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News & Notes: Harvard receives record-breaking number of applications for Class of 2019

News & Notes: Harvard receives record-breaking number of applications for Class of 2019

Daily Princetonian Staff

Harvard received 37,305 applications for its undergraduate Class of 2019, 3,010 more than for the Class of 2018, according to The Harvard Crimson. The Harvard College Connection, a new program geared toward reaching out to low-income students, may have contributed to the increase in applicants this year, explained William Fitzsimmons, dean of admissions.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

Nobel laureate in physics, U. Professor Emeritus Fitch dies

Pooja Patel

University Professor Emeritus and Nobel laureate Val Logsdon Fitch died on Feb. 5 in Princeton after a distinguished career in the natural sciences.He was 91. Throughout his life, Fitch worked on the Manhattan Project, won the Nobel Prize in Physics and was a member of numerous science organizations and a mentor to many younger scientists. “He chose his experiments very well and would always try to explain or discover something which was important,” said U.physics Professor Emeritus Pierre Piroue, who noted that Fitch was recognized by scientists all around the world as a top physicist who had made an “astounding discovery.” From Nebraska to Princeton Fitch was born on March 10, 1923, in Merriman, Neb., on a cattle ranch where his father raised purebred Herefords and his mother was a schoolteacher.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

Terrace remains most popular sign-in club for third year

Annie Yang

While Terrace Club filled after its first round of sign-ins, new members will still be accepted at Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Colonial Club and Quadrangle Club until the end of the sign-in period on Feb.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

Cap, Cannon most bickered eating clubs this spring

Annie Yang

Cannon Dial Elm Club was significantly more popular among students this year, with 200 students bickering, up from 143 Bickerees last year for an increase of almost 40 percent, according to Cannon president Connor Kelley ’15. Cannon accepted 105 students in total, up from last year’s 98 accepted students.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

Peltz ’15, O'Neil ’15 receive ReachOut fellowships

Paul Phillips

Bina Peltz ’15 and Cody O’Neil ’15 were awarded the 2015 fellowships from ReachOut 56-81-06, which each includes a $30,000 stipend funded by alumni that supports year-long public service projects after graduation. Peltz, a politics concentrator from Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and recipient of the ReachOut Domestic Fellowship, will be working with the Harlem Community Justice Center in New York.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

USG holds first Senate meeting with new officers

Katherine Oh

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed what it has done so far, appointed a number of non-voting and voting members and discussed communications efforts during its first meeting of the year on Sunday. USG president Ella Cheng ’16 began themeeting with the president's report, which was a brief overview of what USG has been working on so far.

NEWS | 02/08/2015

News & Notes: Harvard professors banned from sexual relationships with undergraduates

Jasmine Wang

In response to school-wide Title IX policy changes on the issues of sexual and gender-based harassment across the nation, Harvard banned its professors from having sexual relationships with undergraduates this week. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which oversees Harvard undergraduates, emphasized that the rule regarding teacher-student relationships needed to be clearer — specifically, the language now explicitly forbids undergraduates and professors from engaging in romantic or sexual relationships. The restrictions also apply to lab workers and dissertation advisees. Under the previous policy, Harvard’s policy was more vague, only specifying that relationships with “one’s students” are inappropriate — suggesting that relationships between professor and student were prohibited if the student was in a professor’s class, but not necessarily otherwise. The University, along with its peer institutions, was also found in violation of Title IX regulations last year in November. The University and the Office for Civil Rights implemented a resolution agreement in order to review the revised policies to ensure compliance with Title IX.

NEWS | 02/05/2015

Panel discusses issues in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack

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Panel discusses issues in wake of Charlie Hebdo attack

Ruby Shao

Professors in the French department discussed the humor found in Charlie Hebdo, a French satire magazine, at a panel discussion on Thursday night. "It is very literally adding fuel to the fire.

NEWS | 02/05/2015

Student grocery delivery service begins pilot program

Zaynab Zaman

The Special Occasions Agency and University Student Life Committee recently partnered to pilot a new grocery delivery service on campus this week, according to Special Occasions chair Jean Wang ’16. The program is geared toward students in independent housing, allowing them to place online orders to the SOA and then receive their groceries shortly thereafter. The only grocery store currently available to order from is Wegmans, mainly because Wegmans offers a comprehensive list of products on its website, Wang explained.

NEWS | 02/05/2015

Shepard '87: Ethnobotanist, anthropologist, two-time Emmy winner

Christina Vosbikian

Not many botanists can claim to have won two Emmy Awards, but GlennShepard’87 can. Shepard, an ethnobotanist and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on the indigenous peoples of South America, once worked with the Discovery Channel on a film that ended up winning two Emmys.

NEWS | 02/05/2015

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie target of new federal investigation

Pooja Patel

New Jersey Governor and ex officio University trustee Chris Christie and members of his administration are the targets of a new investigation by federal prosecutors, the International Business Times reported on Thursday. The Governor’s Office did not respond to a request for comment. The charges were brought after former Hunterdon County Assistant Prosecutor Bennett Barlyn was allegedly fired shortly aftervoicing objections to the decision of his superiors to dismiss his investigations into and indictments against political allies of Christie. Barlyn filed a whistle-blower lawsuit and has told media outlets that he was given no reason for the dismissal, although he alleges that his superiors, who were appointed by Christie, fired him unjustly. Investigators are still in the "exploratory stage," according to the International Business Times, and it is unclear whether criminal charges will be filed. Meanwhile,Christie has been emphasizing bipartisanship in his public speeches not only in New Jersey but also on the national stage and many have speculated that he could be considering a run for the U.S.

NEWS | 02/05/2015

News & Notes: Two Harvard students expelled for sexual misconduct

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Two Harvard students were expelled for sexual misconduct on Dec. 10, according to a Feb. 4 article inThe Harvard Crimson. Harvard’s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael Smith announced the dismissal in a monthly faculty meeting on Tuesday.According to Smith, one student had been the subject of three sexual harassment complaints, and the other was the subject of one. Complaints for both students were reviewed under Harvard’s former sexual harassment policy and procedures, and the school’s Faculty Council voted to dismiss both students in December. The identities of the students remain anonymous. Harvard revised its sexual misconduct policy on Monday.

NEWS | 02/04/2015

Eating clubs form Community Service Interclub Council

Jacob Donnelly

The eating clubs collectively announced the formation of the Community Service Interclub Council on Wednesday. Kate Gardner ’16 of Tower Club and Kevin Larkin ’16 of Colonial Club were appointed co-presidents. The council is the third organization in which all of the eating clubs designate representatives, beside the Interclub Council and the Graduate Interclub Council.

NEWS | 02/04/2015

USG winter break referendum receives overwhelming student support

Ruby Shao

An Undergraduate Student Government referendum seeking an extended winter break received support from 96.2 percent of voters, or 2,015 out of 2,095 undergraduates who voted. The turnout was almost exactly 40 percent of the undergraduate student body. USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said the referendum results would certainly bolster efforts to lengthen winter break. “It basically provides us undeniable proof of student opinion in predominately one particular direction, which is always good for us,” she said, adding that USG members will discuss the results in upcoming meetings with administrators. University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said the faculty committee that controls the calendar will take the referendum into account going forward but that there will not be sufficient time to lengthen winter break for the 2015-16 academic year.

NEWS | 02/04/2015

Sittenfeld ’07 declares Senate candidacy for Ohio’s 2016 race

Christina Vosbikian

Alexander “P.G.” Sittenfeld ’07, the youngest city council member in Cincinnati history, recently declared his candidacy for the position of U.S.

NEWS | 02/04/2015

Residential college adviser acceptances released

Corinne Lowe

Roughly 40 percent of students who applied to become residential college advisers for the 2015-16 year, including both returning and new applicants, were offered positions on Wednesday, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Michael Olin said.Between all the residential colleges, there were 51 positions left open by graduating seniors, Olin said.

NEWS | 02/04/2015

Brown, Dartmouth change alcohol policies following binge drinking incidents

Annie Yang

Dartmouth recently banned hard liquor from its campus, and Brown banned alcoholic events in residential areas. Liquor with more than 15 percent alcohol will be prohibited from Dartmouth beginning on March 30.

NEWS | 02/03/2015

News & Notes: Princeton House Behavioral Health employee charged with sexual assault

Daily Princetonian Staff

An associate at Princeton House Behavioral Health was charged with sexually assaulting a patient, the Princeton Packet reported. The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of Jonathan Hodges, 36, on Monday. Hodges faces one count of second-degree sexual assault and will appear in Princeton Municipal Court on Feb.

NEWS | 02/03/2015

U. faculty codevelop free online course on Bitcoin

Jessica Li

Three University faculty members, a former University postdoctoral fellow and a professor from the University of Maryland will be teaching “BTC-Tech:Bitcoinand Cryptocurrency Technologies,” an unofficial, free online course open to University students and the general public during the spring semester. Bitcoins are units of a digital currency which operates free from a central bank and are encrypted. According to the class Piazza page, the course starts on Feb.

NEWS | 02/03/2015

Over 1,000 students enrolled in 60 Wintercession courses

Olivia Wicki

More than 1,000students enrolled in over 60 courses during the 2015 Wintersession program, but participation may have been affected by the University closing on the Tuesday of the Intersession break due to inclement weather. Wintersession classes are personal enrichment classes offered by the Undergraduate Student Government at the end of January. “I think that participation rates were affected on Tuesday when there was a good amount of snow on campus," former USG president Shawon Jackson '15 said.

NEWS | 02/03/2015

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