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

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

Q&A: Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and activist

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Q&A: Junot Díaz, Pulitzer Prize winner and activist

Emily Spalding

Author Junot Díaz will be on campus for a special book reading and book signing hosted by Princeton Latinos y Amigos on Friday. Díaz will be reading from his book “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.” The ‘Prince’ asked Díaz few questions about his identity and writing career over email.

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Latino Coalition files complaint against town charter school

Latino Coalition files complaint against town charter school

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Jeff Zymeri

On Feb. 16, the Latino Coalition of New Jersey (LCNJ) filed a complaint against the Princeton Charter School (PCS) with the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. In a press release that explains the filed complaint, the LCNJ urged these two departments “to investigate segregation at the Princeton Charter School and to review state policies that permit charter schools to serves as ‘enclaves of segregation.’”

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Independent students seek improvements in living conditions

Independent students seek improvements in living conditions

Kevin Agostinelli

“It’s kind of perverse that cooking for yourself, something any 21- or 22-year-old should be capable of, is the exception rather than the rule at Princeton,” McIntosh said. “I don't know if that's the work-hard-play-hard culture or what, but independent life never felt like it was part of the ‘Princeton Experience,’ whatever that's supposed to be.”

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Speaker advocates for friendly U.S.-Russia relations under Trump administration

Speaker advocates for friendly U.S.-Russia relations under Trump administration

Samuel Oh

“Contact with Russians have become suspect in some way, and efforts to work with the Russians to find solutions in our differences have been construed as selling out to the Russians," Graham said. "It is particularly dispiriting for people like me who have engaged in this relationship for well over 25 to 30 years.”

NEWS | 02/23/2017

News and Notes: Crockett ’17 and Trad ’17 receive ReachOut Fellowships

Abhiram Karuppur

Destiny Crockett '17 and Nicolas Trad '17 have been selected to receive the Princeton ReachOut 56-81-06 Fellowships for year-long public service projects. Princeton ReachOut is a public service endeavor spearheaded by the classes of 1956, 1981, and 2006.

NEWS | 02/23/2017

Women in STEM discuss gender stereotype threat

Samvida Venkatesh

One student spoke out about her feelings on Princeton’s environment. “I tell myself that Princeton is not a normal space and the things I am experiencing are very abnormal – this is not a regular experience,” she said. “The reason I am not happy is not about me, it is because Princeton sucks.”

NEWS | 02/22/2017

LAPA public forum discusses Trump immigration ban

Alexander Stangl

“Islam hates us,” he claimed, is the primary message being put out to American citizens by the current administration. Sultan noted that, ever since Trump was inaugurated, there have been an increasing number of cases of the immigration ban being misapplied, with Muslim Americans facing extra security checks at airport security.

NEWS | 02/22/2017

Town animal control officer arrested

Marcia Brown

The sexual assaulted occurred at Pat Livezey Park in Solebury Township and involved a 13-year-old child. The charges include “involuntary sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of minors and criminal use of a communication facility,” according to the press release.

NEWS | 02/22/2017

Journalists, scholars discuss "fake news" in "post-fact era"

Marcia Brown

“Journalism proper has seized to exist,” Wampole said. “American news often infantilizes its audience.”

NEWS | 02/22/2017

Gates Cambridge Scholars include Krieger, Turkmani, Williams, and Cao

Audrey Spensley

Penina Krieger ‘17, Natasha Turkmani ‘17, Charlotte Williams ‘17, and Erica Cao GS ‘13 were awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship on Feb. 8 to pursue postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge.

NEWS | 02/21/2017

Eisgruber '83 Discusses Annual Letter at CPUC

Audrey Spensley

“In the case of this executive order on immigration, I have spent much of my life as a scholar of religious freedom, and it mattered to me that this order was, in my judgment, a threat to religious freedom and a betrayal of principles that define this polity and should define this polity, and I thought I was able to speak to that,” he said. “I was also able to speak to it on the basis of my personal experience as the child of immigrants to this country.”

NEWS | 02/20/2017

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