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News & Notes: Harvard changes staff title

News & Notes: Harvard changes staff title

Jessica Li

Harvard University has replaced the traditional staff title of “house master,” faculty in charge of residential colleges, with “faculty deans” this past Wednesday, according to the Harvard Crimson. Initial conversations about the change surfaced in an email sent by Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana to Harvard students dated Dec.

NEWS | 02/25/2016

U. professors join wide field of scholars working on NASA telescope

Andie Ayala

University professors David Spergel and N.

NEWS | 02/25/2016

Doudna discusses bioethics, science of gene editing

Samvida Venkatesh

Scientists working on gene editing need to talk about the responsible use of such techniques, geneticist Jennifer Doudna said ina lecture on Monday. Doudna, one of the key players behind the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique, said that in early 2014 a lab in China published a paper about their use of this technique in monkey embryos.

NEWS | 02/25/2016

Quadrangle Club chef passes away unexpectedly

Claire Lee

Tyrone Porter, who had served as a chef in Quadrangle Club for over 25 years, died unexpectedly on Feb.

NEWS | 02/25/2016

Cruz '92 attacks Trump in final GOP debate before Super Tuesday

Annie Yang

Businessman Donald Trump is not a credible Republican presidential candidate because he has donated to several Democrats’ campaigns in the past,Texas Senator Ted Cruz '92 argued in the Republican debate on Thursday.Both Cruz and Florida Senator Marco Rubio also noted that Trump had employed illegal immigrants on his properties, pointing out as well that he had funded the “Gang of Eight,” which offers individuals a path to citizenship.

NEWS | 02/25/2016

Breaking: Forbes College experiences flooding due to heavy storm

Daily Princetonian Staff

Forbes College is experiencing flooding following a major storm Wednesday night in to Thursday morning, according to an email distributed to the Forbes listserv. According to the email, various rooms in the Forbes Annex, as well as an area around the northwest stairwell in the Addition and the indoor walkway between the Main Inn and the Addition are flooded. The Department of Public Safety has been informed of the situation and is working to bring people to contain and clean up the water. More to come...

NEWS | 02/24/2016

Whig-Clio debates renaming of the Wilson School

Jessica Li

Over a hundred students and administrators participated in the first Whig-Clio Senate debate of the spring semester centered on the controversial legacy of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879. The resolution that the Wilson School should be renamed failed by a vote of 33-37. According to Whig-Clio president Allison Berger ’18, speaker and audience invitations were extended both to the Black Justice League and Princeton Open Campus Coalition. Maya Aronoff ’19, the first pro-resolution speaker, said that it is damaging to celebrate Wilson because of the broader institution and nation-wide implications of his racist ideals. Wilson was racist against minorities, made racist jokes in meetings and re-segregated the federal bureaucracy, Aronoff noted.

NEWS | 02/24/2016

NJ Gov. Christie allegedly used more than $10M in taxes to pay for bridge closure scandal

Zaynab Zaman

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has allegedly used more than $10 million tax dollars to pay for legal services regarding the Fort Lee George Washington Bridge lane closure case, according to the Chicago Tribune. Christie is an ex-officio member of the University Board of Trustees. The 2013 case consisted of members of the Christie administration collaborating to create intentional traffic jams in Fort Lee, New Jersey.

NEWS | 02/24/2016

U. professor faces revocation of Polish Order of Merit over controversial comments

Marcia Brown

University history professor Jan Tomasz Gross may lose his Order of Merit medal awarded by the Republic of Poland for claiming Polish complicity in Nazi war crimes, according to Ma?gorzata Sadurska, a member of the Polish presidential staff. The Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, created in 1974, is a Polish honor awarded to those who have rendered great service to the Polish nation. Gross received the award in 1996 for his books on Poland under the German and Soviet occupations and his contribution to the struggle for democracy in Poland, according to historian Dariusz Stola, director of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. Gross’ Order of Merit was brought into question after he wrote an op-ed piece for the German newspaper Die Welt in September 2015 claiming that Poles killed more Jews than the Poles killed Germans during World War II.

NEWS | 02/24/2016

Sign welcoming refugees returned to Nassau Presbyterian Church

Betty Liu

Members of the University Facilities staff found a sign on campus welcoming refugees that was originally displayed by Nassau Presbyterian Church and returned it to the church last weekend, according to Reverendof the ChurchDave Davis. The banner states that refugees are welcome at Nassau Presbyterian Church and lists the countries previous refugee families have come from. The banner was stolen a few weeks ago, according to Davis.

NEWS | 02/24/2016

Former President of Colombia talks security, guerilla movements

Catherine Wang

Colombia saw poverty reduction, economic growth and increased protection for liberty during his presidency, said Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Former President of Colombia, in a lecture on Tuesday. Uribe served as president of Colombia from 2002 to 2010. According to Uribe, during his term his government primarily focused on improving security, investment and social cohesion. Uribe said that 63 percent of voters reelected him in the first round of 2006 elections as a result of the parallel success of his investment and social policies.

NEWS | 02/23/2016

De La Bruyère awarded Weill scholarship

Maya Wesby

Emily de La Bruyère ’16 was awarded the 2016 Michel David-Weill Scholarship. The scholarship is used for a master’s degree in international security at Sciences Po, in Paris, according to theSciences Po website.The annual David-Weill Scholarship is given to one American student at one of the 30 top U.S.

NEWS | 02/23/2016

U. affiliates sign letter opposing to lecture by former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Andie Ayala

Twenty-two University affiliates have signed a letter addressed to Dean of the Wilson School Cecilia Rouse and President Christopher Eisgruber '83 to protest the talk by Álvaro Uribe Vélez, former president of Colombia. The signatories include University professors, postdoctoral fellows, lecturers and other faculty members, as well as Ph.D.

NEWS | 02/23/2016

Princeton Preview to be an overnight event once again

Caroline Lippman

Princeton Preview will once again be an overnight event this spring for the first time in three years, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye. Princeton Preview is an annual event for all of the admitted students and their families to visit the University and attend panels, classes and open houses hosted by different student organizations or academic departments. This year, Preview will occur on April 11-12 and April 20-21.

NEWS | 02/23/2016

Court rejects lawsuit over Dinky relocation

Hannah Waxman

The Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division rejected anappealfiled by “Save the Dinky,” a local organization comprised of Princeton residents who oppose the University’s decision to relocate the Dinky train station, last Wednesday, according to official court records provided by Peter McAleer, communications manager for New Jersey Courts. University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan said via email that the University was pleased with the decision made by the Appellate Division. In their complaint, “Save the Dinky” challenged the NJ Transit’s decision to move the Dinky line branch station 460 feet south of the current site in order to develop an Arts and Transit center. “The people that got involved with this side of the case thought that there were some bad decisions being made from a historic structure standpoint [and] from a public transportation standpoint that were to the detriment of the traveling public and to the benefit of one large private real estate developer [the University],” said Philip Rosenbach, the attorney representing “Save the Dinky.” He added that moving the station further from the center of town made the move more inconvenient for travelers. Construction for thenew stationbegan in 2013 and the new dinky started operating in November 2014. According to court documents, the University, its Board of Trustees and New Jersey Transit were named as defendants in one case filed by “Save the Dinky.” Asecond casewas filed as an appeal in conjunction with the Board of Directors of New Jersey Transit Corporation and the New Jersey Association for Railroad Passengers against the New Jersey Transit Corporation.

NEWS | 02/22/2016

Zakaria discusses conflicts in the Middle East

Maya Wesby

Despite the tensions, wars and frustrations that dominate the global stage, Fareed Zakaria expressed Monday in a lecture titled “Global Trends and Hotspots: The Next Security Crisis" that he remains optimistic in his view of how conflicts, mainly those in the Middle East, should be addressed.Zakaria, a journalist and author who hosts CNN’s flagship international affairs program, “Fareed Zakaria GPS," explained that, while growing up in India, he was exposed to an energetic and enthusiastic portrait of the United States.

NEWS | 02/22/2016

News& Notes: Cruz '92 fires spokesperson over video controversy

Jessica Li

Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 asked his communications director Rick Tyler to resign Monday after Tyler allegedly distributed a video on Facebook which falsely depicted Florida Senator Marco Rubio being dismissive of the Bible, according to an article from CNN.The controversy surfaced after The Daily Pennsylvanian, the student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania, uploaded a video of Rubio in which he said, “Got a good book there,” speaking to a staff member on Cruz’s campaign who was reading a book outside a hotel in South Carolina.At this point, the audio in the video becomes hard to understand, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.

NEWS | 02/22/2016

Veterans for Princeton organization formed to oppose construction on historic field

Jessica Li

Over 70 veterans, historians and preservationists gathered at The Nassau Inn Monday morning to announce the creation of Veterans for Princeton, an organization dedicated to opposing the construction proposed by the Institute for Advanced Study.

NEWS | 02/22/2016

Cara McCollum '15 passes away after car crash last week

Myrial Holbrook

Cara McCollum ’15 passed away early Monday morning at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., a week after sustaining critical injuries in a crashlast Monday on Route 55, according to NJ.com.Cooper University Hospital did not respond to request for comment.According to a post on the Facebook page titled “Prayers for Cara,” McCollum passed away Monday morning at 4:31 a.m., accompanied by her family in the operating room.

NEWS | 02/22/2016

News&Notes: Cruz '92 places in South Carolina Republican primary, Bush drops presidential candidacy

Annie Yang

Businessman Donald J. Trump, Florida senator Marco Rubio and Texas senator Ted Cruz '92 remain front-runners in the Republican presidential race after placing in the top three in South Carolina's primary, according to the New York times. Trump won all 50 delegates and 32.5 percent of the vote, leading second place finisher Rubio by a 10 percent margin.

NEWS | 02/21/2016

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