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Updated: Major Princeton donor and former trustee Peter Lewis '55 dies

Chitra Marti

Peter Lewis ’55, former University trustee and donor, died Saturday afternoon at his home in Coconut Grove, Fla., at the age of 80.Lewis was the former CEO and chairman of auto insurance giant Progressive Insurance.

NEWS | 11/23/2013

Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

Updated: Eighth case of meningitis at Princeton reported; will not affect vaccination plans

Emily Tseng

Updated 11/24, 9:07 p.m. A female student was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized late on Thursdayin the eighth case of the disease to strike the University community since March. The student developed symptoms of the diseaseon Wednesdaynight, when she went to University Health Services at McCosh Health Center.

NEWS | 11/22/2013

Alan Krueger speaks on serving 'in the nation's service' as the President's chief economist

Alan Krueger speaks on serving 'in the nation's service' as the President's chief economist

Paul Phillips

Alan Krueger, the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at the Wilson School and former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors, reflected on the differences between policymaking and academia in a lecture this past Thursday.Krueger served as chairman of the CEA from November 2011 to August 2013 and came back to teach at the University this fall.Krueger explained that although some skills, including persistence and the ability to write and communicate, are necessary for both academia and policy work, policy makers need quite different skills from academics.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

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Jackson ’15: “Moving forward”

Anna Mazarakis

For incumbent USG president Shawon Jackson ’15, reelection would mean “moving forward” and building on his current term. “Essentially, the message that I want to get across is that now that I’ve been on USG for about a year as president,” Jackson said, “I don’t just want to stay stagnant, but I want to learn from the mistakes that I made this past year and learn from the successes and then carry that forward into the next year.” Headded that he is running for president because he has enjoyed this past year and would like to continue working on projects in the future now that he has an understanding of what the USG can do. Originally unopposed, Jackson faces a challenge from Class of 2015 senator Zach Ogle, whowon his appealto run in the election Sunday evening. “Even though I’ve been president this past year, if I am reelected, it doesn’t mean that I would do my term the same exact way as I did the past year.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

News & Notes: Case of meningitis reported at Monmouth U., strain unclear

Daily Princetonian Staff

A case of meningitis was reported at nearby Monmouth University on Thursday,The Star-Ledger reported. The diagnosis comes on the heels of the University's decision to provide two rounds of meningitis vaccines to the campus community. A Monmouth employee has been hospitalized and is "gravely ill,"according to a letter sent to the school by President Paul Brown, though a university spokeswoman said the strain of the bacteria is unknown.

NEWS | 11/21/2013

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Ogle ’15: “Increased outreach”

Anna Mazarakis

Despite a late start to campaigning, Zach Ogle ’15 said he will rely on his perspectives as a student in USG and in other campus groups to win the campus vote, emphasizing the importance of increased outreach to student groups. “I’m running for USG president because I feel like USG can do a much better job of reaching out to non-USG students,” Ogle said.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

3 of 4 races for USG committee chairs to be contested

Anna Mazarakis

In a break from recent trends, three of the four USG committee chair positions — Campus and Community Affairs Committee,Social Committee and Academics Committee — have contested elections.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Q&A: Alexis Ohanian, founder of Reddit

Paul Phillips

After delivering a lecture on entrepreneurship in the age of the Internet, founder of social media site Reddit Alexis Ohanian sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss the social media influences he looked to when founding the company and the future of the startup industry.Daily Princetonian: At the time you founded Reddit, what social media exerted an influence on you?Alexis Ohanian: What’s wild is that “social media” didn’t even exist.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of world wide web

Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of world wide web

Paul Phillips

Reddit founder Ohanian discusses techniques for successful entrepreneurship, power of Internet. While the earth is most certainly round, the Internet is flat and can be the world’s largest stage from which everyone has the opportunity to learn, Alexis Ohanian, the founder of online forum Reddit, told a crowd of Princeton students on Wednesday in a lecture about Reddit’s founding and the field of entrepreneurship. Having grown up with the World Wide Web, younger generations have had the advantage of understanding the Internet better than the “incumbents,” or older generation — a “huge advantage that we all need to capitalize on,” Ohanian said. Ohanian also offered his advice on entrepreneurship by noting that the difference between entrepreneurs is not whether or not one has great ideas.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Pilot service trip program to expand solar power to Peru

Sheila Sisimit

This spring break, eight Princeton students and one faculty member will travel to Urubamba, Peru to bring solar power to two communities in the area.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

News & Notes: Tourism spending in Princeton area passes pre-recession levels

Daily Princetonian Staff

Tourism spending in the Princeton area totaled $1.85 billion in 2012, even higher than spending before the 2008 recession, the Times of Trenton reported.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Victory bonfire won’t burn John Harvard in effigy

Victory bonfire won’t burn John Harvard in effigy

Jacqueline Gufford

In response to student concerns regarding the burning of a human figure, fuel for Sunday’s bonfire will not include an effigy of John Harvard and likely will not include a Yale bulldog.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

76 percent of students say they plan to get meningitis vaccine

Konadu Amoakuh and Joseph Sheehan Joe

Out of a total of 259 students interviewed by The Daily Princetonian between Tuesday and Wednesday, 197, or 76 percent, said they plan to get a vaccine not yet licensed in the United States that will be offered by the University to combat a campus outbreak of type B meningitis. Since March, six students and one visitor have been hospitalized with the disease.

NEWS | 11/20/2013

Presidential candidates Ogle ’15, Jackson ’15 debate focus of USG

Presidential candidates Ogle ’15, Jackson ’15 debate focus of USG

Ruby Shao

With a platform of student outreach, USG senator and presidential candidate Zachary Ogle ’15 called for a focus on best serving the needs of the student body at the USG presidential debate on Wednesday.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

Schmemann of International New York Times: "The U.S. cannot withdraw from the world"

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Schmemann of International New York Times: "The U.S. cannot withdraw from the world"

Loully Saney

As the United States debates what its role ought to be in the international community, completely withdrawing from involvement in foreign affairs is not the answer, said SergeSchmemann, editorial page editor of the International New York Times.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

Q&A: International New York Times editor Serge Schmemann on digital journalism

Loully Saney

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Serge Schmemann spoke on campusTuesdayevening about the place of the United States in the international community.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

News & Notes: Male allegedly exposes self on campus in three public lewdness incidents

Emily Tseng

A male alledgedly exposed himself to passersby at three different campus locations Tuesday evening. The reported lewdness incidents occurred at 6:17 p.m.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

Founder of J Street speaks on two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Regina Wang

The present round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have potential to finally establish a two-state solution, said Jeremy Ben-Ami ’84, the president and founder of J Street,a U.S.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

Q&A: Ben-Ami ’84, founder of J Street

Regina Wang

Jeremy Ben-Ami’84 spoke on campus Tuesday afternoon about the present-day politics of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Ben-Ami, the founder and president of advocacy group J Street, spoke to The Daily Princetonian about changes in the political climate on campus, particularly regarding Israel-Palestine. The Daily Princetonian: You mentioned that you’ve lectured on campus in the past.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

With new course and club, Deaf culture enjoys resurgence on campus

Ruby Shao

Amid the chaos of Cane Spree this October, Colin Lualdi ’17 was trying to ask for a T-shirt.

NEWS | 11/19/2013

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