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News & Notes: Princeton branch of TD Bank robbed

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

News & Notes: On day of fall Lawnparties, fewer alcohol transports than last spring’s

Daily Princetonian Staff

Three students were transported for alcohol intoxication to either McCosh Health Center or the University Medical Center of Princeton betweenSunday at 9 a.m.andMonday at 9 a.m., according to statistics provided by the University.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

Despite deflation policy, A-range grades on upward trend

Angela Wang

The fraction of A-range grades in the fall 2011 through spring 2014 three-year period increased to 43 percent from 40 percent in fall 2008 through spring 2011, the Faculty Committee on Grading announced at the first faculty meeting of the academic year on Monday. The 43 percent of A-range grades in the most recent three-year period is still lower than the 47 percent of A-range grades reported in 2001-04, the period right before the current grade deflation policy was enacted. These data were released in light of a separate grade deflation policy report that was released in August.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

Jepson School professor discusses the tenets of John Marshall at James Madison lecture

Paul Phillips

John Marshall, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court, was both an ardent advocate of judicial constructionism and supporter of central government, Gary McDowell said at a lecture on Monday. McDowell, a professor at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, is the author of 11 books on topics like judicial power and the Constitution.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

Breaking: Faculty approves recommendations on handling of sexual assault cases

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

University faculty members unanimously voted to approve a set of recommendations on the handling of sexual misconduct by the Faculty Advisory Committee on Policy this afternoon. The four major changes inaugurated through the vote are to allow equal rights of appeal to both the accuser and those found guilty, to remove student presence from the adjudication panel, toreduce the burden of proof for sexual assault cases from “clear and persuasive” to “preponderance of evidence” and to allow both complainants and respondents to appoint an adviser from outside the University community. These changes take into account legislation from the Clery Act, the Violence Against Women Act and Title IX, a law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funds.The University is currently one of the 55 institutions underinvestigation for violating Title IX. Although a motion to postpone the vote and allow additional discussion time received some support from faculty members, who filled the ranks of Nassau Hall on Monday afternoon, Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice said that the University was under time pressure to comply with explicit legal demands made by the Office for Civil Rights over the summer. “We truly believe that these are very good, positive and compliant changes to our procedures,” she explained, saying they were very carefully thought out by the FACP.

NEWS | 09/15/2014

News & Notes: Bomb threat at CVS currently under investigation

Daily Princetonian Staff

]]>Police are currently investigating a reported bomb threat at the CVS Pharmacy on Nassau Street that occurred Friday evening. The Princeton Police Department responded at 7:55 p.m.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

News & Notes: Ohio State to strengthen sexual assault, harassment policies

Daily Princetonian Staff

Ohio State University has agreed to strengthen its policies on sexual assault and sexual harassment, the Washington Post reported, ending the longest-running Title IX investigation conducted by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

Shapiro GS '64, Tilghman to teach freshman seminars this academic year

Konadu Amoakuh

Two former University presidents — Harold Shapiro GS ’64 and Shirley Tilghman — as well as former Harvard University president Neil Rudenstine ’56 are all teaching freshman seminars this academic year. Shapiro, who served as president of the University from 1988 to 2001, is teaching FRS 159: Science, Technology, and Public Policy.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

U. issues advisory in response to Ebola outbreak

Durva Trivedi

The University will not support undergraduate or graduate student travel to Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria or Sierra Leone due to the recent outbreak of Ebola in the region, and those who have recently traveled to the region must report to University Health Services.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

When estimating pay of U.'s top investment executives, multiple factors complicate picture

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The base compensations of the University’s two top chief investment executives, Andrew Golden and Jonathan Erickson, both went up by just over 5 percent last fiscal year, maintaining the executives' positions as the two highest-paid University employees. Golden’s base compensation was $737,476, while Erickson earned $608,976, according to the University’s most recent 990 form, a public document that includes financial details of nonprofit organizations. Golden’s cited bonus and incentive compensation stands at $1,214,274, a 48 percent increase from last year.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

CPS extends service hours, plans partnerships with campus organizations

Do-Hyeong Myeong

The service hours for Counseling and Psychological Services have been extended for Mondays and Wednesdays as of Sept.

NEWS | 09/14/2014

U. to launch bike-sharing program in late fall

Jeron Fenton

]]>The University will pilot its own bike-sharingprogram beginning in the late fall, organized by the University’s transportation and parking department. The pilotbike-sharingprogram will consist of 10 bicycles available for rental at the new Dinky station.

NEWS | 09/11/2014

Student develops supplement to cure hangovers

Ruby Shao

By night, students drink. By day, they struggle through hangovers in precepts and in athletic practices, among other places. "You just kind of always hear people complaining about hangovers,” Brooks Powell’16 said.

NEWS | 09/11/2014

U. appoints Liu as director of Princeton Center in Beijing

Sharon Deng

Jin Liu was named the director of the new Princeton Center in Beijing and officially began her job working at the first administrative center abroad set up by the University in mid-July. The center was approved by the trustees of the University in April last year and is under the administrative oversight of Diana Davies, the University’s vice provost for international initiatives. Located on the campus of Tsinghua University, a top research university in China, the center offers assistance to faculty on their collaborations with different Chinese partner universities and helps students with logistical aspects of research and internships.

NEWS | 09/11/2014

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