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News & Notes: Harvard students stage protest during speech by Israeli military officer

News & Notes: Harvard students stage protest during speech by Israeli military officer

Daily Princetonian Staff

About 15 Harvard students staged a “die-in” at the entrance of the Harvard Hillel building on Thursday night, according to the Harvard Crimson. The protest involved students lying down near the building’s entrance.

NEWS | 10/18/2015

Local radio station WPRB celebrates 75th anniversary

Christina Sue

WPRB, the University’s non-profit commercial local radio station, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with activities including a membership drive with a committed goal of raising $75,000 and a new exhibition at Mudd Library. The station covers music, sports and news and serves populations in eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Wilmington, Del.

NEWS | 10/18/2015

Public safety director elaborates on new emergency response plan

Katherine Oh

Executive Director of Public Safety Paul Ominsky explained the recent policy providing sworn DPS officers with access to rifles in cases of emergency at the Undergraduate Student Government senate meeting on Sunday. Ominsky explained to the senate that the Department of Public Safety is enhancing its emergency response plan with a new policy providing for the access to rifles in the rare case of an active shooter or someone brandishing a firearm.

NEWS | 10/18/2015

U. alumni discuss Asian-American identity at inaugural 'We Flourish' conference

Jessica Li

The concept of taking care of others is at the core of the Asian-American identity, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor Christopher P.

NEWS | 10/18/2015

5 freshmen elected to Class of 2019 council

Gladys Teng

Carly Bonnet '19, Susan Liu '19, Chelsea Ng '19, Eric Sklanka '19 and Christopher Umanzor '19 have been elected to the class council for the Class of 2019. According to Undergraduate Student Government chief elections manager Grant Golub ’17, Umanzor received 245 votes, Ng received 220 votes, Sklanka received 198 votes, Liu received 193 votes and Bonnet received 166 votes.

NEWS | 10/16/2015

New VP for Campus Life Calhoun to focus on diversity

Marcia Brown

W. Rochelle Calhoun, who started as vice president for campus life in September, explained that she puts in a special effort to get to know students because while her job is centered around students, her office is in Nassau Hall and students don’t go to Nassau Hall just to hang out. “I’ve really spent many of my afternoons and evening ... going and visiting student groups,” Calhoun said.

NEWS | 10/15/2015

News & Notes: Princeton ranked best college town of 2015

Daily Princetonian Staff

Princeton has been ranked the best college town of 2015, according to financial technology company SmartAsset. According to the company's2015 study, Princeton’s violent crime rate is second lowest within college towns, and its property crime rate is third lowest.

NEWS | 10/15/2015

U. to launch new website summer of 2016

Jessica Li

The University will launch a new website next July, according to Christian Knoebel, Digital Manager at the Office of Communications. The project will be completed in collaboration with the University’s Office of Information Technology, with each department leading different initiatives, Knoebel said.

NEWS | 10/15/2015

AvalonBay construction halted due to on-site contamination

Caroline Lippman

Housing developer AvalonBay began removing covered piles of contaminated soil from its construction site on Witherspoon Street in Princeton on Tuesday.The contamination had stalled construction on the 280-unit AvalonBay apartment complex since its discovery through environmental testing in August and September.

NEWS | 10/15/2015

West GS ’80 to organize police brutality protest in NYC

Hannah Waxman

Cornel West GS ’80, a former African American studies professor at the University, and Revolutionary Communist Party member Carl Dix are organizing #RiseUpOctober, a march with a goal to end police brutality against black individuals and seek justice for police murder victims. The event's organizers have invited 100 families of victims of police killings to take part in the march, Dix said.

NEWS | 10/15/2015

Q&A: J. Matthew McInnis, Iran expert

Abhiram Karuppur

American Enterprise Institute resident fellow J. Matthew McInnis spoke on current affairs in Iran at a Wednesday lecture.

NEWS | 10/14/2015

Expert on Iran explains foreign policy stance

Abhiram Karuppur

Iran’s foreign policy actions come from its insecurity and desire to uphold its unique ideology, American Enterprise Institute’s resident fellow J.

NEWS | 10/14/2015

News and Notes: Rutgers University at Newark named most diverse college

Daily Princetonian Staff

U.S. News & World Report ranked Rutgers University at Newark the most diverse institution among national colleges this month, Fox News reported. To create the list, U.S.

NEWS | 10/14/2015

U. administration explains DPS rifle policy change

Christina Vosbikian

The decision to make rifles available to sworn Department of Public Safety officers reflects national best practice about how to keep campus secure right now, DPS Executive Director Paul Ominsky said.“We wanted to come up with a specific protocol for emergency response,” Ominsky explained, adding that getting an armed responder to the scene quicklyis key to the safety of the community.The new policy was announced at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday by Ominsky.

NEWS | 10/14/2015

News & Notes: Michelle Obama '85 speaks at Fortune 50 Summit

Daily Princetonian Staff

Everyone has a responsibility to address the lack of education for women worldwide, First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 said at the Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women Summit Tuesday, according to a transcript provided by the White House.Obama noted that 62 million girls worldwide are not in school and that though there has been some progress in primary education, girls still lag behind in the field of secondary education, with fewer than 10 percent of girls completing high school.She added that while the problem sometimes comes down to a lack of resources, it is often about attitudes, with girls being subjected to the belief that they should get married and have children or stay home and do household work rather than pursue an education.Obama also noted that she and President Barack Obama launched Let Girls Learn last spring to support girls’ education in conflict zones and that they have partnered with the Peace Corps.

NEWS | 10/13/2015

Leighton ’78 lectures on determination at Keller Center Symposium

Myrial Holbrook

Anyone with the right determination and perseverance can start a successful company, Tom Leighton ’78 said at the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education Symposium, which was held to commemorate the Keller Center’s 10th anniversary.Leighton, an MIT applied math professor turned CEO of Akamai said he never would have guessed he would start a company 20 years ago.

NEWS | 10/13/2015

Most students comfortable with new rifle policy, survey finds

Christina Vosbikian

A majority of students, faculty and staff on campus are comfortable with sworn Department of Public Safety officers having access to rifles during an emergency, according to a survey conducted by the Daily Princetonian.The survey respondents do not necessarily feel safer now than before knowing that the officers will be able to access these rifles, though.DPS Executive Director Paul Ominsky announced on Monday at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting that sworn DPS officers will soon have access to rifles in case of campus emergencies involving active shooters or armed suspects.The survey received a total of 641 responses from graduate and undergraduate students, faculty and staff.

NEWS | 10/13/2015

Gillispie, professor emeritus, renowned historian dies at 97

Alfred Burton

Charles Gillispie, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Emeritus died on Oct. 6.

NEWS | 10/13/2015

Through the Decade: the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

Annie Yang

Interest in entrepreneurship among students at the University has grown dramatically, and the Keller Center has responded to this by providing opportunities to explore these interests and pursue innovative ideas beyond traditional settings in the classroom and laboratory, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science Vincent Poor GS ’77 said. The Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education celebrated its tenthanniversary with a symposium on Tuesday featuring keynote speaker Tom Leighton ’78, who is an applied math professor atMIT turned CEO of Akamai, and an introduction by University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83. Director of the Keller Center Mung Chiang said that innovating education has been a core mission of the Keller Center since its founding in 2005.

NEWS | 10/13/2015

Former Representative Frank lectures on U.S. government's "vicious cycle"

Former Representative Frank lectures on U.S. government's "vicious cycle"

Tea Wimer

A “vicious cycle” plagues America’s ineffective government by causing frustrated Americans to vote based on empty promises for candidates who still do not serve the people, retired U.S.

NEWS | 10/12/2015

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