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News and Notes: Princeton region running short on road salt

The Daily Princetonian

News and Notes: Princeton region running short on road salt

Sheila Sisimit

Due to the successive winter storms, the statewide demand for salt has exceeded the capacity of suppliers, resulting in a regional shortage of road salt, the Princeton Packet reported. A 100-ton salt shipment was expected to arrive at Princeton on Thursday, but it is now expected to arrive early next week, and it may not be the full order, Mayor Liz Lempert said. As of Thursday, Princeton had only half the amount of salt the municipality uses during snowstorms.As a result, the Department of Public Works employees will use a combination of salt and sand in order to clear smaller roads. The director of emergency management has the power to implement the Princeton Emergency Action Plan due to the state of emergency, and Princeton agencies are able to use property owned by Princeton to protect life and property. The removal of cars from the streets and unnecessary traffic is also required. Municipal offices and public schools in the area were closed on Thursday.Garbage collection was suspended for Thursday and is expected to resume Friday.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

Following suicide attempt, student filed complaint against Princeton alleging discrimination

The Daily Princetonian

Following suicide attempt, student filed complaint against Princeton alleging discrimination

Chitra Marti

In February 2012, a freshman was allegedly asked to withdraw from the University following a suicide attempt, according to a discrimination complaintfiled with the United States Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.The student attempted to fight the administration's decision, the July 2012 complaint read, but ultimately left for two semesters. The complaint was initially dismissed in January 2013 by the OCR, although the student's lawyers allege that the determination was incorrect and are appealing the decision.

NEWS | 02/13/2014

New USG members appointed

The Daily Princetonian

New USG members appointed

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The USG senate approved selected appointees for a range of positions last weekend, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said. Although public elections took place in November, only one student ran for Class of 2015 senator then, prompting Jackson and Class of 2015 president Jonathan Ma ’15 to send out additional application notices. Nihar Madhavan ’15 will serve alongside Mariana Bagneris ’15 as 2015 class senator.

NEWS | 02/13/2014
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Obama ’85 speaks about undergraduate experience as part of video campaign

The Daily Princetonian

Obama ’85 speaks about undergraduate experience as part of video campaign

Carla Javier

First Lady Michelle Obama ’85 described feeling overwhelmed when first stepping onto campus as a freshman in a video for “I’m First,” a collection founded by the Center for Student Opportunity. According to the Center for Student Opportunity, “I’m First” aims to provide first-generation students and their mentors with “inspiration, information and support on the road to and through college.” Obama is the series’ first celebrity contributor. In her video, Obama explains that because neither of her parents graduated from college, she did not know how to find her classes or furnish her dorm room, adding that she did not even have the correct size sheets. “But here’s the thing, I may not have had the right sheets, but I learned pretty quickly that I had what it took to succeed in college,” Obama said in the video. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 attended a White House conference on increasing college opportunities for low-income students on Jan.

NEWS | 02/11/2014

News & Notes: 16 students transported for alcohol consumption

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: 16 students transported for alcohol consumption

Carla Javier

16 students were transported to McCosh Health Center and the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to alcohol consumption this weekend, the highest number in at least the past three years. This weekend represents what has traditionally been a spike in the number of students hospitalized for excessive alcohol intake that coincides with the weekend of eating club pickups and initiations. University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua noted that, because the data represents all transports for the entire weekend, it is impossible to conclude whether they are related to specific campus activities. This year’s transport numbers are higher than last year’s, when six students were transported to McCosh and to UMCPP; in 2012, 10 students were taken to McCosh and to UMCPP; in 2011, 11 students were taken to McCosh and to UMCPP. Nine students were transported on Friday, three students were transported on Saturday, and four were transported on Sunday.

NEWS | 02/11/2014

Eisgruber ’83 considers reversing policy on accepting student transfers

The Daily Princetonian

Eisgruber ’83 considers reversing policy on accepting student transfers

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The University will consider overturning its policy on transfer students, which prohibits the use of external college credits to enroll after freshman fall, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 announced during Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Committee meeting. Although many of the University’s peer institutions, including Harvard, Brown and Dartmouth, allow undergraduate transfers, the University ended this practice in 1990 under former University President Harold Shapiro. “It was decided that requirements of a Princeton education are sufficiently unique that it would be hard for someone to come in and make the adjustment,” Eisgruber explained in an interview with The Daily Princetonian on Tuesday, following the Monday meeting. He said that the administration was particularly concerned about preparing students for the University’s independent work requirements, which include two junior research papers and a senior thesis. This major policy shift would require approval from both the Board of Trustees and the administration and is scheduled to come up during the administration’s strategic planning discussions over the next 18 months. “It’s clear that transfer students have come to Princeton in decades past and flourished here, so it’s obviously possible,” Eisgruber said. He explained that a transfer program would allow the University to admit students from community colleges, promoting more socioeconomic diversity on campus, as well as military veterans, who usually have college credits from before their enlistment. However, Eisgruber also said that the policy change would require careful consideration before it could be implemented, and that the program would most likely provide very few extra spaces, a trend consistent with transfer programs at peer institutions. “Still, those small number of slots can be very important to the students who receive them,” Eisgruber noted.

NEWS | 02/11/2014

Students launch beta version of video game start-up ‘Digitalcade’

The Daily Princetonian

Students launch beta version of video game start-up ‘Digitalcade’

Konadu Amoakuh

Digitalcade, an online gaming technology companyfounded in part by a current and a former student, wants to take gaming to the next level. Founded by four college students, including Peter Thorpe ’14 andLester Nare, who left the University in 2012,Digitalcade is a 24-hour gaming website where users sign in to play games live. The company began development in 2010, and it is currently ready to enter its beta stage, where it will be tested by actual users, said co-founder and chief designer Andrew Shingleton. Digitalcade gives users access to skill-based games with two user options — free play or 25-cent play. Users who choose to play for free collect tickets for each game they play, just like in an arcade.

NEWS | 02/11/2014

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