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283 students participate in sorority rush

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

News & Notes: 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

Lack of awareness biggest nuclear related threat today, Schlosser ’81 says

Lorenzo Quiogue

The lack of awareness surrounding the state of nuclear weapons is the biggest nuclear-related threat in the world today, journalist Eric Schlosser ’81 said at a lecture on Wednesday.

NEWS | 09/17/2014

News & Notes: Lempert breaks tie to raise council salaries

Corinne Lowe

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert broke a tie at last Monday’s council meeting to raise her own and other governing officials’ salaries. The tie was between the faction voting to increase their salaries, consisting of Council President Bernie Miller, Councilwoman Heather Howard and Councilman Lance Liverman on one side, and Councilwomen Jenny Crumiller and Jo Butler and Councilman Patrick Simon on the other. Lempert’s salary increased from $15,000 to $17,500 while Miller’s increased from $7,500 to $12,500, and the rest of the council’s will increase from $7,500 to $10,00. While Crumiller and Simon proposed to put the decision to a public vote and to make the raises effective only to successive councils respectively, both proposals were overridden. Lempert attributed her decision to a desire to end the long debate over salaries and proceed to other issues. Middlesex and Mercer counties have made comparable salary increases according to a memo submitted to the council the following Wednesday.

NEWS | 09/16/2014

News & Notes: Princeton branch of TD Bank robbed

Corinne Lowe

The TD Bank in Princeton was robbed at 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 15, Planet Princeton reported. An unidentified white male allegedly walked into the bank at the intersection of Cherry Valley Road and Route 206, walked up to a bank teller and silently passed him a note requesting cash and informing the teller that he was armed. After the teller handed him an envelope filled with cash, the robber left on foot.

NEWS | 09/16/2014

Holt discusses data collection, privacy

Holt discusses data collection, privacy

Jacob Donnelly

The significance of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S.

NEWS | 09/16/2014

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NEWS | 09/16/2014

New research examines link between cerebellum and autism

Jeron Fenton

Injury to the cerebellum could further our understanding of autism, according to new research by molecular biology professor Samuel Wang. Using the preexisting anatomical and clinical work from the last five to 10 years, Wang’s new idea merges much of the scientific literature exploring a connection between damage to the cerebellum and autism. “Brain development requires internal communication within the brain, and what we suggest is that that internal communication gets disrupted in cases that lead to autism,”Wang said. His research is different from previous research that links the cerebellum to autism because he introduces the concept of sensitive periods. “The sensitive period idea is like this: If you learn a language before the age of six, you speak like a native.

NEWS | 09/16/2014

Wanitwat ’14 creates ‘Daddies Date Babies’ documentary to explore ‘sugar babies’ phenomenon

Ruby Shao

Parinda Wanitwat ’14 is exploringthe phenomenon of sugar babies through the eyes of five student-age women in New York City inadocumentary called “Daddies Date Babies.”A sugar baby is a young adult who exchanges sexual relations in return for financialsupport from an older sugar daddy or sugar mama. “The women want as much money as possible for as much stability as possible.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

New & Notes: Hun School of Princeton teacher arrested for sexual assault

Daily Princetonian Staff

Nolan Johnson, a former technical theater teacher at the Hun School of Princeton, was arrested and charged with three counts of second-degree sexual assault and one second-degree count of endangering the welfare of a child on Monday, according to the Princeton Police Department press release. Johnson allegedly "engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior with [a 16-year-old] female victim on multiple occasions between June 2014 and July 2014, while Nolan was the victim’s Hun School teacher," according to the release. After school officials learned of the allegations, Johnson was placed on leave.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

News & Notes: Public Safety, Fire Department, PSE&G respond to gas leak at construction site

Angela Wang

The University's Department of Public Safety, the Princeton Fire Department and the Public Service Electric and Gas Company responded to a gas leak at the Lakeside Graduate Housing construction siteMondaymorning, according to Planet Princeton. A backhoe, a type of construction vehicle, had struck a gas line at about8:06 a.m.Construction workers were then evacuated from the area, and the gas line was shut off at8:24 a.m. There were no injuries, according to officials present. The Lakeside housing complex is located near Lake Carnegie and the Dinky station and will contain 329 rental units that will be able to house up to 715 graduate students. A two-bedroom apartment at Lakeside will cost$1,546 per month, as opposed to$1,179at the Butler Apartments that are slated for demolition.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

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