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Greenhouse discusses judicial-legislative relationship, changes in Supreme Court

Yale Law School lecturer Linda Greenhouse discussed the cyclical nature of the judicial-legislative relationship and the transition into a more scrutinous Supreme Court in a lecture on Thursday evening. Greenhouse focused the lecture around several federal courts’ recent decisions to invalidate three separate restrictive abortion and voting laws in Texas and North Carolina for deliberate human civil rights violations in order to reveal the increasingly rigorous standards of the judiciary.

Novelist Stephen King and poet Eileen Myles deliver joint reading

Renowned suspense novelist Stephen King and award-winning poet Eileen Myles gave a joint reading as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series 2016-2017.

U. Students participate in rally against DAPL in New York City

Fifty-eight University students gathered in New York City on Tuesday, Nov.

Wilf discusses peace in Israel

Einat Wilf, former member of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, spoke about the conditions for peace in Israel at the Center for Jewish Life on Nov.

Art Museum Student Advisory Board opens new permanent coin collection

Members of the Princeton University Art Museum Student Advisory Board opened a permanent collection of ancient and medieval coins at the museum.

Election Day: Where to go and what to do

With Election Day finally upon the United States, Americans across the nation are — and will be — lining up to cast their ballots throughout the day, or in the case of absentee voters, keeping their eyes peeled on the polls and heart rates up until the late hours of the night when results are finally announced. The Computer Science Building Lobby and Carl Icahn Laboratory are two voting locations on campus, and they will be open from 6 a.m until 8 p.m.

News & Notes: Post-Election processing spaces this week

After the election, various organizations announced spaces and times for hosting post-election discussions.

News & Notes: Eisgruber, Lempert discuss town-gown interests in public meeting

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, and members of the Princeton Council met to discuss town-gown interests in the fourth annual public meeting between the town and the University. According to Eisgruber, the University and the town share several commitments including civil liberties, civil exchange, respect for all people, and the importance of education. The University and the town were recently involved in a lawsuit over properties the University owned that were tax-exempt under the University’s nonprofit status.

Three U. individuals associated with Trump's transition team

Three University affiliates have been associated with President-elect Donald Trump's White House transition team. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, an ex-officio trustee of the University, served as the head of the transition team until Nov.

U. Students issue petition in call to action to protect undocumented students

The DREAM Team, an immigrant rights advocacy group on campus, issued an online petition on Monday in support of undocumented students on campus. The “Call to Action to Protect Undocumented Students at Princeton” asks signatories for their name – either individual or organization – class year, and if that individual is a student, a faculty member, or a staff member.

News & Notes: Tarpley '66 sued for defamation by Melania Trump

Author, journalist, and historian Webster Tarpley ’66 is currently engaged in libel suit with Melania Trump, wife of President-elect Donald Trump. Tarpley is being sued for claims made on his blog TARPLEY.net, where he claimed the Melania Trump allegedly had a nervous breakdown after her speech at the Republican convention was considered controversial. He further claimed that Melania Trump was not a model, but instead a “high end escort” in the article that led to the libel suit. The Daily Mail, a British tabloid, also made similar allegations about Melania Trump. On Sept.

CPUC discusses We Speak results, updates from U. committees

History professor Angela Creager, Chair of the Committee on Naming, opened Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Community meeting with an update on the committee’s work. Creager explained that the committee selected the atrium of Robertson Hall for naming in part because it is one of the nicest unnamed places on campus and because it could accommodate a plaque or another similar marker of recognition. She added that the committee selected West College for naming because it is an especially conspicuous building and because the original name referred not to a person but to its geographic placement relative to the former East College, which was demolished in 1896. Creager noted that the committee had received 150 naming suggestions within just a week of the submission form having been opened and said that she would like to see more suggestions.

Fiske, Lamont, Kanbur discuss inequality in wake of presidential election

University psychology professor Susan Fiske, Harvard European studies and sociology professor Michèle Lamont, and Cornell economics professor Ravi Kanbur met in a panel discussion on the afternoon of Nov.

U. professor eats bug on live television, discusses polling errors in 2016 election

Professor of molecular biology and founder of the Princeton Election Consortium Samuel Wang devoured a bug Saturday during a live interview with CNN to make good on his promise in the event that president-elect Trump won over 240 electoral votes. Like polling and predictions industries across the country, Wang had made projections about the race that were nowhere near the eventual election outcomes.

'Asian girls everywhere' poster campaign breaks silence about sexual racialization

“Ni Hao pretty,” “you’re pretty for an Asian,” and “you’re the whitest Asian ever” are among the verbatim comments received by female Asian-American students in the University that will be displayed around campus later this week as a part of a poster campaign. According to Alis Yoo ’19, facilitator of the “Asian girls everywhere” poster campaign sponsored by the Asian American Students Association, the sixteen different samples of posters to be displayed around campus in the next few days represent the authentic experiences of University students in and outside of the classroom.

USG discusses potential academic calendar updates, USG Labs

The Undergraduate Student Government met with Deputy Dean of the College Elizabeth Colagiuri to discuss potential changes to the academic calendar and required coursework in their meeting on Sunday. Colagiuri is a member of the Task Force on General Education, which recently released a report outlining various recommendations that the report describes as being designed to provide students an education that “reflects both breadth and depth of study.” Among the recommended changes to current coursework are identifying tags that will exist in conjunction with current distribution areas.

U. community members protest election of Donald Trump

Over 70 members of the University community, including students, faculty and staff, gathered on Friday morning to protest the election of Donald Trump. Julian Perez ’17, co-president of the Princeton University Latinx Perspectives Organization, said the demonstrators were there to stand against the values that Trump and his supporters prescribe to. He acknowledged that hateful sentiments and hostile actions are not new for marginalized groups, but that the protest was organized to show that these groups are united and will not back down given Trump’s presidential victory. “It’s another reminder that we have a lot of work to do, and that we have to fight.

Students reflect on Fall 2016 Breakout trips

Ramzie Fathy ’20 spent his first fall break in Dearborn, a suburb of Detroit, to learn about the refugee experience firsthand.

Panel discusses Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U. S. election

Two days after the U.S. presidential election, Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer, U.S. ambassador to Israel from 2001-05 and U.S.

Q&A: College Republican members discuss Trump presidency