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USG election results announced

USG election results announced

Betty Liu

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.

NEWS | 04/22/2016

Viloria discusses gender and sex as social constructs

Rachel Glenn

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Q & A: Hida Viloria, Intersex activist

Rachel Glenn

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Payton '17, Teehan '17 win Truman Scholarship

Maya Wesby

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Seven U. professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science

Betty Liu

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

No construction currently planned on site of Springdale Golf Course

Catherine Wang

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2016

Whig-Clio debates on legalization of marijuana

Jessica Li

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Banner for new African American Studies concentration missing on Declaration Day

Kevin Agostinelli

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Contained Lakeside fire temporarily forces students out of apartments

Jessica Li

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Glenn Ivey '83, former MD prosecutor, runs for seat in House

Abhiram Karuppur

Raised in segregated North Carolina, Glenn Ivey ’83 is currently running as a Democrat to serve in the U.S.

NEWS | 04/20/2016

Computer science, neuroscience see large growth in number of concentrators

Claire Lee

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.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Soyinka discusses diversity, religion

Amber Park

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.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Social sciences see decrease in concentrators

William Liu

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.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Within humanities, history remains largest major

Caroline Lippman

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.

NEWS | 04/19/2016

Student-initiated campaign seeks to archive records of on-campus activism

Jessica Li

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.

NEWS | 04/18/2016

U. affiliates file amicus briefs in support of DAPA

Marcia Brown

Seven University faculty, alumni, and affiliates have filed amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in United States v.

NEWS | 04/18/2016

Soyinka discusses the literal and metaphorical role of trees in human history

Catherine Wang

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.

NEWS | 04/18/2016

TruckFest raises around $33,000

Hannah Waxman

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.

NEWS | 04/18/2016

UMCPP and PHS sued for allegedly mishandling employee's HIV status

Claire Lee

An HIV-infected hospital employee whose medical records were allegedly breached by a coworker recently sued the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro and its parent company Princeton Healthcare System for privacy violations and workplace discrimination. UMCPP provides medical services not available to University members at McCosh Health Center, such as alcohol detoxification and intensive care.

NEWS | 04/18/2016

Ziegler '16 leads referendum calling for disciplinary process reform

Kiara Rodriguez Gallego

Justin Ziegler '16, an Honor Committee member for three years, submitted a referendum calling for the creation of a task force to reform the disciplinary processes currently administered by the Honor Committee and the Committee on Discipline.The referendum enumerates the following three objectives for the Task Force: that it should review the current standard of punishment, determine the possibility of finer gradations of punishment and consider the role of mental health when adjudicating cases.Despite the objectives, the referendum itself, according to Ziegler, does not advocate for any specific changes, but rather asks the administration, in a neutral manner, to re-evaluate the current ways in which the disciplinary system works on campus.Ali Hayat '16, Chair of the Peer Representatives, noted that though it is "absolutely necessary" that the University has an honor code, some of the penalties are too high and there should be more varied formed of punishment.Hayat is a former columnist for the Daily Princetonian.As the referendum states, currently the standard penalty for the first violation of academic integrity is suspension for two semesters and the standard penalty for the second violation is expulsion.Ziegler said the Committee on Discipline finds that there is an academic violation in close to 70 percent of the cases brought before the group.Nicholas Horvath '17, former Clerk of the Honor Committee, also noted thatcurrently, neither committee is allowed to consider the role of intent in an alleged violation.

NEWS | 04/17/2016

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