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Claire Gmachl to become new Head of Whitman College

Claire Gmachl to become new Head of Whitman College

Walker Stamps

“[Claire Gmachl’s] commitment to teaching — illustrated, among many other examples, by her engagement with the Freshman Scholars Institute, as well as her participation in reinventing the first-year engineering curriculum — points to her profound dedication to students’ intellectual, as well as co-curricular, experiences,” Dean of the College Jill Dolan wrote in an email announcing Gmachl as the incoming Head of Whitman College. “Claire is known for her kindness, her clarity and her concern for others, all of which will grace the lives of students at Whitman and across our campus.”

NEWS | 03/26/2019

Mark Hoppus discusses Blink-182, musical evolution

Mark Hoppus and Steven Mackey in Berlind Theater

Mark Hoppus discusses Blink-182, musical evolution

Emily Spalding

With catchy songs like “All the Small Things” and “First Date,” and over 50 million records sold worldwide, Blink-182 has had a tremendous influence on the pop punk genre. Hoppus and Mackey discussed the cultural impact and timelessness of Blink-182’s music, analyzing songs including “Rock Show,” “Feeling Myself,” and, of course, “What’s My Age Again?” to illustrate how the group’s sound has evolved since its founding in 1992.

NEWS | 03/26/2019

Mueller ’66 reports no evidence of collusion in Trump campaign

Mueller ’66 reports no evidence of collusion in Trump campaign

David Veldran

On Friday, March 22, Special Counsel Robert Mueller ’66 delivered his long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The report emphasized that the Special Counsel neither alleges the president committed a crime nor fully exonerates him.

NEWS | 03/25/2019

CPUC meeting discusses PPPL, Ban the Box again

CPUC meeting discusses PPPL, Ban the Box again

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The most tense moment of the Q&A came when Micah Herskind ’19, the former president of SPEAR, pushed Eisgruber on what he sees as the University’s continued valuing of information “from a system we know is racist and classicist.”

NEWS | 03/25/2019

UPDATED: Famed economist, professor Alan Krueger dies at 58

Allan Shen

Krueger is most well-known in the field of economics for his research on the effects of minimum wage on employment. His study with Harvard economist Lawrence Katz and UC Berkeley economist David Card showed that an increase in the minimum wage did not result in a reduction in employment.

NEWS | 03/25/2019

USG discusses Honor Code penalties, appointments

Claire Silberman

USG members discussed five referenda during the meeting, debating topics ranging from eye health to renaming USG itself.

NEWS | 03/25/2019

Yale, Stanford among institutions involved in admissions scandal

Bill Huang

FBI agents have recently uncovered an extensive college admissions scam in which wealthy parents paid William “Rick” Singer hefty sums of money to cheat their way into selective colleges. Yale and Stanford are among the institutions mentioned. There has been no documentation showing University involvement.

NEWS | 03/21/2019

No suspects yet located in lewdness, peering incidents

No suspects yet located in lewdness, peering incidents

Linh Nguyen

Between 8:30 p.m. and 8:50 p.m. Thursday evening, an unknown individual was observed “peering into a window at the New Graduate College.” Around the same time Friday evening, an elderly white male with long gray hair and a light skin male with sandy brown hair and medium build were seen separately near the intersection of Washington Road and Ivy Lane and a residential backyard on Fitzrandolph Road, respectively, both wearing no clothing.

NEWS | 03/18/2019

Angela Davis pays tribute to Brazilian human rights activist Marielle Franco

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Yael Marans

Political activist Marielle Franco’s black feminism aimed to understand and transform the world. She hoped it wouldn’t just respond to one group’s needs, but to all of ours, Angela Davis said in her tribute to Franco on Thursday, March 14.

NEWS | 03/15/2019

Trump announces penalties for universities that do not support free speech

Marissa Michaels

President Trump announced on March 2 that he will withhold federal funding for colleges that do not support free speech. Though the Trump administration has not released any further details, University faculty and administration feel confident that the move would not affect the University.

NEWS | 03/14/2019

Firestone renovations complete, encourages library attendance

Firestone renovations complete, encourages library attendance

Marissa Michaels

In February, the completion of the renovations on the Trustee Reading Room in Firestone brought about the end of the library’s official 10-year renovation project.

NEWS | 03/14/2019

"No US War on Venezuela Vigil" takes place in Palmer Square

Naomi Hess

Monday, March 11 at 5:00 pm The Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), a Princeton-based grassroots organization, held an hour-long protest against United States intervention in Venezuela, which the group’s website referred to as a “vigil.” The protesters handed out flyers urging supporters to contact their members of Congress to advocate for the Prohibiting Military Action in Venezuela Act, which would block funds for American intervention and prevent the administration from taking military action without Congressional approval.

NEWS | 03/12/2019

Students organize first international TigerTrek

Naomi Hess

Ron Miasnik ’22 and Daniella Cohen ’22 planned the first international TigerTrek. Over Intersession 2020, 15 students will travel to Israel, the nation with the most venture capitalist funding per capita of any country in the world. Participants will spend a week exploring both the entrepreneurial and cultural aspects of Israeli life. Program participants will be selected at the beginning of next school year.

NEWS | 03/12/2019

Cannady ’19 enters plea deal, receives conditional discharge

Emily Spalding

Standout men’s basketball player Devin Cannady ’19 entered a plea agreement on Mar. 11 for the four charges brought against him after he allegedly threw a punch at a Department of Public Safety Officer in Wawa on Jan. 18. Three of his four charges were dismissed. For the fourth charge, Cannady received a conditional discharge, and he will serve 20 hours of community service as part of the agreement. According to his attorney, Cannady has plans to return to the University in the fall and will be preparing for the NBA draft while on leave.

NEWS | 03/12/2019

Q&A with Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa, former president of Constitutional Court of Colombia

The Palace of Justice in Bogotá, Colombia

Q&A with Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa, former president of Constitutional Court of Colombia

Karolen Eid

Manuel José Cepeda Espinosa was a magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Columbia for eight years and served as its president from 2005 to 2006. Justice Cepeda was a member of the technical-negotiation team working on transitional justice during the Colombian peace process. From 2014 to 2018, he served as the president of the International Association of Constitutional Law. During his recent visit to the Woodrow Wilson School, The Daily Princetonian spoke with Cepeda about his role in the Colombian peace process and his thoughts on current trends in constitutional law.

NEWS | 03/12/2019

USG discusses alternative polls, new UHS building, community affairs

Zoya Amir Gauhar

Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun stated that the initiative toward building a new UHS building is an “exciting moment … [and] really makes us think about where health care is headed.”

NEWS | 03/11/2019

FCC Chairman dismisses concerns about net neutrality’s repeal during Q&A

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FCC Chairman dismisses concerns about net neutrality’s repeal during Q&A

Walker Stamps

The repeal of net neutrality, Pai argued, was a positive change that allowed for programs such as unlimited data plans to continue.

NEWS | 03/10/2019

U. announces Young Alumni Trustee finalists

U. announces Young Alumni Trustee finalists

Linh Nguyen

Of the thirty seniors who ran in the primary election, Stefan (Amo) Amokwandoh ’19, Sarah Varghese ’19, and Rachel Yee ’19 are the three finalists for the Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) primary election. The winner of the general election will replace Tumi Akinlawon ’15 — whose term ends on June 30 — and serve until 2023.

NEWS | 03/08/2019

A walk past Nassau: the historically black Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood

A walk past Nassau: the historically black Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood

Linh Nguyen

Beyond FitzRandolph Gate, the hustle and bustle of Nassau Street — full of trendy restaurants, University apparel shops, and retail chains — serve as the facade of the town, the first image that tourists, visitors, and University students encounter upon leaving campus grounds. But unbeknownst to many non-residents, past Nassau lies a history of segregation and an ongoing struggle to preserve the culture of the town’s historically African-American Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, whose first inhabitants settled in the 1680s.

NEWS | 03/08/2019

Alumni speak on the Black Justice League’s fight against the University’s racist legacies

Rebecca Han

At the forefront of calls for a name change to the Wilson School was the Black Justice League (BJL), a student activist organization that coordinated one of the biggest protests in Princeton history — a demonstration on the steps of Nassau Hall in 2015 followed by a 33-hour sit-in.

NEWS | 03/08/2019

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