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17th University production of The Vagina Monologues continues tradition of expression on campus

Rose Gilbert

From interpretive dances to think pieces to social experiments, the annual on-campus performances of Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues has always generated plentiful feedback from University students.

NEWS | 03/01/2017

Carney cites lack of journalist diversity, balance of coverage in era of fake news

Carney cites lack of journalist diversity, balance of coverage in era of fake news

Marcia Brown

In a critique of The New York Times' new motto “The truth is more important now than ever,” Tim Carney contends that the truth matters now more than it did from January 2009 to January 2017. “In other words, the truth matters less before Donald Trump was president,” Carney said, noting that he was being “very semantic.” In an event co-sponsored by the Princeton Progressive, Princeton Tory, and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society, Carney, an editor at the Washington Examiner, delivered a lecture and answered questions for around 25 students in Whig Hall. While nearly every seat was filled, only two women were in attendance. Carney is a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of "The Big Ripoff: How Big Business and Big Government Steal Your Money" as well as "Obamanomics."

NEWS | 02/28/2017

Six Princeton professors receive Sloan Research Fellowship

Hamna Khurram

Six University professors have been named Sloan Research Fellows for 2017.

NEWS | 02/28/2017

Arthur Liman Fellows Announced

Hunter Campbell

The University program in Law And Public Affairs has chosen five undergraduate students, Kabbas Azhar ’18, Joy Dartey ’18, Steven Gomez ’19, Alice Mar-Abe ’18, and Jessica Quinter ’18 as the 2017 Arthur Liman Fellows in Public Interest Law.

NEWS | 02/28/2017

Men’s hockey secures home ice for the first round of playoffs

Jack Graham

At the beginning of its season, the Princeton Men’s Ice Hockey team set out with the goal of earning home ice for the first round of the ECAC playoffs.

NEWS | 02/28/2017

Tigers end season with 4th place finish at Heps

Tigers end season with 4th place finish at Heps

Claire Coughlin

This past weekend was certainly an important one for the Princeton track program. On Friday, the top runners on both the men's and women’s teams traveled by bus to New York City to compete in the Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships at the Armory Track and Field Center.

NEWS | 02/27/2017

Truex '07 cautions against belief that Chinese government will change

Jisu Jeong

“There’s a tendency for observers — particularly Western observers — to get optimistic when we see a leadership transition [in China],” said Truex. However, he argued, in reality China will remain the same over the next five, ten, and 15 years.

NEWS | 02/27/2017

First U. student group on studying psychedelics holds open house

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

“I’ve had a long and complicated history with psychedelic use,” said Joseph. “I want to take a more neutral view.”

NEWS | 02/26/2017

Junot Díaz addresses community on activism's role on college campuses

Emily Spalding

On Friday, Feb. 24, approximately 300 people gathered in McCosh 50 to hear acclaimed writer and activist Junot Díaz speak on the issues of white supremacy and racism, and how to combat them through activism.

NEWS | 02/26/2017

USG Meeting Discusses Eating Club referendum, student group approvals

Jason Fu

“I think that [about income] a less contentious question that still gets at the meat of what people want to know is just to ask a simple are you on financial aid or not,” Kilpatrick said.

NEWS | 02/26/2017

Princeton alum first female dean of Yale Law School

Allie Spensley

“Because we train students to question their own arguments and to imagine the best argument for the other side, lawyers may be the only people able to go to war and then go out for drinks afterward,” Gerken wrote. “The ability to do battle and still respect the other side is something people desperately need in this polarized age.”

NEWS | 02/26/2017

North Korean defector, now activist Ji Seong-Ho speaks out for human rights

Jane Sul

“In North Korea, the state had no system set to take care of citizens who went through an accident or physical disability,” he said. “I had no choice but to leave North Korea, cross the Tumen river, and go through the escape of 6000 miles on wooden crutches."

NEWS | 02/25/2017

Kuczynski, Schmidt awarded James Madison Medal, Woodrow Wilson Award at 2017 Alumni Day

Audrey Spensley

Schmidt spoke out against critics who have a negative perception of the Information Age. He cited several examples of media outlets decrying the possibility of new technologies, from rockets to computers, that eventually revolutionized society.

NEWS | 02/25/2017

ICC releases final eating club statistics for spring 2017 admissions

Marcia Brown and Emily Spalding

952 members, or 72 percent, of the Class of 2019 joined either a selective or open eating club in the spring 2017 eating club admissions process, according to the official final statistics report from the Interclub Council of the Eating Clubs of Princeton University.

NEWS | 02/24/2017

Sophomore plans to run across the US for charity

Katie Petersen

“Everything that enters my body will have calories,” Lang says, conceding that he may drink water every now and then. But other than the occasional sip of water, he’ll be chugging energy drinks, fruit juice, and anything that ups his calorie intake.

NEWS | 02/24/2017

Inaugural science olympiad hosts 600 high school students

Sam Oh

“There are so many students on campus who competed in Science Olympiad at the highest levels possible in high school, and we wanted to leverage that wealth of talent and experience into making the best tournament possible,” said Fan. "We all really enjoyed competing in middle school and high school, and wanted to expose more students to the joy that is problem-solving.”

NEWS | 02/24/2017

Basketball forward Cook earns community service award

Rose Gilbert

Basketball forward Stephen Cook ’17 has always looked up to college basketball players. Now that he is filling such a role himself, he is working to give back.

NEWS | 02/24/2017

New honor society aims to reward science research

Ariel Chen

The Princeton Biomedical Engineering Society hosted an informational presentation on Feb. 22 with Elise Mochizuki, investment analyst at the Akemi Capital family office. She is the founder of the honor society Epsilon Alpha Mu and the nonprofit organization The Elise Foundation, which aims to make available new sources of funding for STEM research and pursuits on campus.

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Harvard economist Rogoff encourages move to "less cash" society

Alexander Stangl

At a lecture on Feb. 23, Kenneth Rogoff, professor of economics at Harvard University, discussed the idea of moving to a society with less cash, which forms the basis of his new book, “The Curse of Cash."

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Q&A with former SEC Official Norm Champ '85

Q&A with former SEC Official Norm Champ '85

Norman Xiong

The Daily Princetonian sat down with the former Director of the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission Norm Champ ’85 to discuss his role in the regulation of the finance industry after the Great Recession. Champ’s recent book, “Going Public: My Adventures Inside the SEC and How to Prevent the Next Devastating Crisis,” details the process of financial reform both by and within the SEC after the crisis, and is set to be published in March. Champ is currently a lecturer at Harvard Law School and a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP Investment Funds Group.

NEWS | 02/23/2017

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