Princeton women’s tennis (9-7 overall, 1-0 Ivy League) has caught fire as of late with wins over the University of Houston, Rice University and Penn.
In a lecture Thursday, Mary Anne Layden said that pornography, which is a visual invasion of a person’s body, is not a victimless crime.Layden is a psychotherapist and author based at the University of Pennsylvania, where she directs the Sexual Trauma and Psychopathology Program as well as the Social Action Committee for Women’s Psychological Health.According to Layden, selling the body is considered sexual exploitation and stealing the body is considered sexual violence."Sex is now a product, and the body is now a commodity," she said.She added that sexual exploitation and sexual violence are a seamless, interconnected continuum.Layden said that there are many studies that provide scientific evidence of the negative consequences of porn.According to Layden, brain images of porn users look similar to those of teenagers and cocaine users, only with less gray matter."Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine," she said.Moreover, according to Layden, about 58 percent of all male pornography users, with an average age of 25, had erectile dysfunction when engaging in sexual relations with women but not while viewing pornography.Layden said that there are many false messages in pornography, including the idea that sex is adversarial or a one-way street.
The Office of Information and Technology and other departments are in the process of limiting printer accessibility to users on campus in order to improve security against attacks, according to Associate Chief Information Officer for Office of Information Technology Support Services Steven Sather.Sather added that this reconfiguration has been occurring throughout this academic year and that the transition is scheduled to be completed over the summer.Last week, anti-Semitic posters were sent to printers at University, as well as several other colleges throughout the country.These posters were the work of Andrew “weev” Auernheimer, a known white supremacist and computer hacker.In an earlier interview with The Daily Princetonian, University Assistant Vice President for Communications Daniel Day said that Auernheimer’s actions did not constitute hacking in the sense that they did not breach security.Acting Director of the Center for Information Technology Policy Nick Feamster said that the attacks were a consequence of how many printers on campus are configured.“It’s not something that was a new vulnerability or anything like that.
The University has offered admission to 1,894 students out of an applicant pool of 29,303 candidates, marking a record-low acceptance rate of 6.46 percent. This year’s applicant pool is also the largest the University has seen to date, breaking the record number of 27,290 set by the class of 2019. Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye explained that theOffice of Admissionhas been making efforts to recruit students from every socioeconomic background, which might have contributedto the large applicant pool this year. “We’re doing more outreach to students,” she added. Of the 1,894 admitted students, 785 were accepted in the early application process.
Carmen LaBerge, a graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, publicly opposed the Seminary's handling of gender identity and fluidity during a conferenceon gender and theology.In an interview with the The Christian Post, LaBerge said that the Seminary is “irresponsible” for advancing ideas that run contrary to Biblical beliefs.
The Muslim Students Association is hosting a number of events this week in honor of Islam Awareness Week, an annual, nation-wide effort to promote understanding and awareness of Islam.Rather than just promoting awareness of Islam, though, the goal of this week’s events is also to promote dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims at the University, said Amir Raja ’18, president of the MSA.
Islamophobic comments targeting students on campus have appeared on Yik Yak, a mobile app that allows anonymous postings visible to users from the same geographical region,after the terrorist attacks in Brussels.Student leader of the University's Religious Life Council Nabil Shaikh ’17 noted that he saw a post earlier this week on Yik Yak that alleged that half of the world’s Muslims are radical and that there are even some Muslims at the University that fit this description.
The Princeton University Store and the C-Store have departed froma non-competition agreement, according toU-Store president Jim Sykes. Skyes noted the U-Store has been selling select school supplies in bulk to the C-Store at a discounted price since 2015.
Wall Street financier Andrew Caspersen ’99 was arrested on Saturday and has been charged with fraud by federal prosecutors, according to a statement from the U.S.
Nobel Laureate and mathematician Lloyd Stowell ShapleyGS '53passed away of natural causes on Saturday, March 12, at the age of 92 in Tucson, Arizona. Shapley, who resided in Pacific Palisades, served as emeritus professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Peter Marks, a native of the town of Princeton, has announced his intent to enter into the town's mayoralelection. According to an article on Planet Princeton, Marks has indicated that he will run in the GOP primary this June.
All six Residential College Offices announced this week that the University has been investigating the possibility of providing upholstered furniture in student rooms in the future. Emails were sent out to the residential college listservs informing students of the furniture samples currently available for viewing at the Housing and Real Estate Services Office.
Hunter Rawlings III GS ’70 was unanimously appointed the Acting President of Cornell University by the school's Board of Trustees on Mar.24. Cornell’s thirteenth PresidentElizabeth Garrett, the first woman to hold the position, passed away on Mar.
The University recently implemented the Department Academic Planning Form as the new system through which rising juniors and seniors across all departments select fall courses and meet with academic advisors, according to Christina Davis, faculty chair of the Wilson School's Undergraduate Program.Davis explained that the DAPF system is currently being used in residential colleges by underclassman, but in April the system will be transferred to upperclassmen to replace the Course Enrollment Worksheet.
It is important to think about where the foreign affairs debate fits in the current political discussion,David Sangernotedduring a lecture Monday.Sanger is the chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, specializing in U.S.
Posters with the words “Better Dead Than Ted” and “Ted’s a Mess” flooded various parts of the University this past week as part of a campaign by Princeton Against Cruz, a newly formed student group calling for the University community's opposition to the presidential candidacy of Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92.Walker Davis '17, a member of Princeton Against Cruz and a self-described Democrat, saidthat the seven-member group believes Cruz does not embody the values of the University, namely that of “serving the nation.” Hence, the group is taking an anti-Cruz stance, Davis added.Davis said that, at its core, the Princeton Against Cruz campaign is meant to raise awareness about the election in the community, adding that the group does not speak for the University.
The Council of the Princeton University Community held a meeting Monday to discuss the future of campus planning and University sustainability efforts.
The Class of 2016 Class Day Committee announced Monday morning that the speaker for this year’s Class of 2016 Day will be novelist Jodi Picoult ’87. Molly Stoneman '16, a member of the Class Day Committee, noted there have only been two women speakers, including Queen Noor of Jordan ’73 and journalist Katie Couric, as well as one person of color, Bill Cosby, in the history of Class Day. “We decided that we wanted to see more of the values of our class being reflected in the Class Day speaker,” Stoneman said.
Trevón Gross,husband ofQwynn Gross, a ministry fellow of Christian Union at Princetonand mentor to many students, wasrecentlychargedwith accepting bribes from an illegal Bitcoin exchange platform. Christian Union oversees the Princeton Faith and Action program at Princeton. Qwynn Gross currently leads a Christian fellowship program and a bible study group on campus.
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed the bike share program during their weekly meetingon Sunday. U-CouncilorEthan Marcus ’18 presented a brief update onthe new bike share program on campusand explained that the program has been going great so far, withmany new student users who had signed up for Zagster accounts.
