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U. professors reflect on Fidel Castro's legacy, U. - Cuba relations

Rose Gilbert

"Understanding the revolution is further complicated by the fact that Fidel Castro was a polarizing figure, so not only is he leading the extremely polarizing historical process of the revolution, but within that, he’s an extremely polarizing figure," López-Denis said. "You need to move away from the polarizing elements to understand the revolution’s complexity.”

NEWS | 12/14/2016

News & Notes: Rider University to sell Westminster Choir College's Princeton campus

News & Notes: Rider University to sell Westminster Choir College's Princeton campus

Charles Kyungchan Min

Rider University’s decision to consolidate the Westminster Choir College’s Princeton campus with its main Lawrence campus has been met with significant backlash from Rider students and faculty. Last week, Rider University President Gregory Dell’Omo came out with a statement addressing the members of the Rider community on the need to sell the Princeton campus and consolidate all students, faculty, and staff onto the Lawrence campus.

NEWS | 12/14/2016

USG pilots free menstrual products program

Katie Petersen

The Undergraduate Student Government launched a free menstrual product pilot program on Dec. 4 in Frist Campus Center. The program will run until Dec. 16 and aims to address issues of accessibility and financial hardships associated with menstrual products. The program has involved placing one basket of courtesy tampons and pads in each of the nine bathrooms in Frist: four women’s, four men’s, and one gender-neutral.

NEWS | 12/14/2016

News & Notes: DPS reports two recent on-campus robberies

Alexander Stangl

Two on-campus robberies were reported this past week, according to the Department of Public Safety.

NEWS | 12/14/2016

News and Notes: U. to participate in ATI to expand collegiate access to talented low-income students

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The University will partner with 30 other colleges and universities in the American Talent Initiative, which aims to expand collegiate access to talented low-income students, according to a University press release.

NEWS | 12/14/2016

Princeton Private Prison Divest asks U. faculty to sign divestment petition

Hunter Campbell

Members of Princeton Private Prison Divest are asking University faculty members to sign a petition in support of divesting from private prisons, as well as from detention corporations.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

The referendum passed, now what?

Allie Spensley

“Since the clubs are private, USG carries no authority over ICC. Information would only be released on a voluntary basis that would require the consent of each individual clubs' membership, officers, management, and graduate board,” Christopher Yu '17 wrote an email. Yu is Colonial Club and Interclub Council (ICC) President.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Updated: Etskovitz '17 wins Marshall Scholarship

Marcia Brown

Joani Etskovitz '17 was awarded a 2017 Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in the United Kingdom.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Jeroudi discusses low-cost carrier threat to legacy airlines

Norman Xiong

Established airlines will be increasingly jeopardized by newer, low-cost carriers in 2017 and as time goes on, according to Air France Joint Venture Performance Director Omar Jeroudi in a lecture on Tuesday afternoon. Jeroudi emphasized the challenges that legacy carriers such as Delta, Air France, and United Airlines will and are currently facing from low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet in terms of profitability and sustainability.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Keener '17, Osaka '17, Muir win Sachs

Simone Downs

Becca Keener, Shannon Osaka, and Holly Muir are named the recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1990 Graduating Scholarship. Keener and Osaka, current University seniors, will be using their scholarship to further their education abroad, while Muir, a recent Oxford graduate, will be spending a year as a grad student at the University.

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Bristol-Leverett discusses human trafficking

Katie Petersen

Human trafficking is a widespread issue that requires people to fight from where they are with what they have, Mandy Bristol-Leverett said in a lecture entitled Abolishing Modern-Day Slavery. Bristol-Leverett is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking (NJCAHT).

NEWS | 12/13/2016

Eisgruber fields questions, Dolan explains academic changes at CPUC meeting

Audrey Spensley

President Christopher Eisgruber '83 began Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Community meeting with a question-and-answer session. The meeting discussed faculty recruitment in American Studies, the University's operating budget, general education designations and financial aid.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

Myesha Jemison '18 brings life of leadership experience to USG Presidency

Maya Wesby

Last Friday, Dec. 9, Myesha Jemison ’18 secured the majority of votes to become the Undergraduate Student Government president-elect. When she begins her term in February, Jemison will be the University’s first black female USG president.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

Panel discusses role of activism, effecting change

Jeff Zymeri

As part of the Woodrow Wilson School's Friday, Dec. 9 event “From Ferguson to Dallas to Charlotte: Racial Justice and Policing in America,” a panel, moderated by Ben Jealous, discussed the role of activism in effecting change.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

Q&A: Juan Carlos Pinzón, Colombian Ambassador to the United States

Emily Spalding

Juan Carlos Pinzón is the Ambassador of Colombia to the United States. On Monday, he sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss U.S.-Colombia relations, the role of democracy, and peace in Colombia.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

IAS, Civil War Trust reach agreement on Maxwell's Field

Samuel Garfinkle

The Institute for Advanced Study and the Civil War Trust have reached an agreement to expand the Princeton Battlefield State Park, according to a press release jointly issued by the Institute and the Trust at 3 p.m.

NEWS | 12/12/2016

USG Senate discusses incoming student groups, elections, Women's Leadership Task Force

Samuel Oh

Student leaders discussed the recognition of new, incoming student groups, updates on the student election, as well as the selection of the new members of the Women’s Leadership Task Force.

NEWS | 12/11/2016

Upcoming yearbook to feature 3D effects, more undergraduate portraits

Charles Kyungchan Min

The 2017 yearbook will reflect new and upgraded improvements in an attempt to better encapsulate the University experience for all members of the undergraduate class, according to Vojislav Mitrovic ’18, executive director of Princeton Yearbook Agency. Some of the changes include student portraits for every class and a 3D animation effect that allows viewers with smartphones and tablets to access unique videos linked to particular photos in the yearbook, according to Mitrovic. “The 2017 yearbook will be the first yearbook in the last 153 years to have portraits of every class. We want this yearbook to be a yearbook of all undergraduate students,” Mitrovic said. “We want to encompass the experiences of all four class years.”

NEWS | 12/11/2016

USLC, VP for Campus Life pilot program deactivating bathroom locks

Kirsten Traudt

USG has widely solicited student feedback as they prepare to institute the program, disseminating a survey and hosting two forums for students to ask questions. While Johnson says he believes that “most students. . .will recognize the positives” of the program, Czulak recognizes that the survey results have not been unanimously in favor of the policy, and hopes that the University will be able to follow the consensus of many diverse viewpoints.

NEWS | 12/11/2016

Panel discusses Asian-American activism

Ruby Shao

People in relationships form the heart of social movements, Hali Lee '89 said at a Saturday panel in the first Asian in America conference hosted by the University. Lee founded and directs the Asian Women Giving Circle, the first and largest giving circle in the United States led by Asian-American women.

NEWS | 12/11/2016

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