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U. enters into contract to purchase liquor license

U. enters into contract to purchase liquor license

Jacqueline Gufford

The University has entered into a contract with local restaurateur Jack Morrison to purchase a liquor license for $1.5 million, according to records obtained by The Daily Princetonian under a request from the town of Princeton. Morrison had previously purchased the license for about $1 million, according to Planet Princeton. Hedeclined to comment. Terra Momo, a local restaurant group, had previously ended lease discussions with the University that had started in 2013, in which Terra Momo would have operated the restaurant and café area in the forthcoming Arts and Transit Neighborhood. Ending the discussions was mutual and “amicable,” and the issue of obtaining a special permit liquor license was not a factor, Terra Momo Group co-owner Raoul Momo said.

NEWS | 02/01/2015

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U. to remain closed Tuesday due to Winter Storm Juno

U. to remain closed Tuesday due to Winter Storm Juno

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University will remain closedon Tuesdaydue to inclement weather after closing earlyon Monday. An email from the Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System to the University communityon Mondaysaid the campus would be closedon Tuesdayfor“nonessential personnel.” The closure comes as the East Coast prepares for Winter Storm Juno, which has already caused thousands of flight cancellations.

NEWS | 01/26/2015

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Campus closes early due to winter storm

Campus closes early due to winter storm

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University closed earlyon Mondaydue to inclement weather. The closures come as the east coast prepares for Winter Storm Juno, which has already caused thousands of flight cancellations nationwide.

NEWS | 01/26/2015

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Breaking: Bomb threat referencing U. called into town police, determined non-credible

Breaking: Bomb threat referencing U. called into town police, determined non-credible

Katherine Oh

A bomb threat referencing the University was called into the Princeton Police Department at 5:16 p.m.

NEWS | 01/24/2015

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Davidson ’92 remembered as beloved guitarist, friend, surgeon

Davidson ’92 remembered as beloved guitarist, friend, surgeon

Jacob Donnelly

Before Michael Davidson ’92 was an award-winning cardiovascular researcher and surgeon, he was a rock star —on campus, at least. Davidson — who died after being shot at a Boston hospital on Tuesday, apparently by a relative of a former patient — was the guitarist for the bands The Change and Chicago Typewriter while on campus, among his numerous extracurricular activities.

NEWS | 01/21/2015

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Breaking: Davidson '92 dies after being shot in Boston hospital

Breaking: Davidson '92 dies after being shot in Boston hospital

Jacob Donnelly

Michael Davidson ’92 died on Tuesday evening after receiving two gunshot wounds at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., where he had worked as a cardiovascular surgeon since 2006.

NEWS | 01/20/2015

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GirlCode app removed from iTunes Store

GirlCode app removed from iTunes Store

Linda Song

GirlCode app developers Victor Zhou ’18 and twin sisters Amanda and Monica Shi ’18 said this week that they will be taking down the app due to “pressure from the administration.” They recently launched the app on the iTunes Store that makes the codes for women’s bathrooms in University residential spaces accessible to anyone who downloaded the app. The app had been taken down as of Sunday. The creators said that the decision to shut down the app was made during a private meeting on Wednesday with three representatives from the Department of Public Safety, Housing and Real Estate Services and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.

NEWS | 01/15/2015

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VP for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey to leave U. in August

VP for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey to leave U. in August

Olivia Wicki

Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey will be leaving the University in August to head the International Leadership Association as president and chief executive officer.

NEWS | 01/15/2015

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U. community gathers to remember Dantzlerward '16

U. community gathers to remember Dantzlerward '16

Jacob Donnelly

Students, faculty, staff and community members circled around a table supporting a single lit candle in the lobby of Murray-Dodge Hall on Monday night as they remembered the life of Audrey Dantzlerward '16, who was found dead in her room in Edwards Hall today.

NEWS | 01/12/2015

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Updated: Dantzlerward ’16 remembered as proud feminist, aspiring children's author

Updated: Dantzlerward ’16 remembered as proud feminist, aspiring children's author

Jacob Donnelly

Audrey Dantzlerward ’16, a resident of Edwards Hall, was found dead in her room on Monday morning.

NEWS | 01/12/2015

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USG passes referendum calling for extended winter break

USG passes referendum calling for extended winter break

Jessica Li

An Undergraduate Student Government referendum calling on the faculty to provide for a three-week winter recess in the next calendar year was passed.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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News & Notes: Former Hun School teacher avoids prison in plea deal

News & Notes: Former Hun School teacher avoids prison in plea deal

Daily Princetonian Staff

Nolan Johnson, a former technical theater teacher at the Hun School of Princeton, admitted as part of a plea deal that he had sex with a female student last year, the Princeton Packet reportedon Thursday. Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child at Mercer County Superior Court in Trenton. As part of the agreement, Johnson will receive a five-year suspended prison sentence, register as a sex offender and be on parole for the rest of his life.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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U. receives second highest number of applications in history for Class of 2019

U. receives second highest number of applications in history for Class of 2019

Corinne Lowe

The Office of Admission has received and processed 26,976 applications for the Class of 2019 as of Jan.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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Journalist wounded in Charlie Hebdo attack planned to teach at Princeton next year

Journalist wounded in Charlie Hebdo attack planned to teach at Princeton next year

Grant Golub

Philippe Lançon, an incoming visiting fellow in the Program in Latin American Studies for the 2015-16 school year, was critically injured in Wednesday’s attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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3 U. students launch app providing codes to women's bathrooms

3 U. students launch app providing codes to women's bathrooms

Linda Song

Victor Zhou ’18 and twin sisters Monica and Amanda Shi ’18 launched an app on the iTunes store called "GirlCode" after Winter Break.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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U. declines to join AAU sexual assault survey, will design survey of its own

U. declines to join AAU sexual assault survey, will design survey of its own

Jacob Donnelly

The University will design its own sexual assault survey to comply with Title IX as opposed to using a survey designed by the Association of American Universities. The decision was made by University President Christopher Eisgruber "83 following the unanimous recommendation of the new Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct. As part of its resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, the University is required to provide a“description of tools used for conducting a climate check” by Jan.

NEWS | 01/11/2015

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Harvard Law found in violation of Title IX for similar reasons to U.

Harvard Law found in violation of Title IX for similar reasons to U.

Aana Bansal

Harvard Law School was found in noncompliance with Title IX for violating the same broad criteria as the University, according to aDec.

NEWS | 01/10/2015

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Reporting of Princeton resident's arrest met with indifference*

Reporting of Princeton resident's arrest met with indifference*

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Daily Princetonian's recent reporting of the arrest of John Smith, 54, a resident of Princeton, N.J., who did not attend the University, sparked no outrage on campus, according to a review of online comments posted on the paper's website. The reaction comes after waves of online commenters have publicly and pseudonymously decried the publication for running stories that single out University students by name as having been the unfortunate victims of an arrest. Smith was arrested by the University's Department of Public Safety earlier this week.

NEWS | 01/08/2015

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U. to implement grade hyperinflation to compete with Harvard, Yale*

U. to implement grade hyperinflation to compete with Harvard, Yale*

Nancy Malkiel

The University will soon begin the implementation of a hyperinflation policy in order to make up for ground lost during the "infamous" deflation decade, the University announced this week. “We eliminated grade deflation in October,” University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said.

NEWS | 01/08/2015

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Gansa ’17 plans new campaign, partners with Monsanto to ensure riper fruit*

Gansa ’17 plans new campaign, partners with Monsanto to ensure riper fruit*

Johnny Appleseed

Will Gansa ’17 is already planning his campaign for the winter 2015 election. His supporters noted that he has modified and enlarged his platform from last December but said his campaign aims are simple: to represent the students and make his best efforts to address their needs —all of their needs. “Any way you want it, just the way you need it,” Gansa said in a video posted on his website. Gansa maintained his devotion to ripe fruit, waffle fries and bike reform, noting that the fruit in the dining halls is in an especially disgraceful state. “If Satan had offered Eve an apple and told her that it was from Wu dining hall, she would have shaken her head in disgust and we’d still be in the Garden of Eden,” he said.

NEWS | 01/08/2015

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