spurs Street-wide change

Zachary Shevin

Tower Club has purchased and relocated into Fine Hall, the former home of the Princeton mathematics department. Since this transpired, multiple other clubs have begun to reconsider their own misnomers, creating a very different ‘Street’ than students are used to.

NEWS | 01/07/2020

"Double Sights" earns mixed reviews from local skateboarders

"Double Sights" earns mixed reviews from local skateboarders

Zachary Shevin

“I appreciate how the Woody Woo Inverted Half Pipe lets me pop insane frontside laser flips,” skater Rodney Mullen said. “But I’m unsure if we should be commemorating this man at a diverse and forward-thinking educational institution given his segregationist policies and rhetoric during his tenure as president of the University.”

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Eisgruber impeached over illegal interference in Tiger Confessions ++ Facebook group

Evelyn Doskoch

Tiger Confessions ++, a Facebook group in which students may post anonymous confessions about topics spanning all aspects of student life, contains just eight mentions of President Eisgruber in its over 2500 posts to date, primarily of a harmless nature.

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Top 10 ways to rehabilitate Charter

Top 10 ways to rehabilitate Charter

Claire Silberman

Internal memos leaked to the Daily Princetonian reveal the top contenders in Charter’s redesign plan.

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Honor Committee adds "pirating 'Paul Blart Mall Cop 2'" to list of crimes punishable by year-long suspension and crippling social exclusion

Honor Committee adds "pirating 'Paul Blart Mall Cop 2'" to list of crimes punishable by year-long suspension and crippling social exclusion

Claire Silberman

Henceforth undergraduates will be required to sign a pledge whenever accessing the University WiFi “I pledge my honor that I have not pirated Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, and have no intention of pirating Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.”

NEWS | 01/07/2020

U. replaces Dinky with giant electric scooter

Benjamin Ball

The scooter is long enough to fit around three dozen students at a time, according to new Director of Parking and Transportation Carlton Calvin. However, in keeping with the air of wealth and prestige that the scooters bring to users, the price of Dinky transportation has been raised from three dollars to 300 dollars per trip.

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Murray Dodge Cafe to serve edibles

Murray Dodge Cafe to serve edibles

Rooya Rahin

Edibles will be offered starting on Dean’s Date at 4:20 am. Law enforcement has voiced immense concern.

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Sophomore enjoys living in Wilson College

Sophomore enjoys living in Wilson College

Sam Kagan

“It’s just such a beautiful place to spend your Princeton years,” Cox said, gesturing to Gauss Hall. “I think it was my destiny to end up a Wilsonite.”

NEWS | 01/07/2020

Mazin ’92 awarded Golden Globe Award for Chernobyl miniseries

Paige Allen

“Chernobyl” was nominated for four awards and won two. In addition to winning “best television limited series or motion picture made for television,” the miniseries’ actor Stellan Skarsgård was awarded “best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television.”

NEWS | 01/05/2020

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