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Princeton budget surplus precludes predicted tax hike

Princeton budget surplus precludes predicted tax hike

Nick Shashkini

Princeton residents won’t be seeing any tax increases this year, as a sufficient surplus in the $65-million town budget will allow town officials to fully finance a projected tax hike. Without any changes, municipal-purpose taxes were supposed to increase by $41.86 on average. The spending plan including this measure was passed at a public hearing on April 9.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Cost of attendance, financial aid increase for 2018–19 school year

Benjamin Ball

The cost of attendance for the 2018–19 school year has risen 3.9 percent from the previous year, alongside a rise in financial aid of 7.7 percent according to a budget announcement on Monday from the Office of Communications.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Harvard professors Levitsky, Ziblatt discuss the death of democracies

Panel attendants discuss the future of American democracy.

Harvard professors Levitsky, Ziblatt discuss the death of democracies

Katja Stroke-Adolphe

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, professors of government at Harvard University and co-authors of the book “How Democracies Die,” spoke to the University community on Monday about the threats currently facing U.S. democracy, in the context of demises of democracies in the past.

NEWS | 04/16/2018

SPEAR conference brings “shadows of the prison” to light

SPEAR conference speakers discuss incarceration

SPEAR conference brings “shadows of the prison” to light

Isabel Ting

“Help those brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated and let them know that they are important to us,” Rev. Teresa Smallwood said, “because unlike what it looks like now, we are all in this together, so the day we say that we are family, we have nothing to lose but our chains.”

NEWS | 04/16/2018

Campus visitor struck by falling branch near chapel

Campus visitor struck by falling branch near chapel

Katie Tam

“I heard the snap of the tree, which was quite a loud sound. I saw it tumbling,” said visiting journalism professor Jim Dwyer. “At first I thought it didn’t get anybody.”

NEWS | 04/16/2018

USG members expect implementation of fifth honor code referendum if passed

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USG members expect implementation of fifth honor code referendum if passed

Ivy Truong

The fifth referendum on the Honor Code this year proposes allowing members of the Honor Committee to petition to replace the clerk or chair. It comes after three of four referenda on the Honor Code were stayed by the administration in December.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

USG discusses Admissions Opportunity Campaign, student access, gap year stigma

Isabel Ting

In its weekly meeting on April 15, the Undergraduate Student Government discussed the the inclusion of questions surrounding criminal history on the undergraduate application, increasing student access to USG, and policies to decrease the negative stigma surrounding gap years and mental health.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Kip Thorne lectures on the Big Bang, black holes, colliding stars

Kip Thorne lectures on the Big Bang, black holes, colliding stars

Hector Afonso Cruz

Over a thousand people packed into Jadwin Hall on Thursday, April 12, filling five auditoriums, to attend the 43rd Donald R. Hamilton Lecture delivered by Kip Thorne, Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Princeton students’ BlockX team win TigerLaunch competition

University student team wins TigerLaunch entrepreneurship competition

Princeton students’ BlockX team win TigerLaunch competition

Benjamin Ball

“In early stage investing, in my perspective, it’s 95 percent the founder, 5 percent the product,” said Trip Jones, a general partner with August Capital and a judge at this year's TigerLaunch competition. “If you have the right founder, I don’t even care what the product is; you can fund the company before the company exists.”

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Palestinian ambassador discusses Middle Eastern peace

Natalie Nagorski

Palestinian ambassador to the U.S. Husam Zomlot was born as a refugee in a tent in the Gaza Strip. Today, Zomlot spoke at the Wilson School about a multilateral solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After 17 Palestinians were killed and over a thousand injured by Israeli military gunfire and tear gas on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel two weeks ago, Zomlot offered a hopeful tone in his proposal for a peaceful solution

NEWS | 04/12/2018

Holder Hall repair work finishes up, students move back in

Joe Kawalec

After about a month of hearing hammering and seeing trucks line up outside Holder Hall entryway four, residents will be able to move back into their rooms.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

U. community comes together to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day

U. community comes together to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Beginning on the night of April 11 until the following night, University community members came together to observe Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, through a student-led program supported by the Center for Jewish Life.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

NJ Senator Cory Booker selected as 2018 Class Day speaker

NJ Senator Cory Booker selected as 2018 Class Day speaker

Benjamin Ball

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been selected as the keynote speaker for the University’s Class Day ceremony on Monday, June 4, according to the Office of Communications. The ceremony is organized by members of the graduating class.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

Students react with outrage to proposed changes to dining plan

Students react with outrage to proposed changes to dining plan

Ivy Truong and Mallory Williamson

After a draft of proposed changes to meal plans circulated on Tuesday night, students have expressed frustration and outrage regarding the potential plans, which would require underclassmen to purchase an unlimited plan and all upperclass students who are not part of an eating club to purchase a “Community Plan.”

NEWS | 04/12/2018

Expansion of water infrastructure could benefit New Jersey

Risk of lead exposure through water piping is much greater than the national average in New Jersey.

Expansion of water infrastructure could benefit New Jersey

Mallory Williamson

“Funding critical repairs and improving resiliency in our wastewater treatment and drinking water distribution systems remains a critical priority,” Lopez said in an EPA statement. “New Jersey knows all too well the costs of storm damaged water and wastewater systems.”

NEWS | 04/11/2018

Four University faculty members awarded Guggenheim Fellowships

Isabel Ting

Four University faculty members were awarded the 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship, which celebrates prior achievement and exceptional promise in “productive scholarship or creative ability in the arts.” The winners were Brooke Holmes, Ekaterina Pravilova, Monica Youn, and Martin Kern.

NEWS | 04/11/2018

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul lectures on US-Russian relations today

Amb. McFaul speaks about US-Russia relations

Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul lectures on US-Russian relations today

Emily Spalding

On the morning of April 11, President Donald Trump tweeted on U.S.-Russia relations, saying: “Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War.” A few hours later in Robertson Hall, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul responded to the President’s sentiments.

NEWS | 04/11/2018

Lawsuit against new Title IX regulations delayed

Ivy Truong

Minter told the 'Prince' that the University’s agreement in 2014 moved to a “preponderance of evidence” standard, transitioned from holding a hearing with the Committee of Discipline to an investigation with several trained investigators, and allowed the investigators to adjudicate the case but not administer the punishment.

NEWS | 04/11/2018

Two students selected for this year's Dale fellows

Neha Chauhan and Katie Tam

Xiaodi Alice Tang ’18 and David Lind ’18 have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowships. The fellowship provides a $35,000 grant for a year after graduation to explore a creative project of interest.

NEWS | 04/10/2018

Mercer County authorities seize $200,000 worth of heroin in joint narcotics investigation

The Economist and the New York Times say that estimated heroin overdoses in 2017 were around 1,200, almost 300 deaths more than the AIDS crisis at its worst

Mercer County authorities seize $200,000 worth of heroin in joint narcotics investigation

Benjamin Ball

Last week, Mercer County authorities seized $200,000 in heroin in a joint narcotics investigation, according to a press release by the Office of the Mercer County Prosecutor.

NEWS | 04/10/2018

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