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News&Notes: Gilbert Jr. '09 does not show up to court, requests audience with "people at Cablevision"

News&Notes: Gilbert Jr. '09 does not show up to court, requests audience with "people at Cablevision"

Annie Yang

Thomas Gilbert Jr. ’09, who allegedly shot and killed his father Thomas Gilbert Sr. ’66lastJanuary, did not show up to his court trial on Wednesday and requested an audience with "people at Cablevision," according to New York Daily News. Gilbert had a history of delusions and reported in the past that he has been contacted through the television, according the New York Daily News. His case was open for a pre-trial update, but he failed to appear and refused to speak with his defense attorney. "My client would not give me reasons why he would not come to court," Gilbert Jr.'s attorney Alex Spiro reported to the judge Wednesday, New York Daily News reported. In an interview with the New York Daily News, Spiro said Gilbert Jr.

NEWS | 02/18/2016

News&Notes: Harvard Law School Activists Occupy Student Center

Daily Princetonian Staff

Reclaim Harvard Law, a group of student activists at Harvard Law School, occupied part of the school's Caspersen Student Center on Monday and plan to remain there indefinitely until their demands are met, according to the Harvard Crimson.The Crimson reported the activists wanted the Law School to reconsider using the family seal of the slave-owning Royall family, among other demands such as hiring more diverse faculty and creating a critical race theory program.Students also called the lounge "Belinda Hall" in honor of a former slave of its Law School benefactors and decided to claim a space that minority groups on campus lack, according to the Crimson.Although Harvard Law School's Dean Martha Minow appointed a committee to address these demands, students were dissatisfied with the administrators' response, according to the Crimson.

NEWS | 02/18/2016

Davis International Center, Economics department to relocate to 20 Washington Rd.

Samvida Venkatesh

Starting August 2016, 20 Washington Road will house most international programs, including the Davis International Center, and the Economics Department, according to Vice Provost for Space Programming and Planning Paul LaMarche. The building at 20 Washington Rd.

NEWS | 02/18/2016

University changes health plan provider, prescription costs for some medications may increase

Hannah Waxman

The University's Student Health Plan replaced provider from Catamaran/Express Scripts with OptumRx to reduce costs, according to Director of University Health Services Janet Finnie. The change became effective on Jan.

NEWS | 02/18/2016

Princeton Human Services, DREAM team join initiatives to support families potentially impacted by ICE raids

Myrial Holbrook

The Princeton Human Services Department and the University's DREAM Team, a student group that advocates immigration reform, joined initiatives to help families that may be impacted by U.S.

NEWS | 02/17/2016

Fertility doctor Hardy '81, accused of sexual misconduct, allegedly assaulted women as U. student

Maya Wesby

The University allegedly responded insufficiently to multiple allegations of sexual assault by fertility doctor Roger Ian Hardy ’81 while he was a student, according to the Boston Globe. Hardy did not respond to requests for comment. University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan noted that administrators who would have addressed this issue no longer work at the University.

NEWS | 02/17/2016

U. programs abroad not to be affected by Zika virus

Abhiram Karuppur

The University will not cancel or postpone any international travel programs due to the Zika virus epidemic, according to University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan. The Zika virus causes fever, rash, joint pain, red eye, muscle pain and headache, according to theCDC. The illness is usually mild with symptoms lasting for several days to a week, and infected individuals usually don’t get sick enough to go to the hospital. Although Zika is rarely fatal, it may result in fetal defects.

NEWS | 02/17/2016

Congress sends letter to U., Seminary to request endowment spending

Marcia Brown

Several members of Congress recently sent a letter to 56 private colleges and universities with endowments over $1 billion including the University and the Princeton Theological Seminary to solicit information regarding how the institutions spend their endowments. The letter requests information regarding categories of assets in the endowment, investments outside the endowment, spending to manage the endowment and the institution’s Form 990, a tax document.

NEWS | 02/17/2016

Panel discusses gender roles in classroom, ways to make classes inclusive

Samvida Venkatesh

The classroom is a microcosm of the nation and is a space to rehearse democracy and thus conversations about who participates in the classroom should be encouraged, Dean of the College Jill Dolan noted in a panel discussion on the gender politics of the classrooms on Tuesday. Panelist Marni Morse ’17 noted that both students and professors play key roles in maintaining a respectful environment in the classroom while still promoting lively discussions.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Cara McCollum '15 in critical condition after car accident

Myrial Holbrook

Cara McCollum ’15, Miss New Jersey 2013, is in critical condition at Cooper Health System after a car crash Monday night, according to The Press of Atlantic City. The Cooper Health System declined to comment, per the McCollum family’s wishes. McCollum was traveling north on Route 55 when her car spun off the road and hit a tree at mile marker 38.4 before hitting two other trees and coming to a stop on the embankment,according to NJ.com. Her airbag deployed in the crash, and she was not wearing a seatbelt,a report from New Jersey State Police reportsaid. McCollum was transported to Cooper Health Systems from the scene of the accident. In the report, police noted that speed and wet roads were factors in the accident.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

USG Academics Committee to administer survey for academic calendar changes

Caroline Lippman

The Academics Committee of the University Student Government is currently designing a survey to assess opinions on potential changes to the current academic calendar, according to former Academics Committee Chair Ramie Fathy ’16. The survey will be administered in early March to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as University faculty.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Office of Sustainability hires interns for Reunions greening efforts

Marcia Brown

The Office of Sustainability chose three interns for the spring semester to design and implement projects to make Reunions more sustainable, according to Director of the Office of Sustainability Shana Weber. Internship applications were solicited through an email circulated mostly within sustainability groups at the University.Weber said that members of the Office met with all students who expressed interest and then asked the students to return with proposals for ideas brought up in the meeting. According to Weber, the Office looked for candidates who demonstrated problem-solving abilities, well-organized thinking, clarity around purpose as well as initiative and teamwork.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Stephen Kotkin: Scholar of Soviet history, encouraging mentor

Andie Ayala

Known for his exhaustive and rigorous HIS 362 class on the Soviet Empire,Stephen Kotkin is a history professor who holds a joint appointment at the Wilson School.

NEWS | 02/16/2016

Average semester GPA rises after grade deflation policy repeal, changes not significant for introductory courses

Zaynab Zaman

The average University Grade Point Average for the fall 2015 semester was 3.400, the highest semester average GPA attained at the University.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Mercer County Prosecutor's Office finds no wrongdoing in Perry case

Jessica Li

The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office released its findings from a preliminary investigation intoallegationsof police mistreatment made by Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studiesat the University, revealing no wrongdoing on the part of the officer, according toFirst Assistant Prosecutor Doris Galuchie. Perry declined to comment. Perry wasstoppedfor speeding on Feb.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

George Deek discusses diversity in the Middle East

Maya Wesby

Actions of inciting hatred has been destroying the diversity of the Middle East, George Deek, a diplomat working for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the International Law department, said in a lecture on Monday. Deek noted that such actions are keeping us from a home of ancient cultures and a place of diversity to a region of uniformity,a place where there’s no more room for people who are different, “People are aligning along ethnic, tribal, religious lines, and the entire order of states is collapsing… And change of this magnitude often creates a lot of uncertainty, not knowing what’s going to happen next.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

CPUC discusses Wilson School name change

Annie Yang

In a Council of the Princeton University Community meeting Monday, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 noted ongoing discussions about a potential name change for the Wilson School and spoke about ongoing efforts to support graduate students. Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees Brent Henry ’69 noted that the Wilson Legacy Review Committee received over 554 comments on itswebsiteas of Feb.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer '81 to face investigation for alleged assault

Andie Ayala

The New York Police Department will investigate former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer ’81 for allegations of assaulting a woman at the Plaza Hotel on Saturday night, according to the the Office of the Deputy Commissioner of the New York Police Department. According to theNew York Post, an unidentified woman called 911 around 8 p.m.

NEWS | 02/15/2016

Q&A: Park Yeonmi, North Korean defector and human rights activist

Claire Lee

Park Yeonmi is a defector from North Korea and a human rights activist. She is the author of the book "In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom." Park sat down with The Daily Princetonianafter a lectureon Saturday to talk about herexperiences afterleavingNorth Korean and herplans for activism.Daily Princetonian: How did you first decide to open up and share your story with the world?Park Yeonmi: I think that was when I was in Dublin [at the One Young World 2014 Summit], when I spoke there.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

News&Notes: Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court Justice, dies at 79

Daily Princetonian Staff

Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, a native of Trenton, N.J., died Saturday at a resort in West Texas. Though the causes of his death were not immediately released, a spokeswoman for the United States Marshals Service stated that nothing indicated that anything other than natural causes was at play. Scalia was the longest serving Justice of the Supreme Court and often considered a "conservative champion," according to a 2012 Daily Princetonian article. Some of Scalia's notable rulings include a dissenting opinion inObergefell v.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

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