The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed campus transportation and the results of the USG spring elections during its Apr.
Multiple students reported symptoms of gastrointestinal illnesses yesterday and today after dining in Colonial Club, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan. The students who reported to McCosh Health Center with gastrointestinal illnesses all confirmed eating at Colonial Club 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. Pullan indicated that there is currently no reported illness caused by food purchased at the U-Store or originatingfrom other eating clubs. Inspectors from New Jersey Department of Health has visited the club and will be visiting other eating clubs and dining halls to investigate the cause of the illnesses. More to come... Correction: An earlier version of this article noted that some individuals reported similar symptoms after dining at Terrace Club.
Election results for the Undergraduate Student Government Spring 2016 Elections and Referenda were released this afternoon in an email sent by USG President Aleksandra Czulak '17 to the student body. Pritika Mehra '18, JacquelinePan '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.
Hida Viloria, founder and executive director of Intersex Campaign for Equality, said in a lecture on Thursday that s/he wants to encourage society to “challenge the binary” by thinking about sex and gender and recognizing the intersex community. Viloria is an intersex, gender fluid writer and activist who uses the gender pronouns s/he and he/r. Born in May 1968, Viloria is the author of a memoir to be released in March 2017, called "Born Both," and is an advocate of equal rights for intersex and nonbinary individuals.
Hida Viloria, a Latinx intersex writer and activist, gave a lecture titled "'Sex' is Complicated: Intersectionality and Intersex Human Rights, Identity, and Discourse" on Thursday.
Briana Payton ’17 and Daniel Teehan ’17 received the 2016 Truman Scholarship.TheHarry S.Truman ScholarshipFoundation gives scholarships of up to $30,000 towards graduate school and further aid for career training programs and internship opportunities.
Seven University professors have been named as Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the most prestigious honor societies in the nation.Those professors are Brandice Canes-Wrone, professor in public and international affairs, politics and public affairs and vice dean of the Wilson School; Jill Dolan, dean of the college and professor of English and theater; Denis Feeney, professor of Latin and classics and chair of the Council of the Humanities; Joanne Gowa, professor of politics; John Ikenberry, professor of politics and international affairs; János Kollár, professor of science and mathematics; and Kim Lane Scheppele, professor of sociology and international affairs.The professors were chosen from a variety of disciplines “in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.” According to the Academy’s website, 213 members were elected this year.
Princeton University will not be expanding its campus across Lake Carnegie or the Springdale Golf Course to accommodate the planned increase in the size of the undergraduate student body, according to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.The University currently plans to gradually expand the size of its undergraduate student body by 500 students, according to a 24-page Strategic Planning framework released by the University in early February.
Over 70 students, including over 15 admitted students, participated in an American Whig-Cliosophic Society debate examining the question of marijuana legalization on Wednesday.The resolution that “this house would legalize marijuana” passed by a vote of 19-7.Bruno Schaffa ’18, the first pro-resolution speaker, said there are many public misconceptions and falsehoods surrounding marijuana use.Particularly, Schaffa said that the answer is not so “clear-cut” when debates arise about the physical detriments of marijuana use.
The Declaration Day, which was held in McCosh Courtyard on Tuesday, did not contain a banner for African American Studies. The African American studiesdepartment originated from the Program of African American studies created in the fall of 1969.
A fire that resulted from a cooking accident was reported at Lakeside Apartments last night.It was contained before the arrival of emergency service units, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan.Lakeside Apartments is a new residential unit for graduate students that opened in December of 2015.Pullan said that following a referral around 9:54 p.m.
Raised in segregated North Carolina, Glenn Ivey ’83 is currently running as a Democrat to serve in the U.S.
The computer science department will have new 41 AB concentrators in addition to 121 BSE concentrators from the Class of 2018, compared to 28 AB concentrators and 102 BSE concentrators the previous year.Chair of the Computer Science Department Jennifer Rexford said that this massive increase in AB COS majors is because computer science is universal, transforming our economy and rapidly becoming a crucial skill on the job market, far beyond information technology companies.“The students see all this — the intellectual excitement, the opportunity to effect change in the world and the great professional opportunities — and are voting with their feet,” Rexford said.
Wole Soyinka, the first African Nobel laureate, discussedthe pillars of human spirituality and diversity in religion in a lecture Tuesday. Soyinka was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1986.
As of Wednesday, 325 students declared concentrations in the social sciences, a drop from last year’s 363. Economics remain the largest department within social sciences, with around 114 new concentrators as of Wednesday, according to unofficial numbers from University College Facebook.
Around 250 students from the Class of 2018 declared concentrations in the humanities this year, compared to 284 last year from the Class of 2017.The humanities include African American Studies, Architecture, Art and Archaeology, Classics, Comparative Literature, East Asian Studies, English, French and Italian, German, History, Music, Near Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Religion, Slavic Languages and Literatures and Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures.The History Department remains the largest in the humanities.
Princeton University Archives acquisitioned records from 15 different student organizations after a week-long campaign to collect documents on campus activism, said Jarrett Drake, a digital archivist at the University Archives. The initiative was spearheaded by Chase Hommeyer ’19, a student worker at the archives.
Seven University faculty, alumni, and affiliates have filed amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in United States v.
Trees have played an intimate and even dynamic role in the development of human history, especially on the African continent, said Wole Soyinka in a lecture on Monday.Soyinka, who is from Nigeria, became the first African Nobel laureate when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986.
Approximately 5,000 students and community members flocked to Prospect Avenue this past Saturday to attend TruckFest, an annual event hosted by University eating clubs and organized by the Community Service Inter-Club Council in conjunction with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.CSICC co-chairs Cason Crane ’17 andRachel Margulies ’16 noted that earnings from this year’s event came out to $9,000 more than the earnings from last year. Judging by ticket sales, Margulies estimated that this year’s profit was around $33,000.
