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Formerly incarcerated speakers advocate for the voting rights of the incarcerated in a SPEAR organized panel

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Formerly incarcerated individuals discussed voting rights and the criminal justice system in a panel organized by SPEAR’s Voting Rights project, led by Leila Ullman ’21. The panelists are currently advocating a New Jersey state bill that would remove the prohibition on voting by people on parole, probation, or serving sentences.

NEWS | 03/06/2019

David Madden ’03, Larissa Kelly ’02 win Jeopardy! All-Star Games

David Madden ’03, Larissa Kelly ’02 win Jeopardy! All-Star Games

Zachary Shevin

Former University Quiz Bowl teammates David Madden ’03 and Larissa Kelly ’02, two of the winningest Jeopardy! players of all time, came away with a $1 million prize, defeating Team Colby and Team Ken in the final round of the Jeopardy! All-Star Games, which aired on ABC Monday and Tuesday night.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

Q&A with Anthony Romero ’87, ACLU executive director

Marissa Michaels

Anthony Romero ’87 is Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, where he has overseen efforts to mobilize grassroots campaigns and pursue litigation and advocacy for civil liberties. He spoke at the University event “We the People” on March 4. The Daily Princetonian spoke with Romero the next day.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

U. places restrictions on pickup times, affecting sign-in clubs

U. places restrictions on pickup times, affecting sign-in clubs

Ivy Truong and Benjamin Ball

This year, the University prohibited sign-in clubs from participating in on-campus pickups. In emails obtained by The Daily Princetonian, the University claimed they could not accommodate on-campus pickups after 5 p.m., which was when sign-in clubs scheduled their pickups.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

Goldstein ’96 serves as mainstay of Mueller investigation

David Veldran

Goldstein, former chief of the public corruption unit in his office, has interviewed several key figures in the Trump administration, including Donald F. McGahn II, Michael Cohen, and Roger J. Stone Jr., a former adviser who was indicted in January in connection with interference in the 2016 election.

NEWS | 03/04/2019

Romero ’87 denounces Trump administration, family separations

Taylor Sharbel

In a lecture to a nearly full auditorium on Monday, March 4, Romero spoke about the efforts of the ACLU against the Trump administration and infringements on civil liberties as a whole.

NEWS | 03/04/2019

U. delayed opening until 10 a.m.

U. delayed opening until 10 a.m.

Linh Nguyen

At around 5 a.m. on Monday, March 4, the University announced that the campus would delay opening due to severe weather until 10 a.m., but classes would be “held as scheduled.”

NEWS | 03/04/2019

Joseph Rolón named incoming Director of Student Life

Joseph Rolón named incoming Director of Student Life

Marissa Michaels

Rolón detailed his aspirations for his new position, which includes contributing to student growth and development.

NEWS | 03/03/2019

Q&A with Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi '00, Oscar-winning filmmaker

Emily Spalding

“To make a documentary film you have to feel incredibly passionate about the subject. And for me it also has to make the world a little bit better.”

NEWS | 03/03/2019

Two alumni and former quiz bowl teammates to appear in final round of Jeopardy! All-Star Games

Zachary Shevin

Madden is a 19-time Jeopardy! champion, with the third longest winning streak in the show’s history. Kelley is in the Top 10 in regular season winnings in show history and was the first woman to win more than five games.

NEWS | 03/03/2019

Men's basketball standout Cannady ’19 to miss rest of season

Men's basketball standout Cannady ’19 to miss rest of season

Jack Graham and Ivy Truong

Cannady was a team captain and Princeton’s leader in points per game this season with an 18.2 average. He is fifth on Princeton’s all-time scoring list with 1515 points and third in three-pointers with 268.

NEWS | 03/01/2019

Q&A with Alec Karakatsanis, founder of the Civil Rights Corps

Q&A with Alec Karakatsanis, founder of the Civil Rights Corps

Yael Marans

Alec Karakatsanis is the founder and executive director of the Civil Rights Corps. He works to combat human caging, surveillance, the death penalty, immigration laws, war, and inequality. He gave a lecture through the Wilson School on Wednesday, titled “The Bureaucracy of Human Caging.”

NEWS | 02/28/2019

Students discuss mental health on Tiger Confessions

Students discuss mental health on Tiger Confessions

Marissa Michaels

Though conversation around mental health on Tiger Confessions includes a variety of topics, including self-harm, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and others, The Daily Princetonian examined the increase in posts that specifically mention suicide as an examination of the rise of posts related to mental health.

NEWS | 02/28/2019

Historians Kruse and Zelizer speak on political partisanship

Oliver Effron

In a panel discussion held in the Friend Center, history professors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer spoke on their investigation of how the partisan divide in American political life came to be.

NEWS | 02/28/2019

Groping incident occurs near campus

Groping incident occurs near campus

Benjamin Ball

The Princeton Police Department (PDD) has received a report of a groping incident that occurred near campus on Tuesday, Feb. 26

NEWS | 02/28/2019

John Bonner, former chair of biology, passes away at 98

Katie Tam

Bonner was a prominent figure in the biology department whose research was on the cutting edge of evolutionary science.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

91.5 percent of U. security filings in one real estate company

91.5 percent of U. security filings in one real estate company

Benjamin Ball

The University submitted its filings to the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing nearly $66 million in shares.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

U. experiences 7.3% decline in first-year applications

Linh Nguyen

Despite a 7.3 percent decline from last year, this year’s applicant pool was the University’s second largest in history, reaching a total of 32,808 applications, with 5,335 of those being early-action.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

U. professor holds panel on the dangers of gerrymandering in New Jersey

David Veldran

Professor Sam Wang held a panel of experts Helen Kioukis of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey and Will Adler and Hannah Wheelan of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project to explain the importance of redistricting.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

Federal appeals panel questions Trump administration's rationale on DACA

Katja Stroke-Adolphe

Federal appeals panel judges criticize the rationales provided by the Trump administration for the rescission of DACA.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

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