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

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

Terrace most popular fourth year in a row, Quad receives significant increase in membership

Hannah Waxman

Terrace Club received the highest number of sign-ins for the fourth year in a row, while Quadrangle Club received an increase of nearly 342% in new members from last year.The Interclub Council had agreed not to publish the first round sign-in numbers two weeks ago, but four out of the five presidents released first round numbers following the conclusion of the second round on Feb.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

USG to work on residential housing project to make room draw information more transparent

Katherine Oh

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate discussed residential programming to make information about room draw more available to students during their first weekly meeting on Feb.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

North Korean defector Park Yeonmi discusses her experience in North Korea

Claire Lee

North Korean defector and human rights activist Park Yeonmidiscussed living in isolation under the North Korean governmentat a conference on Saturday hosted by Princeton for North Korean Human Rights.“I never heard about Beethoven, I never heard about Shakespeare.

NEWS | 02/14/2016

John Van Epp talks trust, commitment in successful relationships

Maya Wesby

John Van Epp said that trust, physical intimacy, reliance, knowing a person well and commitment are all categories that can ultimately determine the success of a relationship in a talk on Thursday. “I think, in your lifetime right now, it’s actually more difficult to find somebody who has their act together, who seems to have a maturity and a quality about them… than it was 30 years ago; that seems crazy in my mind,” he said. Van Epp, author of “How To Avoid Falling In Love With A Jerk,” has spoken across campuses nation-wide and his work has been featured in TIME, Psychology Today and other publications.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

James Agolia '16, Andrew Nelson '16 win Pyne Prize

Maya Wesby

James Agolia '16 and Andrew Nelson '16 were named the recipients of the 2016 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize on Wednesday afternoon. The Pyne Prize is the University's highest general distinction and is awarded to undergraduates who display excellent scholarship, strength of character, and effective leadership. According to apress release, Agolia and Nelson will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on Feb.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

Track teams to compete in Fastrack National Invite

David Xin

This Friday the men and women’s track and field team will be traveling back to Ocean Breeze Park for the Fastrack National Invite.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

News&Notes: Graduate students to be awarded the 2016 Jacobus fellowship

Daily Princetonian Staff

Four graduate students were named as the recipients of 2016 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship on Wednesday.Joshua Bennett GS, Kellen Funk GS, Carlee Joe-Wong GS and Rajesh Ranganath GS are the winners of this year's fellowship, the University's top honor for graduate students.

NEWS | 02/11/2016

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