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Late meal debate held between two USG candidates

Late meal debate held between two USG candidates

Jacob Gerrish

“If you vote for me, you’re changing the game,” said Ozminkowski. “You’re inspiring the underclassmen to know that USG isn’t an insular group; it’s something that can get people excited, that can get people happy and engaged with the school community as a whole.”

NEWS | 12/11/2017

ENV seniors spearhead Princeton Environmental Ideathon

Ariel Chen

Certificate students from the University’s Environmental Studies program are bringing a new competition to campus in the form of a novel environmental summit. From April 13-15, 2018, ENV certificate students will be hosting an Environmental Ideathon for 300 graduate and undergraduate students pursuing environmental studies across the East Coast.

NEWS | 12/11/2017

USG talks Honor Committee referenda, approves Dean's Date concert

Jacob Gerrish

“Throughout this process, I have been called sexist, a zealot, undemocratic, unfair, secret, manipulative, and it is beginning to wear on me,” Flanigan said. “I think it is time the students vote.”

NEWS | 12/11/2017

University students express concern, frustration about USG presidential elections

Linh Nguyen

In last week’s debate, Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates spent over half an hour discussing Lawnparties. Audience members — and other students — expressed frustration about the focus that seems far from issues they see as more important.

NEWS | 12/11/2017

Leslie GS ’07 highly prepared next dean of graduate school

Benjamin Ball

Sarah-Jane Leslie has been just about everything you can be at the University. Now, she steps into a new role: dean of the Graduate School.

NEWS | 12/10/2017

The Daily Princetonian elects its next editor-in-chief

Ivy Truong

After almost four hours of discussion, The Daily Princetonian elected head news editor Marcia Brown ’19 as editor-in-chief for the 142nd Managing Board.

NEWS | 12/10/2017

Le Boeuf GS nominated for Grammy

Isabel Ting

Music is often thought of as a universal language — one that brings communities together. Composer Pascal Le Boeuf GS uses his music to do just that by combining contemporary classical music and jazz into what he calls a “new music” community.

NEWS | 12/10/2017

Princeton veteran injured in line of duty

Anna Vinitsky

U.S. Army first lieutenant Victor Prato ’15 suffered a serious injury on Monday, Nov. 13, when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. Three other U.S. soldiers were wounded. According to former 82nd Airborne Division officer Zach Beecher ‘13, Prato was awarded the Purple Heart and the Combat Action Badge, and is currently being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. Prato is now in stable condition.

NEWS | 12/10/2017

Charlottesville mayor Signer ’95 optimistic for future, with 2018 march in mind

Charlottesville mayor Signer ’95 optimistic for future, with 2018 march in mind

Kevin McElwee

“We just saw a peaceful repudiation of [alt-right] ideas in Virginia a month ago,” said Charlottesville mayor Michael Signer ’95. “I’m optimistic about the country being able to overcome this native threat.”

NEWS | 12/08/2017

USG campaign finances undergo scrutiny for possible violations

Linh Nguyen

Following scandals involving website buy-outs and Princeton Tonight, the Undergraduate Student Government presidential elections are now under more scrutiny, this time in regard to candidate finances.

NEWS | 12/07/2017

Former ambassador Kurtzer granted Adlai Stevenson Award

Aviva Kohn

Former U.S. ambassador Daniel Kurtzer, the recipient of the 2017 Adlai Stevenson Award, was not optimistic that the United States could help the world through “the bully pulpit” because of a lack of respect from the international community. “The prerequisite for making that bully pulpit work is that we been seen as a leader internationally, that we be respected internationally,” Kurtzer said.

NEWS | 12/07/2017

U. community responds to Trump's declaration of Israeli capital

U. community responds to Trump's declaration of Israeli capital

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

President Trump formally recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and announced plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the new capital. The move is divorced from decades of domestic and international policy, evoking responses from the University community.

NEWS | 12/07/2017

New BDSM club shows its members the ropes

Ivy Truong

The University’s newest official student group started almost two years ago with a meal and a group of friends. These meals evolved into more formal, discussion-based meetings. The number of students involved grew, too — with the group now boasting a membership of 15 students. As of Dec. 3, Princeton Plays is now even recognized by both the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Undergraduate Student Government as an official student organization.

NEWS | 12/06/2017

Link between Princeton Tonight and Ozminkowski campaign under scrutiny

Linh Nguyen

After Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates Rachel Yee ’19 and Matthew Miller ’19 raised concerns about fellow candidate Ryan Ozminkowski ’19 and his campaign tactics involving domain redirection, the Ozminkowski campaign faces further controversy.

NEWS | 12/06/2017

Xiyue Wang used as "pawn" by Iran in negotiations with United States

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Over the course of this month, the Iranian government has aired videos of two foreign prisoners—Xiyue Wang GS, sentenced to 10 years in prison for espionage while conducting research, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian-British charity worker sentenced to five years for endangering national security—in an effort to pressure the U.S. and Great Britain to withhold sanctions and pay back debt, respectively.

NEWS | 12/06/2017

Zia-Ebrahimi talks dislocative nationalism in Iran

Benjamin Ball

On Wednesday evening, Reza Zia-Ebrahimi, history lecturer at King’s College in London, painted a detailed picture of the rise of Iranian nationalism to an audience of students, faculty, and community members in East Pyne 010.

NEWS | 12/06/2017

Miller, Yee, Ozminkowski spar during USG presidential debate

Jacob Gerrish

Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Ryan Ozminkowski ’19 drew criticism from his opponents after buying the domain names for their websites. Further comments by Ozminkowski during the USG presidential debate prompted the question: how seriously should USG take itself?

NEWS | 12/06/2017

Shirley Satterfield, longtime Princeton resident, reflects on history of Princeton's African American community

Isabel Ting

In a dinner discussion on Tuesday, Shirley Satterfield, a longtime Princeton resident who experienced Princeton’s racial integration first-hand, reflected on the intersection between Princeton’s history and African American civil rights. Satterfield’s family, the Van Zan(d)t Moore May family, has resided in Princeton for the last six generations. She explained that the “d” is left in parentheses to “separate the blacks and whites” in her family, since her great grandfather was white.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

Q&A: Charlie Sykes, political commentator and author

Nick Shashkini

Charlie Sykes: I know that a lot of people think that I left my radio show because of Donald Trump, and that’s understandable, but actually I planned to leave the radio show anyway last year, but the rise of Donald Trump made the decision way easier. For the last 23 years I’ve been a conservative radio host in Wisconsin, and it played a significant role in Republican politics but was appalled by Donald Trump. Even though the audience was very receptive through the Wisconsin primary, you remember Donald Trump was defeated in Wisconsin; as the year went on, I was increasingly out of touch with the audience. I was one of those conservatives that refused to get on the Trump train.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

CVS to acquire Aetna, Student Health Plan unlikely to change

Scott Newman

This past Sunday, CVS Health announced that it would be acquiring Aetna Inc., the care provider through which University students who opt for the Student Health Plan receive their insurance. The acquisition, however, is unlikely to affect those on the SHP.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

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