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U. women’s basketball player threatened before game

U. women’s basketball player threatened before game

Katherine Oh

A threat against a member of the University’s women’s basketball team was phoned in to the University of Maryland athletics department on Monday, USA Todayreported. Leslie Robinson ’18, a forward on the women’s basketball team and the niece of First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 and President Barack Obama, was at the University of Maryland on Monday to play the Maryland Terrapins during the second round of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. Further investigation by the University of Maryland’s Police Department indicated the threat was unsubstantiated. Robinson declined to comment. University of Maryland athletics department spokesman Zack Bolno deferred comment to the UMPD.UMPD’s public relations officer did not respond to a request for comment. The athletics department received a call around 3 p.m.

NEWS | 03/24/2015

Women’s History Month: Academics

Shriya Sekhsaria

Women at the University have faced a multitude of challenges in academicssuch as an underrepresentation in certain disciplines and a clash between their tenures and biological clocks. In the early years of coeducation at the University, there was also a sense of intimidation of being the only woman in most classes. Sharing plans and professors with the “sister college” The academic program at Evelyn College, the University's “sister college,” was set to parallel the University’s program and mandated courses in ancient and modern languages, literature, mathematics, science and other subjects. Forty-one of Evelyn’s faculty members were professors who also taught identical classes at the University, according to the book “Transforming the Tiger: A Celebration of Undergraduate Women at Princeton University” by Catherine Keyser ’01.Some of these professors includedlogician John Grier Hibben, Class of 1882, mathematician Henry Burchard Fine, Class of 1880, and Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879. Nurturing experts in “critical languages” Susan Craig ’70 said the critical languages students were permitted to take any course in the undergraduate curriculum in which they were interested.

NEWS | 03/24/2015

News & Notes: Rolling Stone to publish review of controversial article

Daily Princetonian Staff

Rolling Stone will publish a review of its disputed article on an alleged University of Virginia gang rape in the coming weeks, the magazine announced on Monday. The article, “A Rape on Campus,” sparked widespread controversy when it was published in November.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

Malia Obama spotted on campus

Christina Vosbikian

Multiple eyewitnesses reported seeing Malia Obama, daughter of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama ’85, on campus on Monday. Malia Obama was first seen in Mathey Dining Hall between10 and 11 a.m.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

Q&A: Danielle Brian, Project on Government Oversight executive director

Doug Wallack

Danielle Brian is the executive director of the Project on Government Oversight, a non-profit organization that aims to expose government corruption and waste.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

Cruz ’92 announces presidential candidacy

Zaynab Zaman

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ’92 announced his presidential candidacy in a speech at Liberty University on Monday. Cruz is the first major candidate to announce a presidential bid for the 2016 elections. Liberty University was founded by the televangelist Jerry Falwell, and its students were mandated to attend the convocation, according to the New York Times. Cruz began his speech by talking about his parents.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

Terrace Club changes smoking policy

Grant Golub

Terrace Club changed its smoking policy to ban smoking in most parts of the club, according to an email sent to members from club president Lucia Perasso ’16 on Sunday night. "No smoking at any time, anywhere, except in the TV room and [on the outdoor] terrace," the email reads, adding that a new "smoking-eating ventilator" was installed in the TV room and that this effectively means the library, green room and ball rooms are now smoke-free rooms, as is the rest of the club. The old policy said smoking was never allowed on the first floor of the club or in the basement storage areas; that smoking was not allowed before 6 p.m.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

Women's History Month: Admissions and Residences

Shriya Sekhsaria

Before women were admitted to the University as degree-earning students in 1969, their role evolved from sister college neighbors to party mates to a key part of the Critical Languages Program.As their strength increased despite an all-malecampus atmosphere and vocal conservative alumni, the women lived together at the Graduate College and at Pyne Hall before being integrated into the coeducational residential college system.Orange and White: The Beginning of Evelyn College In 1887, Joshua Hall McIlvaine, Class of 1837 and a former University professor, founded the University's sister college called the Evelyn College for Women, which graduated the first class of women in 1893. While the University granted Evelyn students full access to the University’s libraries and museum, it also imposed many regulations on them, such as a strict schedule and a formal dress code. “The girls couldn’t come in town with smiles on their faces —they had no liberties at all,” Irving Mershon, a Princeton resident, told the Princeton Packet about Evelyn students, according to the book“Transforming the Tiger" by Catherine Keyser '01. University students would stand outside Evelyn College and shout, “Eva, Eva, l-y-n, Eva, Eva, let me in!”,according to thePrinceton Companion published in 1978. One of the Evelyn students also noted that a police force was employed around the clock to protect the college from the University’s men, according to an Oct.

NEWS | 03/23/2015

News & Notes: Former Harvard professor files lawsuit against Harvard

Daily Princetonian Staff

Kimberly Theidon, a former Harvard associate anthropology professor, filed a lawsuit in federal court against Harvard in response to tenure denial. Theidon alleges that she was denied tenure in May 2013 because of her gender and because she opposed what she viewed as a “sexually hostile environment” for women who complained about sexual assault and harassment at Harvard. Theidon had expressed support for a student campaign to reevaluatehow Harvard responds to sexual assault complaints on campus. She claims that she was held to a higher standard than male peers and received “less pay and work space than those accorded to males who had less experience or productivity.” Prior to filing the initial charge, Theidon had appealed Harvard’s decision to deny her tenure. Theidon joined Harvard’s faculty in 2004 and remained employed by the university until June 2014, when her contract expired and her formal relationship with the University ended.

NEWS | 03/22/2015

Akinlawon '15, Jackson '15, Rosenthal '15 voted as finalists for Young Alumni Trustee

Zoe Toledo

The senior class voted Tumi Akinlawon ’15, Shawon Jackson ’15 and Hannah Rosenthal ’15 as finalists for the position of Young Alumni Trustee.The three seniors were selected from a pool of 28 candidates in an online primary election that took place March 3-12.The chosen Young Alumni Trustee will serve a four-year term on the University’s Board of Trustees, with the same authority and responsibility as other board members.

NEWS | 03/22/2015

Sen. Ted Cruz '92 to announce presidential bid on Monday

Zaynab Zaman

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz ’92 plans to announce a presidential bid on Monday, according to a Houston Chronicle article published on Saturday. Cruz did not respond to a request for comment. Cruz will officially declare his candidacy at a convocation ceremony at Liberty University in Virginia on Monday, according to the Chronicle. He is scheduled to make an appearance in New Hampshire this Friday and in Iowa in approximately two weeks. Cruz was elected to the Senate as a Republican candidate from Texas in 2012 and is one of three Latino Senators currently serving. Liberty University, which was founded by the televangelist Jerry Falwell, is significant as a choice of venue for Cruz, whose advisers have been outspoken about their belief that Cruz could win the Republican nomination without large support from moderates. Cruz is expected to focus on a host of issues in his platform, according to the National Journal, including repealing the Affordable Care Act, passing a flat tax and abolishing the Internal Revenue Service.

NEWS | 03/22/2015

In lawsuit, former Cornell student alleges rights violated in sexual misconduct investigation

Jessica Li

A former Cornell University student who was suspended for alleged sexual misconduct is seeking monetary damages and a reversal of Cornell’s findings in a lawsuit filed on Thursday with the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. On Dec.

NEWS | 03/21/2015

President Obama lists Princeton in Top Four

David Liu

In his annual ESPN March Madness bracket predictions, President Barack Obama has the Princeton Tigers advancing all the way to the Final Four of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.Acknowledging that he is “completely biased,” Obama gave full and confident support to his niece freshman forward Leslie Robinson.

NEWS | 03/19/2015

Michael Graves, Princeton-based post-modernist architect, dies at 80

Jasmine Wang

Michael Graves, a famous architect based in Princeton, died in his Princeton homeThursday. He was 80 years old. Throughout his career, Graves made many significant contributions to the world of art and architecture as an avid drawer, painter and professor.

NEWS | 03/15/2015

U. says meningitis B risk now equivalent to other colleges

Jessica Li

The risk of contracting meningitis B at the University is now considered equivalent to the risk at any other college, the University announced on Friday.The announcement comes after University officials met with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC did not respond to requests for comment.The reduced risk is in part attributable to high levels of vaccination among students, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said, adding that local, state and federal agencies involved during the outbreak share the credit.“The vaccination rate was so high because our students were very responsive to the call," he said.

NEWS | 03/14/2015

News & Notes: Yale to offer online education program for prospective physician associates

Daily Princetonian Staff

Yale plans to expand online education with a “blended” program in the physician associates program, according to The Yale Daily News.Physician associates are healthcare professionals licensed to practice medicine with doctors.The online degree option carries the same weight and price as a Yale campus degree.

NEWS | 03/12/2015

Liechtenstein Institute roundtable discusses Catalan independence

Daily Princetonian Contributor and Layla Malamut

Self-determination may shatter states since national movements for independence often culminate in tensions and conflicts among subgroups, Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, the founding director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at the University, argued at a Thursday roundtable discussion on the question of Catalan independence. Catalonia has been part of Spain since it was established in the 15th century.

NEWS | 03/12/2015

New ethnography certificate program proposed

Christina Vosbikian

A proposal for an ethnography certificate program has been submitted to the Office of the Dean of the College.All of the members of the faculty in theanthropology department either did not respond to requests for comment or declined to comment on the potential certificate program until it is formally voted on and accepted or rejected.Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh ’85 declined to comment, as did University spokesperson Martin Mbugua, who noted that review of the proposal is ongoing.Anthropology majors supported the potential institution of a certificate program inethnography, which is the study of human cultures and races.Divya Farias ’15 said she thought the certificate would be relevant to students outside anthropology who could apply lessons from ethnography in other ways.“I think it’s a great idea,” Farias said, adding the certificate program could be helpful to students pursuing independent work.

NEWS | 03/12/2015

New Graduate Student Government elected, plans for increased engagement

Catherine Offord

Akshay Mehra GS, a graduate student in the geosciences department, was elected president of the Graduate Student Government, GSG announced at its Wednesday meeting.He joins newly elected secretary Katie Wolf GS, treasurer Mike Hepler GS, special events officer Liz Davison GS and returning vice president Mircea Davidescu.The meeting marked the end of a challenging year for the previous GSG officer corps, which was burdened with repeated delays in the construction of Lakeside Housing Project, the new graduate housing site.High on the agenda this year will be plans to strengthen ties among graduate students across the University to create what Mehra said should be “a sense of a large community beyond individual departments.”One proposal, also discussed by last year’s committee, is the introduction of a new on-campus graduate center.

NEWS | 03/12/2015

U. defines essential personnel, describes closing procedures

Doug Wallack

When a delayed opening or a campus closing is announced due to severe weather, essential personnel are often the only group of employees required to come to work.The Office of Human Resources defines essential services employees generally as those who “perform jobs that are necessary and required to maintain basic University operations during scheduled closures or unscheduled suspension of normal operations due to emergencies, events, or other situations.”The designation is not based on an employee’s department but generally includes workers in Building Services, Dining Services and a limited number of Frist Campus Center and University Library employees.In the event of severe weather, the University might send an email by approximately 6 a.m.delaying opening for non-essential personnel or advising them to stay home for the day.

NEWS | 03/12/2015

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