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Police officers respond to report of shotgun in Lewis Library, but no threat found

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

On Sunday, May 20, a student studying in Lewis Library thought she overheard someone mention getting a shotgun and called the Department of Public Safety, which alerted the Princeton Police Department. Officers came to the library and evacuated the building, according to Daniel Day, the University assistant vice president for communications.

NEWS | 05/23/2018

Eating clubs make guests recite “consent pledges,” psychologists measure effectiveness

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

On May 15, as reading period came to a close, the eating clubs of Prospect Avenue opened their doors to students looking to celebrate the completion of their written work — under one condition. Party-goers were asked to read a “consent pledge” before entering each club.

NEWS | 05/17/2018

Spring 2018 Dean's Date celebrations to have significantly smaller budget than last semester

Spring 2018 Dean's Date celebrations to have significantly smaller budget than last semester

Linh Nguyen

As students frantically complete Dean’s Date assignments and prepare for final exams, one break they can look forward to is the customary Undergraduate Student Government celebrations, held immediately after the Dean’s Date deadline. According to USG treasurer Alison Shim ’19, the budget for this spring’s celebrations is $7,000, significantly less than the $43,275 used in fall.

NEWS | 05/14/2018

PPD continues investigation into lewdness incident

Lake Carnegie, which would be the geographical center of campus in the future.

PPD continues investigation into lewdness incident

Benjamin Ball

Although unwilling to discuss specific investigative techniques, Sutter said that the Princeton Police Department is talking to people and questioning people in the area. Sutter said the Police Department is open to receiving any information members of the public may have.

NEWS | 05/13/2018

McCarter Theatre receives $30,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

McCarter Theatre receives $30,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

Katie Tam

On Wednesday, May 9, the McCarter Theatre Center announced that it received a $30,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant to support the McCarter LAB, a year-round creative incubator that supports artists through commissions, workshops, retreats, and more.

NEWS | 05/13/2018

U. reinstates full transfer program, accepts 13 transfer students for fall 2018

Clio Hall, which houses the admissions office

U. reinstates full transfer program, accepts 13 transfer students for fall 2018

Rose Gilbert

Last Wednesday the University announced that it admitted 13 transfer students for fall 2018 entry, and has reinstated the transfer admissions program that was phased out during the 1990s. Now, transfer students will be admitted on a regular basis.

NEWS | 05/13/2018

USG discusses budget surplus, Projects Board

USG discusses budget surplus, Projects Board

Isabel Ting

The Undergraduate Student Government held U-Council Chair elections and gave end-of-year updates during its final weekly meeting of the semester on Sunday.

NEWS | 05/13/2018

U. community gathers in support of Xiyue Wang

U. community gathers in support of Xiyue Wang

Albert Jiang

On Friday evening, over a hundred University faculty, staff, and students, as well as community members, congregated on the North Lawn of Frist Campus Center in solidarity and support of imprisoned graduate student Xiyue Wang.

NEWS | 05/13/2018

Philosophers discuss whether a business can deny service to a gay couple based on religious beliefs

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

On Wednesday, five philosophers debated where to draw the line between religious liberty and discrimination, using the high-profile pending Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission as a main example.

NEWS | 05/10/2018

ICC presidents are combating declining membership at sign-in eating clubs

ICC presidents are combating declining membership at sign-in eating clubs

Nick Shashkini

According to the Interclub Council, the percentage of people choosing to join non-selective, “sign-in” eating clubs has been declining. This year, 325 sophomores participated in the first round of the sign-in process, a 14 percent decline from the spring of 2017.

NEWS | 05/10/2018

Workers' testimonies reveal mistreatment, sexual misconduct

Students and YDS members holding signs at town hall.

Workers' testimonies reveal mistreatment, sexual misconduct

Ivy Truong

On Wednesday, May 9, campus staff members shared testimony of job uncertainty, low wages, and sexual harassment with a crowd of community members gathered for a town hall organized by the Young Democratic Socialists and Service Employees International Union, Local 175 in light of the upcoming contract negotiations in June.

NEWS | 05/10/2018

Faculty-Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct releases fourth annual report

Allie Spensley

The Faculty-Student Advisory Committee on Sexual Misconduct released its fourth annual set of University policy recommendations on Thursday morning. This year’s 22-page report is larger and more extensive than reports from past years — reflecting the committee’s new tactics to gather more widespread sources of input — and touches on sexual misconduct policies including training, transparency, penalties, and power differentials.

NEWS | 05/10/2018

Naked man exposes himself to female student on towpath

Naked man exposes himself to female student on towpath

Isabel Ting

On Monday, May 7, an naked man exposed himself to a female student while she was running on the towpath between Harrison Street and Washington Road.

NEWS | 05/09/2018

Students gather at town hall to ‘Ban the Box’

Isabel Ting

On Tuesday, student organizations hosted the “Ban the Box” town hall to encourage student discussion and awareness about the University’s inquiry about applicants’ conviction history in the undergraduate application process.

NEWS | 05/09/2018

University workers’ rights to be discussed at YDS town hall

University workers’ rights to be discussed at YDS town hall

Linh Nguyen

After having private conversations with University employees and the labor union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 175, Young Democratic Socialists (YDS) organized a town hall for campus workers to share their concerns about low wages, temporary work status, and job uncertainty with the student body.

NEWS | 05/09/2018

Potowski debunks myths surrounding Spanish in US

Potowski discussed the social consequences of grammar.

Potowski debunks myths surrounding Spanish in US

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Presenting five statements about Spanish in the U.S., Kim Potowski, professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Hispanic and Italian studies department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, asked the audience: “¿chisme o verdad?” True or false?

NEWS | 05/08/2018

CPUC discusses divestment process, renaming campus spaces, graduate student life

President Eisgruber opened the CPUC meeting.

CPUC discusses divestment process, renaming campus spaces, graduate student life

Linh Nguyen

During the final Council of the Princeton University Committee meeting of the academic year, representatives from the Resources Committee, the Committee on Naming, the Campus Iconography Committee, and the Graduate Student Government addressed University divestment from private prisons, initiatives to honor diverse individuals from the University’s history, and plans to improve graduate student life on campus.

NEWS | 05/08/2018

U. commissions 8 new portraits to honor diversity in notable alumni and professors

U. commissions 8 new portraits to honor diversity in notable alumni and professors

Julia Ilhardt

Last Thursday, the University announced plans to commission eight new portraits of notable alumni and faculty in an effort to diversify the art and iconography on campus. These portraits are an addition to two portraits, of professor Toni Morrison and the late professor Sir Arthur Lewis, already commissioned last year.

NEWS | 05/06/2018

Liz Fuller-Wright takes circuitous path to science writing at the U.

Liz Fuller-Wright, science writer for the Office of Communications

Liz Fuller-Wright takes circuitous path to science writing at the U.

Katie Tam

Science writer Liz Fuller-Wright pinpoints her interest in science writing to her freshman year in college. Confused by a concept in her environmental chemistry course, she went door to door looking for someone who could help her. She was stunned by the number of people who said they couldn’t do science or didn’t want to do science.

NEWS | 05/06/2018

Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together

Vince Staples performs at spring Lawnparties 2018

Spring 2018 headliner really Staples Lawnparties together

Benjamin Ball

On this surprisingly rainless Sunday, May 6, the Undergraduate Student Government hosted the spring 2018 Lawnparties on Prospect Avenue.

NEWS | 05/06/2018

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