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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

U. sues architecture firms for $10.7M over Andlinger Center construction

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U. sues architecture firms for $10.7M over Andlinger Center construction

Zachary Shevin

The University is suing Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects (TWBTA) and Jacobs Entities for professional negligence and breach of contract relating to their architecture and design of the Andlinger Center.

NEWS | 12/21/2019

15 U.-affiliated historians sign letter supporting impeachment

Linh Nguyen, Zachary Shevin, and Sam Kagan

The group released the letter just two days before the anticipated congressional vote on articles of impeachment directed towards Trump, whose actions the historians describe as “a clear and present danger to the Constitution.” The letter assesses that if President Trump’s misconduct is not grounds for impeachment, almost nothing is.

NEWS | 12/17/2019

Recently named Rhodes Scholars discuss their academic passions

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Recently named Rhodes Scholars discuss their academic passions

Paige Allen

As Rhodes Scholars, Malhotra and Alagappan will join 30 other recipients from the United States in participating in two to three years of graduate study at Oxford funded by the scholarship beginning in September 2020.

NEWS | 12/15/2019

Chitra Parikh ’21 elected USG president, both proposed referenda pass

Marissa Michaels

Chitra Parikh ’21 was elected to be the next Undergraduate Student Government (USG) president with 74 percent of the student body vote, according to an email announcement by USG sent on Friday morning. Both of the proposed referenda on the ballot passed with overwhelming percent of the votes.

NEWS | 12/13/2019

U. offers early admission to 791 students for the Class of 2024

U. offers early admission to 791 students for the Class of 2024

Allan Shen

The Office of Admission mailed letter notifications to student applicants on Dec. 12, and the admissions decisions can also be viewed by the applicants through online access starting at 7 p.m.

NEWS | 12/12/2019

Professor Ari Waldman, New York Law School, delivers lecture on Data Privacy Discourse to COS126

Professor Ari Waldman, New York Law School, delivers lecture on Data Privacy Discourse to COS126

Zoya Amir Gauhar

In an optional lecture delivered to students enrolled in COS 126: Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach, New York Law School Professor Ari Waldman discussed how engineers typically view data privacy and where he believes that conversation can be improved.

NEWS | 12/12/2019

U. professors Conley and Tilghman recognized as AAAS Fellows

Rachel Sturley

The fellowship is a lifetime honor. Last year, University professors Rebecca Burdine and Elke Weber were appointed to the position. 37 members of Princeton’s faculty currently hold AAAS fellowships.

NEWS | 12/12/2019

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