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News & Notes: Mass death threat sent to Harvard students over email

News & Notes: Mass death threat sent to Harvard students over email

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Several hundred people affiliated with Harvard were emailed a death threat on Oct. 3, according to TheHarvard Crimson. One of the email addresses that sent the threatening emails had been emailing many Harvard affiliates with donation requests and made attempts to contact the students through Facebook and LinkedIn. According to an anonymous source, the account had been sending emails to students since July, asking for money or telling people to follow the account holder’s Facebook profile.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

Q&A: Paul Krugman

Daniel Johnson

The Daily Princetonian sat down with Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman before his public lecture Monday titled “Learning from Europe.” He spoke about the European recovery, midterm elections, separation from the Universityand his favorite NPR Tiny Desk Concerts.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

N&N: Hamilton Jewelry store robbed across campus

Daily Princetonian Staff

Hamilton Jewelers, a jewelry store on Nassau Street, was robbed on Sunday afternoon, according toPlanet Princeton. An employee at the store dialed 911 at 1:35 p.m.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

Krugman discusses lessons learned from European economy

Krugman discusses lessons learned from European economy

Daniel Johnson

While the United States witnesses relatively positive economic news,such as the recent jobsreport, Europe continues to lag behind the recovery curve, economics professor Paul Krugman said at a lecture on Monday. Krugman won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2008, and will be retiring from the University in June. Krugman began the lecture by outlining the different outcomes for Europe and the United States. “When all is said and done, the [United States] has had a gradual, if painfully slow improvement,” he said.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

News & Notes: New case of bedbugs reported in Forbes

Daily Princetonian Staff

Another case of bedbugs was reported in a room in the Main Inn of Forbes College, said Housing and Real Estate Services Manager for Dormitories Kenneth Paulaski on Monday in an email sent to students of Forbes College. Paulaski said that a University contractor escorted by a University representative will treat the room on Wednesday.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

Researchers examine Arabic anti-Americanism on Twitter

Christina Vosbikian

The Arabic Twittersphere shows deep-seeded opposition to outsiders' intervention in the Middle East, professors Amaney Jamal, Robert Keohane and Dustin Tingley and Ph.D.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

With course packets, high cost remains controversial issue

With course packets, high cost remains controversial issue

Do-Hyeong Myeong

When it comes to preparing course packets for their courses, professors generally have two options: ask the University library to upload electronic course reserves or prepare a hard-copy packet printed by Pequod Communications. But it is the Pequod, which is expensed to the student, which carries controversy.

NEWS | 10/06/2014

USG discusses upcoming student government elections

Logan Blaine

Members of the Undergraduate Student Government discussed strategies for publicizing the upcoming November student government elections at its weekly Senate meetingon Sundayevening. Voter turnout for the Freshman Class Council elections was high with 719 freshmen casting votes, more than 50 percent of the Class of 2018, elections manager Amara Nnaeto ’17 said.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

News & Notes: Proponents of historic district face a $3,000 fee

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Princeton Planning Board decided to forward a historic preservation ordinance to the mayor and council for further review on Thursday night.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

Bush Lauren '06 speaks to seniors at class event

Bush Lauren '06 speaks to seniors at class event

Angela Wang

Lauren Bush Lauren ’06 encouraged around 450 members of the Class of 2015 to become conscious consumers and maintain a fresh perspective on the world at a class dinner held on Sunday. “You all have so many fresh ideas that are untainted by the status quo and I would encourage you to go out into the world,” Lauren said.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

N&N: More bedbugs found in Forbes

Charles Kyungchan Min

Following the initial case of bedbugs in a room in Forbes College on Sept.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

U. to hire a full-time Title IX administrator

Warren Crandall

The University is currently in the process of searching to hire a Title IX administrator following pressure from the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights over the summer. A hire is expected to be announced by the middle of November. The position will primarily revolve around managing the University’s compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Violence Against Women Act.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

Palestinian peace activist promotes nonviolence, compromise

Sharon Deng

Nonviolence, open dialogue and compromise are the way to freedom for the Palestinian nation, Ali Abu Awwad, a Palestinian nonviolent peace activist in the West Bank, said in a lecture Sunday. The lecture was cosponsored by the Center for Jewish Life, the Muslim Student Association, Tigers for Israel, J Street U and the Princeton Committee on Palestine. Maya Rosen ’17 and Joshua Leifer ’17 helped bring Awwad to the University through personal connections.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

Freshman class elects 5 to class council

Angela Wang

Freshmen Chance Fletcher, Christopher Hsu, Brandon McGhee, Jenny Zhang and Rachel Yeehave been elected to the class council for the Class of 2018, according to an emailsent by Undergraduate Student Government president Shawon Jackson ’15 to the freshman class on Friday night. USG elections manager Amara Nnaeto ’17 said that Fletcher received 289 votes,McGhee received 208 votes, Yee received 195 votes, Hsu received 190 votes andZhang received 164 votes.

NEWS | 10/05/2014

BREAKING: Freshman class council elected, Yee victorious despite penalty

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Class of 2018 has elected five members to its class council, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 announced in an email to the student body on Friday night.

NEWS | 10/03/2014

Wilson School to close doors earlier at night due to incident

Lorenzo Quiogue

The doors of Robertson Hall, home of the Wilson School, will be locked two hours earlier every night due to an incident reported late Tuesday, according to an email sent to all Wilson School students. According to the email, a Wilson School graduate student entered Robertson Hall at 10:30 p.m and noticed a suspicious man in the main lobby.

NEWS | 10/03/2014

News & Notes: Town of Princeton wins “age friendly” designation

Daily Princetonian Staff

The town of Princeton has been designated an “age friendly community” by the World Health Organization, according to an announcement made at the Princeton Senior Resource Center fall gala. The designation was awarded by the WHO in July, making the town the first community in New Jersey to be awarded the designation.

NEWS | 10/02/2014

News & Notes: Pimentel ’14 hit by a car

Daily Princetonian Staff

Alex Pimentel ’14 was hit by a car on Sept. 26 while walking in New York City. According to an email sent out on the listserv for Princeton Triangle Club, for which Alex Pimentel served as sound designer while at the University, he is badly hurt, but is stable and recovering in the hospital where he is expected to remain for no more than a few more days. He is anticipated to be on bed rest for the next few weeks. The Triangle Club reports that Pimentel is not permitted to talk on the phone, but the club is rallying to send him care packages and cards. There has also been a fund set up for him on YouCaring, a funding website.

NEWS | 10/02/2014

Delay of Lakeside Project creates tension between housing and graduate students

De Vann Sago

Tensions between the University administration and some members of the graduate student body arose after the University announced a delay in the opening of the Lakeside Graduate Housing, a housing development being built near Lake Carnegie. According to John Ziegler, the director of real estate development.

NEWS | 10/02/2014

COMBO IV survey delayed again, now indefinitely

Charles Kyungchan Min

The Undergraduate Student Government team coordinating the publication of the Committee on Background and Opportunity IVreports has experienced further obstacles in its work with data analysis, according to USG president Shawon Jackson ’15. The release date was set for April as of the last update, but has been postponed indefinitely until the data analysis has been corroborated with campus administrators, and a policy recommendation has been worked out by U-Councilor and COMBO IV project leader Jameil Brown ’16.

NEWS | 10/02/2014

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