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U. research scholar, former nuclear launch officers pen letter against Trump

The Daily Princetonian

U. research scholar, former nuclear launch officers pen letter against Trump

Jessica Li

Joined by nine other former nuclear launch officers, University Research Scholar Bruce Blair penned an open letter Friday questioning the ability of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to serve as commander-in-chief.“The pressures the system places on that one person are staggering and require enormous composure, judgment, restraint and diplomatic skill.

NEWS | 10/19/2016

News & Notes: Harvard graduate students plan to hold vote on unionization

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: Harvard graduate students plan to hold vote on unionization

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Harvard University graduate students reached an agreement with Harvard University to hold an election next month on whether or not working graduate students and undergraduate teaching fellows should unionize, according to The Harvard Crimson.“Graduate and undergraduate Teaching Fellows —teaching assistants, teaching fellows, course assistants,” may vote in the secret ballot election, according to the Stipulated Election Agreement. Undergraduate students serving as research assistants are excluded.The group of pro-union graduate students, Harvard Graduate Student Union-United Auto Workers (HGSU-UAW), presented a petition to the National Labor Relations Board, which ruled this summer that private universities must recognize student assistant unions, according to the Crimson.The Harvard administration has been historically opposed to graduate student unionization. Harvard University President Drew Faust has repeatedly argued that a union of graduate students would change the relationship between students and Harvard from one based on academics to one based in labor, according tothe Crimson. Harvard University is now required to allow its graduate students to engage in collective bargaining, according to the Crimson. Princeton University took a similar stance against unionization earlier this year when itfiled a joint amicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board opposing a case calling for the unionization of graduate students . The University "disagrees with the notion underlying the NLRB decision that a graduate student who is engaged in research or teaching in a given semester is transformed during that semester from a student into an employee," according to the Graduate School's frequently asked questions page. However, in a town hall meeting on Oct.

NEWS | 10/18/2016

Singer and George discuss "Ethics in the Real World"

The Daily Princetonian

Singer and George discuss "Ethics in the Real World"

Betty Liu

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the Center for Human Values, and Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and professor of Politics, engaged in a discussion focused mostly on Singer’s new book, “Ethics in the Real World: 82 Brief Essays on Things That Matter.” The discussion took place in the bottom level of Labyrinth Books.Singer’s book consists mostly of op-ed pieces that he has written for various newspapers over the past 15 years.“What I’ve done for this book is to select some of those columns that seem to me to still have continuing relevance, some of them needed a bit of updating, and I have a paragraph or two at the bottom to update,” said Singer.

NEWS | 10/18/2016
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