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N&N: Rutgers student death apparently linked to alcohol

N&N: Rutgers student death apparently linked to alcohol

Daily Princetonian Staff

The death of a Rutgers student early Sunday morning might be alcohol-related, according to a preliminary investigation, though the cause of death has yet to be determined. Caitlyn Kovacs, a sophomore at Rutgers, had gone to a small gathering at the school's chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon in New Brunswick Saturday night.

NEWS | 09/22/2014

U. to be represented by leading law firm in mental health lawsuit

Chitra Marti

The University hired an important law firm last week to represent it ina mental health lawsuit in which a student was allegedly forced to withdraw following a suicide attempt.The student, who is unnamed in court filings, sued the University in March and is representing himself. The University is being represented by William F.

NEWS | 09/22/2014

Princo and Board of Trustees chair invest in Thrive Capital

Sheila Sisimit

The Princeton University Investment Company and Chair of the University's Board of Trustees Kathryn Hall ’80 have both invested in Thrive Capital, aventure capital investment firm focused on media and Internet investments. Princo is the University department that manages $17.8 billion of the University's $18.2 billion endowment. In addition to her chairmanship, Hall is CEO of Hall Capital Partners, a hedge fund based in San Francisco that has over $29 billion in assets under management.

NEWS | 09/22/2014

Students sign petition to reinstate Sanskrit

Jasmine Wang

An online petition to reintroduce Sanskrit into the University curriculum has 240 student signatures as of Monday morning.

NEWS | 09/22/2014

5 U.K. students participate in U. exchange program

Ray Mennin

Five students from St. John’s College at Cambridge University visited Forbes College for a week-long residential college exchange this past week and left Monday night. Visiting students were originally supposed to stay with the five residents of Forbes College who completed a similar exchange duringspring break last year.

NEWS | 09/22/2014

Career Services launches alternative career fair

Career Services launches alternative career fair

Ruby Shao

Career Services launched an alternative career fair called the HireTigers Meetup onFriday.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

USG Senate announces budget, goals for the semester

Corinne Lowe

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate announced its budget and goals for the year in Sunday afternoon’s senate meeting immediately following the town hall meeting on sexual assault policy. The meeting was not held at its usual time or location and the change was not communicated to the student body, which funds the USG, nor to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

N&N Georgetown student dies from meningitis type B

Charles Kyungchan Min

A student at Georgetown Universitydied last week from meningitis type B. The student,Andrea Jaime, was a sophomore. The specific strain of meningitis found at Georgetown, serogroup B, was the same type found at Princeton, Drexel University and the University of California, Santa Barbara. The case at Drexel also proved fatal, when Stephanie Ross died from the disease in March. An initial email sent out to the Georgetown community denied the cause of Jaime’s death as bacterial meningitis.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

USG holds town hall meeting on revised sexual misconduct policy

Jacob Donnelly

The University first moved to enact changes “quickly but without haste” to its sexual misconduct policy in late July when it was informed by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights that it was out of compliance with Title IX, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity & DiversityMichele Minter said at an Undergraduate Student Government town hall meeting on Sunday. The changes — enacted unanimouslyon Sept.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

Cannon accepts nine as a result of fall Bicker

Ruby Shao

Cannon Dial Elm Club took nine of 17 bickerees this fall for an acceptance rate of 52.9 percent, according to sources within the club. This figure is comparable to last year’s, when 18 of 32 students, or 56.3 percent, were accepted. Cannon was the only club to hold fall Bicker last weekend.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

283 students participate in sorority rush

Lorenzo Quiogue

Three years sincefreshmen were banned from rushing, 283 students participated in sorority rush activities last week, and about 170 students ended up joining a sorority. This year's recruitment process had the highest number of participants in recent years. Before the rush ban, an average of around 200 students had been rushing the sororities, with 206 students rushing in 2011, and 210 students rushing in 2010.

NEWS | 09/21/2014

Politics and religion historically intertwined in the U.S., says sociology professor

Paul Phillips

Although the year 1964 and the revival of religious fundamentalism in the 1970s and 1980s were important for the melding of religion and politics in Kansas and Texas, one must not ignore underlying factors and events that took place before then, sociology professor Robert Wuthnow, known for his work on the sociology of religion, argued in a lecture on Thursday. Wuthnow began his lecture by explaining why he was focusing on those two states in particular, saying that although both states are now known as religious and Republican, and both voted for Romney in 2012, Kansas is much smaller and has a history of voting Republican, while Texas began as a slave state and formerly voted Democrat. Wuthnow noted that despite the complex interrelationship between church and state in the politics of Kansas and Texas, both states have a strong tradition of freedom of religion, as well as of separation between church and state.

NEWS | 09/18/2014

Percentage of U. Pell Grant recipients gradually increasing

Sarah Kim

The percentage of Pell Grant recipients on campus is steadily rising, according to Director of Undergraduate Financial Aid Robin Moscato.

NEWS | 09/18/2014

Location a sticking point in plans for campus pub

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Plans for the construction of a campus pub are on hiatus due to difficulties in finding an appropriate location, University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 said. The campus pub had been located in the Chancellor Green Cafe until 1982, and the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life recommended the reinstatement of the campus pub in May 2011.

NEWS | 09/18/2014

McGraw Center revises tutoring system to accommodate students

Jasmine Wang

After seeing a significant increase in the use of study halls for classes such as economics, math, chemistry and physics, the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning has designed a new tutoring system in order to meet the capacity of students who want help, and plans to implement these changes within the next two weeks, Director of the McGraw Center and Associate Dean of the College Lisa Herschbach explained. The McGraw Center will hold peer tutoring from7 p.m.

NEWS | 09/18/2014

MCAT changes impact students' testing timelines

Charles Kyungchan Min

Expected revisions to the Medical College Admission Test have caused some premedical students to take the test at a different time and may have effects on the preparatory courses and classes premedical students choose to enroll in. The MCAT is the standard examination for prospective medical students in Canada and the United States.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

Suspect arrested in TD Bank robbery case

Daily Princetonian Staff

Wesley Gugliuzza, 28, was arrested Thursday for the robbery that occurred on Monday at a Princeton branch of TD Bank. Gugliuzza was captured and arrested by the Princeton Police Department in Old Bridge, according to a press release.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

News & Notes: Rodriguez ’08 finishes in 4th place on America’s Got Talent with musical ensemble

Daily Princetonian Staff

Attorney Cordaro Rodriguez ’08 finished in fourth place on the ninth season of America’s Got Talent on Wednesday with his musical ensemble, “Sons of Serendip,” featuring three other musicians whom he met “serendipitously” while pursuing a graduate degree at Boston University. The group made it to the final six of 48 competing acts and was chosen from thousands of applications to join the show on live television.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

70 percent of students change major after enrollment, study finds

70 percent of students change major after enrollment, study finds

Corinne Lowe

Approximately 70 percent of students change their course of study during their time at the University, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in a recent interview, citing an internal study she had seen. Associate Dean of the College Elizabeth Colagiuri said she was unable to confirm the accuracy of this number but confirmed she was aware that this study had been conducted.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

Changes to the Clery Act affect U. reporting of crimes on campus

Chitra Marti

The White House announced changes in July to the Clery Act under the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 that would require colleges and universities to comply with new campus safety and security requirements designed to curb sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking. These changes include requiring colleges to compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence and stalking, in addition to existing statistics. Colleges will also be required to adopt the FBI’s revised and more inclusive definition of rape, which dispenses with the distinction between the forcible and non-forcible sex offense categories,as well as add gender identity and national origin as categories of bias for hate crimes.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

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