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Survey finds 72 percent of undergraduates in favor of moving fall semester finals before winter break

Survey finds 72 percent of undergraduates in favor of moving fall semester finals before winter break

Caroline Lippman

A survey about the academic calendar, administered by the Undergraduate Student Government Academics Committee this past March, found that 72 percent of undergraduate respondents would prefer to have fall term finals before winter break, according to Academics Committee Chair Shannon Osaka ’17. In March the Academics Committee partnered with the Graduate Student Government and the Office of the Dean of the College to compile and administer a survey to undergraduates, graduate students and faculty about the current academic calendar.

NEWS | 04/28/2016

Smoke detected in Cap and Gown Club, no reported damage or injuries

Smoke detected in Cap and Gown Club, no reported damage or injuries

Annie Yang

Smoke from a burning cigarette in Cap and Gown Club resulted in an emergency responseon Thursdayafternoon, according toDaniel Day, assistant vice president for Communications for the University. Robert Gregory, director of Emergency Services for the town of Princeton, confirmed on site that there was emission of smoke in the back of Cap as a result of an unattended burning cigarette. "Firefighters had doused [the cigarette] with water," he said. According to Gregory, there was no damage as a result of the smoke and no reported injuries. Most of the firefighters had exited the building around2:55 p.m.and emergency vehicles had cleared the scene at approximately3:05 p.m.

NEWS | 04/28/2016

Ted Cruz '92 selects Carly Fiorina as presidential running mate

Jessica Li

Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 announced former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the upcoming presidential election at a rally in Indianapolis earlier today. The announcement follows businessman Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in five state presidential primaries Tuesday night.

NEWS | 04/27/2016

Dozens of bikes abandoned near boathouse, origins unknown

Marcia Brown

A growing pile of more than a dozen seemingly abandoned bikes can be found near the Shea Rowing Center, home of the University’s crew teams.Some of the bikes in the pile appear fully functional and crew team members walk by them everyday.

NEWS | 04/27/2016

Updated: Wilson mural to be removed from Wilcox dining hall

Jessica Li and Annie Yang

A mural of former University and United States President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, will be removed from the wall of Wilson College dining hall over the next few days. The photograph, commonly referred to as a mural, depicts Wilson throwing the first pitch for a baseball game and covers one wall of the Wilcox dining hall.

NEWS | 04/27/2016

U. improves search function for website

Myrial Holbrook

The University launched an improved search function on its website Monday.The search field covers both the main University web page and other University web properties, including departmental websites, the Research at Princeton website and the Alumni Association of Princeton University website.

NEWS | 04/27/2016

Update: Causes of reported gastrointestinal illnesses not found yet

Claire Lee and Maya Wesby

There have been no conclusions made concerning the particulars of the connection between the reported gastrointestinal illnesses among students and their having eaten at Colonial Club, according to Assistant Vice President of Communications Daniel Day.Multiple students reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illnesses last Thursday and Friday after dining in Colonial, University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan said.The students who reported to McCosh Health Center with gastrointestinal illnesses all confirmed eating at Colonial within the prior 48 hours, according to Pullan.The cause of the illness has not been determined but sanitizing procedures have been carried out, she said.Day added that administrators will produce a more comprehensive response as to the source of students' illnesses as soon as more information becomes available.Manager of University Health Services Kristen Palkovich did not respond to request for comment.Jeffrey Grosser, health officer for the town of Princeton, did not respond to requests for comment.Colonial President Christopher Yu ’17 did not respond to requests for comment.Colonial House Manager Andrew Ruchames ’17 did not respond to requests for comment.In an email sent to members of Colonial, Yu said he received replies from almost 30 people who reported being sick with food poisoning, diarrhea and vomiting.

NEWS | 04/26/2016

Individuals peering into residential windows reported on campus

Marcia Brown

The University’s Department of Public Safety sent a Campus Safety email alert to University affiliates on Tuesday afternoon about two incidents of individuals peering into residential windows on campus. According to the email, both incidents were recorded by a University student, one on April 2 and another on April 24. The firstincident was reported to DPS by a female student.

NEWS | 04/26/2016

Men's tennis ends season with close loss to Penn

Hamza Chaudhry

The Princeton’s Men’s tennis team capped off its regular season with a tough loss against Penn.

NEWS | 04/26/2016

Palestinian diplomat Areikat discusses Palestinian-Israeli relations

Kevin Agostinelli

“I do not see any other solution to the Palestine-Israeli conflict other than an independent, sovereign, viable, contiguous Palestinian state – and when I say sovereign I mean a state that will enjoy all attributes of sovereignty,” Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat, chief representative of the Palestinian Liberation Organization to the United States, said in a lecture on Tuesday.During the lecture, Areikat gave an overarching view of his position as a major Palestinian diplomat, offering a variety of reasons as to why a two-state solution is not just the best answer for Israel and Palestine – it is the only one.Areikat referenced the existing state of affairs with the Israeli occupation of Palestine, which has grown even tighter as a result of what he refers to as “the most extreme right-wing government in the history of Israel.”According to Areikat, the growing number of legal Israeli settlements within Palestine is an indication that pulling out of Palestine is not on the Israeli government's agenda."You can see it with your own eyes,” Areikat said.The ambassador described in greater detail what the terms of the proposed two-state solution would be in order for Palestine to be able to obtain its own legitimate autonomy.“The reason in the past that our people had refused Israeli offers was because Israel wanted to continue to control the Palestinian people even after they [the Palestinians] established their own Palestinian state,” Areikat explained, “That’s why all the negotiations have failed – because Israel did not want the Palestinians to have sovereignty of the Palestinian state.Areikat listed some of the terms of a two-state solution including no presence of the Israeli military in the future Palestinian state, no control of air space or international checking points and no control of local or natural resources.He explained that the question now is not so much whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will support the Palestinian state – rather, it is what kind of Palestinian state Netanyahu would potentially approve of that is at odds with Palestinians' own wishes.“Imagine the occupiers turning into peacekeepers after nearly 50 years," Areikat added.

NEWS | 04/26/2016

Program of Archaeology approved as a certificate program

Andie Ayala

The Program of Archaeology was approved as a certificate in Monday's faculty meeting, according to Program Director Nathan Arrington '02.Dean of Faculty Deborah Prentice deferred comment to Dean of the College Jill Dolan.

NEWS | 04/26/2016

The Other Side of Me photo campaign seeks to spotlight hidden perspectives of U. students

Catherine Wang

The Other Side of Me, a photo campaign spearheaded by the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government University Student Life Committee, held photo sessions on Friday and Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

U. faculty couples discuss intersection of work and family relationships

Amber Park

Two couples, all professors at the University, reminded students of the importance of and challenges in balancing careers with family at a panel discussion on Monday.The panel centered on a conversation between Nannerl Keohane, president emeritus of Duke University and Wellesley College and visiting professor at the Wilson School; Robert Keohane, professor of international affairs; Andrew Moravcsik, professor of politics and international affairs; and Anne-Marie Slaughter, president and CEO of New America.Slaughter, a professor emeritus at the Wilson School, emphasized the importance of work in the household.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

Platt '16 named valedictorian, Kim '16 salutatorian

Maya Wesby

On Monday, Cameron Platt ’16 was named valedictorian for the Class of 2016.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

News and Notes: Princeton names Deanna Stockton new head engineer

Daily Princetonian Staff

The town of Princeton has named Assistant Principal Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton as its new head engineer.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

Activist Arafat Mazhar discusses legal punishments for blasphemy in Pakistan

Zaynab Zaman

"Simply put, you blaspheme, you die,” said activist Arafat Mazhar in a talk on Monday.Mazhar is the founder and director of Engage Pakistan, a nonprofit organization in Pakistan that aims to reform Pakistan’s blasphemy law.Before speaking, Mazhar clarified that when he spoke of “blasphemy,” he was referring to any insult or criticism of the Prophet Muhammad.

NEWS | 04/25/2016

New class officers elected, two referenda failed

Betty Liu

Election results for the Undergraduate Student Government Spring 2016 Elections and Referenda were releasedFridayafternoon in an email sent by USG President Aleksandra Czulak ’17 to the student body. Pritika Mehra ’18, Jacqueline Pan ’19, Pooja Patel ’18, Lucas Ramos ’19, Miranda Rosen ’18, Ellie Shannon ’17 and Wendy Zhao ’19 were elected as U-Councilors. The applications for the remaining three positions will be released at the end of April. The newly-elected class presidents are Andrew Sun ’17, Brandon McGhee ’18 and Chris Umanzor ’19.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

LEAD panel discusses roles of race and ethnicity in policy

Samvida Venkatesh

Engaging with disenfranchised people before advocating for them is essential to policy-making, said Michele Tuck-Ponder, Associate Director at the University’s Office of Career Services and former mayor of Princeton, at a Leadership Education and DiversitySummit panel discussion on Friday. Lauren Burke, Executive Director and co-founder of Atlas: DIY, notedthe importance of peer-to-peer education when working with undocumented immigrant communities and other marginalized groups. “It is ridiculous for me, a privileged and educated white woman, to tell a 17-year old black kid what to do when he’s stopped and frisked by the cops,” she said. She stated that 98 percent of non-profit executive boards in the country didn’t even have representatives from the constituency the organization serves.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

Former Women's National team captains discuss women's soccer

Kevin Agostinelli

Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly, former captains of the U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) and members of the U.S.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

8 students win 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award

8 students win 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award

Andie Ayala

Eight students received the 2016 Spirit of Princeton Award awarded by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.The awardees are Cameron Bell ’16, Yonathan Benyamini ’16, Naimah Hakim ’16, Lawrence Liu ’16, Jack Mazzulo ’16, Ian McGeary ’16, Beverly Nguyen ’16 and Olivia Robbins ’16.The award recognizes a select group of undergraduate students who have made positive contributions to various facets of the University, including in the arts, community service, student organizations, residential living, religious life and athletic endeavors.All undergraduate students were eligible for the Spirit of Princeton award and could have been nominated by faculty members, alumni, staff and fellow students in the Princeton community.

NEWS | 04/24/2016

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