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Firestone begins fourth stage of renovation

Firestone begins fourth stage of renovation

Hannah Waxman

Firestone Library began the fourth of six renovation stages inNovember.The fourth phase will introduce the new space for the Digital Center for the Humanities, a renovated Rare Books and Special Collections suite and a new home for the Video Library formerly located in East Pyne.There will also be additional open study and stacks areas completed on the A and B floors.Most of the fourth phase takes places within the original 1948 building, Design and Construction Project Manager James Wallace noted.These renovations primarily affect the A, B and C floors of the library as well as various projects in the former Rare Books and Special Collection Gallery.

NEWS | 12/02/2015

U. community shares perspectives on campus suicides

Shriya Sekhsaria

Scully Hall dormitory assistant Melody Falter ’16 was sitting in her hall’s study room on Oct.

NEWS | 12/02/2015

Milner, Tingley GS ’10 discuss partisan politics, foreign affairs

Maya Wesby

The famous phrase that “politics stops at the water’s edge,” meaning that Americans abandon partisan domestic conflicts when confronting international issues, is not really true, Wilson School professorHelen Milner said in a lecture on Tuesday.Milner and Dustin Tingley GS ’10, a professor of government at Harvard, were discussing their recent book, “Sailing the Water’s Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy.” Barton Gellman ’82, visiting professional specialist at the Wilson School and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, moderated the discussion.Milner, who is also thedirector of the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance,explained that most books on foreign policy either focus on the international dimensions or zero in on how different presidents’ personalities affect their decision-making.

NEWS | 12/01/2015

Former Mathey DSL takes on senior position in Career Services

Zaynab Zaman

Matthew Frawley, the former Director of Student Life of Mathey College, has departed his position in Mathey to work as the Senior Associate Director of Career Education in the University's Office of Career Services. His new position became effective on Nov.

NEWS | 12/01/2015

Fenwick Hospitality Group to operate restaurant, bar in Arts and Transit Project

Betty Liu

The University will be partnering with the Fenwick Hospitality Group, a local restaurant group, to operate a new bar and restaurant along Alexander Street and University Place next spring as part of the Arts and Transit Project. Fenwick operates 37 Panera Bread restaurants in North Jersey and a farm-to-table restaurant called Agricola Eatery in Princeton. University Director of Community and Regional Affairs KristinAppelget explained that the University formed a selection committee comprised of a variety of University offices in choosing a partner to operate the bar and restaurant.

NEWS | 12/01/2015

Slaughter ’80 lectures on value of women's revolution

Abhiram Karuppur

Former Dean of the Wilson School Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 discussed the focus of the second half of the women’s revolution in a lecture Tuesday, saying that American society should place a higher value on caregiving.“We focus more on ourselves and are missing the value of investing in others,” she said.

NEWS | 11/30/2015

Whig-Clio marks 250th anniversary as home for campus political groups

Olivia Wicki

Whig-Clio’s trajectory has been marked within the past few years by its decreasing centralization and its increasing support, as an overarching political organization for different political groups on campus, Whig-Clio president Cydney Kim ’17 said.“When Whig-Clio first started 250 years ago, or even in the late 20th century, it was actually one of the few political organizations on campus; there weren’t as many political groups as we see today,” Kim explained.The 250th anniversary of Whig-Clio was celebrated with a gala in Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 11/30/2015

USG Eating Club Accessibility Report recommends transparency of events, costs, other dining options

Kristin Qian

The Undergraduate Student Government released the Eating Club Accessibility Report last week, which has proposed several recommendations regarding transparency of events, eating club costs in relation to financial aid and information about eating clubs and other dining options.The motivation for the project was to understand how eating clubs relate to other entities, in terms of their social, dining and financial aspects, Aleksandra Czulak ’17, one of the project leaders and USG Vice President, said.Czulak said that the project started last fall when Shawon Jackson ’15 was USG president.A survey was sent out to students in the December 2014 in conjunction with town hall meetings, and another survey was sent out in the spring of 2015, she said.USG used the data from a 2010 University Task Force on the eating clubs and the new information collected from the 2014-2015 surveys to understand why they were seeing the same issues and if there was anything that could be done, she explained.“Eating clubs aren’t just an eating club entity; they affect many different parts of your life on campus,” Czulak said.Although around 70 percent of students are involved in eating clubs, the survey revealed differences in age and year affected how students related and engaged with eating clubs, Czulak explained.

NEWS | 11/30/2015

Strauss brings wealth of entrepreneurial, policy knowledge to Wilson school

Abhiram Karuppur

On top of advising governments on public policy issues around the world and writing numerous opinion pieces for The Huffington Post, Business Insider and Salon, visiting professor Steven Strauss played a key role in the growth of New York City's technology and entrepreneurship scene.“I’m pleased with the work I’ve done.

NEWS | 11/30/2015

Czulak ’17, Wu ’17 to enter run-off election for USG presidency

Caroline Lippman

A run-off election for the Undergraduate Student Government presidency will be held between Aleksandra Czulak ’17 and Simon Wu ’17, according to an email to the student body from outgoing USG president Ella Cheng ’16. Cheng is a former staff writer for the Daily Princetonian. Chief Elections Manager Sung Won Chang ’18 said the candidates will need to adhere to the same rules and regulations as in the primary election. The candidates will have a few days to campaign before voting officially begins onMonday, Nov.

NEWS | 11/27/2015

Petition circulated for student’s future readmission to U. after incarceration for drug offenses

Andie Ayala

A petition has been circulating through University email listservs asking students to support a student's readmission into the University after his prison sentence as of last week.The University’s Department of Public SafetyarrestedJulian Edgrenin January for drug possession and distribution, after he was found to have picked up a package from the campus mailroom that contained seven grams of ecstasy.

NEWS | 11/24/2015

N.J. Supreme Court rejects appeal to halt Institute for Advanced Society construction

Annie Yang

The Institute for Advanced Study’s planned housing development on Maxwell Field was allowed to proceed after New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee Solomon declined to place the Princeton Battlefield Society'smotion for a stay of construction on an emergency basis on Nov.

NEWS | 11/24/2015

Survey finds mostly negative student opinions on BJL sit-in, protests

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Asurveyon student opinion in the Black Justice League’s sit-in protest found that the majority of respondents had negative views on the impact of the protest, according to Daniel Wilson ’18, the survey’s creator. The survey, titled “What Princeton Thinks of the Black Justice League,” was open from10 a.m.on Thursdayto1 a.m.on Saturday.The survey had 948 respondents, which is roughly 18 percent of the University’s undergraduate population, Wilson noted. Wilson said that one of the notable results is that regardless of race, the majority of respondents had a relatively negative opinion on how the walkout has impacted the campus.

NEWS | 11/24/2015

Berdahl-Baldwin ’16, Hosie ’16, Low ’16 named Marshall Scholars

Christopher Umanzor

Audrey Berdahl-Baldwin ’16, Duncan Hosie ’16 and Ryan Low ’16 have been awarded the Marshall Scholarship.The scholarship funds two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom for up to 40 American college students.Berdahl-Baldwin, a history major, said she is interested in public service.“Long term, I hope to engage in prison reform,” she said.

NEWS | 11/23/2015

Eisgruber ’83 details strategic planning process in response to protests

Sarah Kim

The Council of the Princeton University Community discussed the recent sit-in protest and updates to strategic planning task forces at its monthly meeting on Monday.“The CPUC was created in the 1960s, obviously a time of tumult and argument on campus for the purpose of having a forum in which faculty administrators, alumni and staff can come together in civil and respectful discussion,” University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said in light of the recent sit-in protest in his office in Nassau Hall.

NEWS | 11/23/2015

Alumni, faculty respond to BJL sit-in

Annie Yang

The recent sit-in protest led by the Black Justice Leaguehas resulted in divided opinions among alumni and faculty, with some praising the efforts and others denouncing them.There has been opposition to the protest expressed not only in online social media forums, but also through a counter-petition with over 1,300 responses and an alumni petition with 35 supporters.There is still support for the protesters in theoriginal petition with nearly 1,000 signatures.On Friday, professors in the program of African American Studies wrote a faculty lettersupporting the protesters.

NEWS | 11/23/2015

Latinx students create petition

Marcia Brown

A group of Latinx students formed to improve the experience of Latinx students on campus released a petition on Friday to increase support for and representation of Latinx students.The petition has 517 signatures as of 7 p.m.

NEWS | 11/23/2015

Princeton Open Campus Coalition opposes BJL protests in letter to Eisgruber ’83

Christina Vosbikian

A new student group called the Princeton Open Campus Coalition delivered a letter opposing the methods and demands of the Black Justice League protests to University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 on Sunday night.The letter requested a meeting with Eisgruber in his office to present arguments regarding the events of the past week.“We are concerned mainly with the importance of preserving an intellectual culture in which all members of the Princeton community feel free to engage in civil discussion and to express their convictions without fear of being subjected to intimidation or abuse,” the students wrote.

NEWS | 11/23/2015

Eisgruber ’83 sends email about racial climate on campus

Daily Princetonian Staff

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 emailed University students and alumni on Sunday in response to recent demands to improve the racial climate on campus. Eisgruber said he acknowledges the distress, pain and frustration students of color feel from a campus climate they find unwelcoming or uncaring. He explained that he asked the University Board of Trustees to develop a process to consider the issue of thelegacy ofWoodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, at the University.

NEWS | 11/22/2015

2 of 4 chair positions in upcoming USG elections uncontested

Andrew Brazer Drew

Two of the four chair positions for the upcoming Undergraduate Student Government elections are uncontested.The candidates running for Campus and Community Affairs committee chair and University Student Life Committee chair are unopposed.Three candidates will be competing for the position of academics committee chair, and two candidates will be contending for the position of social committee chair.Of the four positionslast year, only USLC chair and social committee chair were contested, while the candidate for the academics committee chair ran unopposed and there were no candidates for the Community Affairs Committee Chair.Patrick Flanigan ’18, Shannon Osaka ’17 and David Landeta ’19 are contenders in the race for the academics committee chair.Flanigan is a peer academic advisor, a McGraw tutor and serves as a member of the McGraw Advisory Council.

NEWS | 11/22/2015

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