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ICC criticizes eating club task force report

Oliver Effron

Eating club presidents are pushing back against a recently released task force report, which recommended that clubs decrease the role of prior affiliations in the selection process and cut costs to lower membership dues, among other suggestions.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

U. transfer students with children face indiscriminate housing due to ‘shortages’

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Hannah Baynesan

“They made promises to me when I decided to come to Princeton. I am in a one-bedroom apartment with my wife, daughter, and dog and am now being told a two-bedroom apartment will not be ‘guaranteed’ until my daughter is two. This was after the fact that they ‘guaranteed’ it to me when she turned one. They claim to be addressing the needs of the student while completely ignoring legitimate grievances,” Thomas Johnson said.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Anthropology researchers talk Islam, drugs, crimes in Kurdish Istanbul

Haleigh Gundy

“Kurdish youth not only see the dead bodies of cousins … they witness the death of their peers in the war between the PKK and the Turkish state … Many [interlocutors] told me that they still see and hear the [violence committed against family members],” said Onur Günay, a documentary filmmaker.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Lambert discusses Jewishness, TV, intersectionality

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Lambert used the case study of Amazon’s 2014 show “Transparent” as exemplary of the new ways in which Jewish culture manifests in media.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Hoffmeyer ’19 hopes to explore intersection of classical music, literature, philosophy

Hoffmeyer ’19 hopes to explore intersection of classical music, literature, philosophy

Rebecca Han

When comparative literature concentrator and 2019 Rhodes Scholar John Hoffmeyer ’19 began at the University, he was torn between his musical and academic pursuits, especially with his growing interests in literature and philosophy. For a period, he even considered a concentration in math.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Lawmakers vote to legalize marijuana in New Jersey

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Linh Nguyen

Marijuana is one step closer to being legal in New Jersey, but advocates cannot relax just yet.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Scholars discuss democracy, liberalism, progress in America

Karolen Eid

A month after the hearings for then-nominee for the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh, scholars discussed implications and the future of democracy.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Reed is generous with her time and brilliant, peers say

Reed is generous with her time and brilliant, peers say

David Veldran

Kate Reed ’19, known for her humility and love for learning, is one of four University students to receive a Rhodes Scholarship this year.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Man exposes himself to graduate student outside Lawrence Apartment window

Man exposes himself to graduate student outside Lawrence Apartment window

Oliver Effron

The Department of Public Safety revealed that a man peered into a graduate student’s window and exposed himself at Lawrence Apartments late Monday evening. The suspect — described as a white male in his 40s, approximately five feet eight inches tall, and wearing a dark-colored hoodie — has not been located at the time of publishing.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Epstein discusses Harvard lawsuit

Allan Shen

One of the nation’s foremost constitutional legal experts would repeal Title VI of the Civil Rights Act in order to solve the quandary that is Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. “Well, I say, what you do is to repeal [Title VI], and then Harvard can do pretty much whatever it wants,” Richard A. Epstein, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University (NYU) School of Law, said in a lecture Monday, Nov. 26.

NEWS | 11/27/2018

Passengers left behind, made late by Dinky replacement

Hannah Wang

The buses that have been substituting for the Princeton Dinky since Oct. 14 are leaving commuters behind and causing them to miss their train connections, due to their maximum capacity of 63 people in comparison with the Dinky train’s 119.

NEWS | 11/26/2018

No romaine in dining halls until CDC updates warning

Roberto Hasbun

Students at the University will have one less leafy green option at the dining halls, until the CDC releases new information about the nationwide E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce.

NEWS | 11/26/2018

Eating club task force report discusses diversity, health, safety

Eating club task force report discusses diversity, health, safety

Oliver Effron

The eating clubs should do more to promote inclusivity, health, and transparency, according to a report released on Nov. 12 by the Task Force on the Relationship between the University and the Eating Clubs.

NEWS | 11/26/2018

Students reflect on popular spring courses

Zachary Shevin

The Daily Princetonian took a look at next semester’s offerings and talked to students about three of the University’s most popular courses, from STEM, social science, and humanities fields.

NEWS | 11/25/2018

George Will GS ’68 announced as Baccalaureate speaker

George Will GS ’68 announced as Baccalaureate speaker

Karolen Eid

Award-winning columnist George Will GS ’68 has been selected as the Class of 2019 Baccalaureate speaker, according to a University statement released Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/20/2018

New polyamory club advocates for ethical non-monogamy

New polyamory club advocates for ethical non-monogamy

Yael Marans

So far, the 10 current club members have met once over dinner, and Miriam hopes for the club to meet about once a month. The location is only disclosed to people who have contacted the University’s LGBT Center with interest in attending a meeting.

NEWS | 11/19/2018

Jared Polis ’96 reflects on goals, openly gay identity

Rose Gilbert

Polis has moved on from the Undergraduate Student Government at Princeton, where he served as communications director, and is now preparing to take office by attending a “boot camp for new governors” in Colorado Springs. Having defeated two-term state treasurer Walker Stapleton, Polis will replace the term-limited John Hickenlooper.

NEWS | 11/19/2018

Princeton town community considers referendum to fund public school improvements

Nick Shashkini

On Dec. 11, residents of Princeton will vote in a special election on a proposal to provide the town’s public schools with a $26.9 million bond for facilities upgrades.

NEWS | 11/19/2018

Ressa ’86 at center of fight over free press in the Philippines

Allan Shen and David Veldran

On Nov. 9, the Philippine government announced that it will charge Maria Ressa ’86 and Rappler with tax evasion. Ressa and other journalists say these accusations are politically motivated and are a direct response to Rappler’s criticism of the Philippine government and President Rodrigo Duterte.

NEWS | 11/19/2018

U. community gathers, chants, ‘yeets’ during first bonfire since 2013

First bonfire since 2013 draws large crowd

U. community gathers, chants, ‘yeets’ during first bonfire since 2013

Zachary Shevin

“Every year I’ve been here, they’ve beaten the first team they’ve played and lost to the second,” she said. “It was really exciting that this happened in my last year and we got to be a part of the experience and have our class year join the tradition.”

NEWS | 11/19/2018

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