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News & Notes: Fourth COMBO survey to be released by mid-July

News & Notes: Fourth COMBO survey to be released by mid-July

Anna Mazarakis

The fourth survey of the Committee on Background and Opportunity will be released within the next few weeks, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said in an interview this week. “The survey will probably go out by mid-July, and then we’ll probably keep it open for about a month with two to three reminder emails,” Jackson said. Though a tentative timeline described in theApril 28USG Senate packet indicated that the survey would be sent out on Dean’s Date, Jackson explained thatthe committee overseeing the administration of COMBO IV decidedto postpone its release because it was “conscious of survey fatigue” that the student body might be feeling due tothe large number of surveys sent out at the end of the academic year. The release of data for theCOMBO III surveylast fall was marked by heavy delays.

NEWS | 07/03/2013

Student with bacterial meningitis hospitalized abroad in fifth case linked to University since March

Daily Princetonian Staff

A male University student was hospitalized after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis on June 30 during an academic program abroad, the University announced in an email sent to undergraduate students Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 07/03/2013

As school year turns, Eisgruber ’83 now officially University president

Teddy Schleifer

Christopher Eisgruber ’83 officially replaced Shirley Tilghman as University president on Monday morning, a change in leadership that will likely guide the University through the next decade. Eisgruber, whose promotion from provost wasannounced in mid-April, assumed his new post as part of a Nassau Hall transition that simultaneouslyelevated former Wilson School professor David Lee to Eisgruber’s old positionand Pablo Debenedetti tothe dean for research position. Debenedettireplaces A.J.

NEWS | 07/01/2013

Town committee renews efforts to curb underage drinking

Ella Cheng

Renewing efforts to design and pass an ordinance to curb underage drinking in town, local officials and members of the Princeton community have formed a committee to discuss a possible ordinance that would fine minors under the age of 21 caught drinking inside a private residence. The committee, which has met twice so far, consists of representatives from the Princeton Police Department, Princeton High School, parents, Princeton Board of Health, various drug and alcohol prevention organizations, including Corner House and the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance, and the University.

NEWS | 06/28/2013

Supreme Court returns Fisher v. UT Austin to appeals court

Anna Mazarakis

The Supreme Court announcedMondaythat it will send Fisherv.

NEWS | 06/25/2013

Updated: Justices' Princeton-related activities provide clues as to how they might rule

Anna Mazarakis

For the two University alumni who will likely be shaping the future of affirmative action in the United States this week, their relationships with their alma mater both during and after they graduated hints at their views on the issue. The Supreme Court did not rule on Thursday in the case Fisher v.

NEWS | 06/19/2013

U. reopens after eight hours following bomb threat evacuation

Carla Javier

About eight hours after thecall to evacuate due to a bomb threat, the University reopened its campus at6:25 p.m.according to thePrinceton homepage.After an investigation led by the Department of Public Safety and assisted bymultiple law enforcement agenciesincluding the Princeton Police Department, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Mercer County Sheriff's Department and Prosecutor's Office, Monmouth County K-9 unit, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Transit Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, no explosives were found. According to the homepage, the University will continue to work with law enforcement officials to investigate the source of the threat.

NEWS | 06/13/2013

Princeton campus closes due to bomb threat; no devices found

Carla Javier

Updated 6:00 p.m.: A bomb threat alert was issued by the Universityon Tuesday at 10:26 a.m.The campus was fully evacuated and remained closed throughout the afternoon.

NEWS | 06/13/2013

U. announces eight new trustees

Daily Princetonian Staff

Eight new members will join the University’s Board of Trustees beginning July 1, the University officials announced Monday. The octet that will join the 40-member board that manages the University’s endowment, academics and property includes three term trustees elected by the board to serve four years and three alumni trustees elected by the University’s alumni to serve four years.

NEWS | 06/13/2013

Rep. Holt to run for Lautenberg’s Senate seat in special election

Rep.Rush Holt(D-NJ) announcedThursdayin an email to his supporters that he intends to run for the Senate seat left vacant byFrank Lautenberg’s deathon Monday. Holt is currently serving his eighth consecutive term in Congress representing the 12th Congressional District, the central New Jersey district that encompasses the University. In a controversial move expected to cost the state $24 million, New Jersey Gov.

NEWS | 06/06/2013

Lee GS ’99 named next U. provost, first Asian-American to hold post

Economics and Wilson School professor David Lee GS ’99 has been selected to serve as the University’s next provost effective July 1, the University announced Wednesday morning. Lee will be the first Asian-American to hold the post, as well as the highest-ranking Asian-American in the University administration.

NEWS | 06/05/2013

In her last commencement speech, Tilghman tells Class of 2013 to ‘aim high and be bold'

In her last commencement speech, Tilghman tells Class of 2013 to ‘aim high and be bold'

After a Commencement weekend characterized by rain, with guests huddling under white tents, the sun shone brightlyTuesdaymorning as members of the Class of 2013 marched onto the front lawn of Nassau Hall for the University's 266th Commencement. One thousand two hundred and sixty-one members of the Class of 2013, five students from other classes and 892 graduate students received degrees in the morning ceremony, joined from the audience by roughly 10,000 friends and family members. The University's 19th president Shirley Tilghman addressed the graduates.

NEWS | 06/04/2013

How Jay White, a Neil Diamond cover act, duped Princeton

Angela Wang

Reunions attendees young and old at the 50th Reunions tentSaturdaynight were entranced by the classic songs of Neil Diamond.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

N.J. senator Lautenberg dies at 89

U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, a Democrat from New Jersey who served five terms in Congress, died from complications due to viral pneumoniaon Mondaymorning,according to a statementreleased by his office.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

Couple allegedly robbed near Engineering Quadrangle after stun gun threat

One man and one woman were allegedly robbedon Sundaynight at10 p.m.on Charlton Street between Nassau Street and William Street, close to the Engineering Quadrangle and Princeton University Press, according to a Princeton Police press release and an email sent to undergraduate studentsMondayafternoon by Department of Public Safety Administrative Captain Donald Reichling. The two victims told police who arrived on the scene that several black males in their late teens to early 20s stole cash, credit cards and a cell phone after allegedly threatening them with a stun gun.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

Class Day speaker Remnick '81 speaks on luck, freedom and how Princeton changed his 'dim, denimed' self

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick ’81 discussed the responsibilities of freedom and recalled how Princeton changed his life in his Class Day speech Monday morning. Remnick opened by asking the Class Day committee what they were thinking when they chose him over the likes of comedian Louie C.K., filmmaker Lena Dunham and Supreme Court justice Elena Kagan ’81. “The truth is, of course, I don’t want to know what led to your impoverished decision, because I’m so immensely grateful for it,” Remnick said. He recalled arriving at Princeton as a freshman in 1976 as an “amorphous teenager … dim, denimed and desperate to learn.” Remnick majored in comparative literature — what his father called “fancy English” — though he told the crowd that he received a C-plus and D in Russian 102 and 105, respectively. Despite his grades, however, Remnick said he was changed by the University, citing the classes he took with professors Robert Hollander and John McPhee ’53, and his experience outside the classroom writing for the University Press Club after initially being hosed and founding the Nassau Weekly. Remnick likened the seniors to the protagonist of the novel “This Side of Paradise” by F.

NEWS | 06/03/2013

Baccalaureate: Bernanke offers Princeton seniors advice on careers, romance and everything in between

Chairman of the Federal Reserve and former chair of the University’s Department of EconomicsBen Bernankereturned to campus 11 years after he left the faculty to speak to the Class of 2013 at Baccalaureate and make observations based on his experiences on everything from potential career paths to future romances. In her introduction, University President Shirley Tilghman described Bernanke as open and fair-minded, traits that not only “won him the deep respect of colleagues” with diverse political views but also enabled him to “rise above the partisan fray in the service of both a Republican and Democratic president.” Tilghman also described him as “one of the nation’s foremost monetary economists” whose leadership during the 2008 financial crisis has led to a “weak but palpable recovery.” “As each of you prepares to put your education to good use, in the service of this nation and all nations, you could not do better than to look to Ben Bernanke, who has combined in his career the best elements of academic and public life,” she said.

NEWS | 06/02/2013

Q&A: Chris Lu ’88

Former Cabinet Secretary Chris Lu ’88visited the Princeton campus for his 25threunion andheadlined a panelon the opportunities and challenges facing Asian-Americans today.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

With 252, Class of 1998 sets Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people in tennis outfits

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With 252, Class of 1998 sets Guinness World Record for largest gathering of people in tennis outfits

For its 15thReunion class picture, the Class of 1998 successfully completed an attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people in tennis outfits, with 252 participants. As this was an attempt to set a new record, as per Guinness policy, the minimum number of people needed is 250.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

Alumni panelists discuss changes in news media

The strengths and weaknesses of modern media were discussed at an alumni panel, “Media and Influence: Don’t Shoot the Messenger,” Saturday morning during Reunions. The panelists included Karen Magee ’83, Dan Porter ’88, Helen Coster ’98, AJ Smith ’03 and Jennifer Epstein ’08.

NEWS | 06/01/2013

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