The town planning board is expected to review a controversial proposal on Thursdayto open a 7-Eleven convenience store at the vacant West Coast Video property.The town council voted 4-3 in December to pass an ordinance requiring businesses bordering residential zones to be closed between 2 a.m.
Harvard Law School was found in noncompliance with Title IX for violating the same broad criteria as the University, according to aDec.
The University is in the process of reestablishing a dedicated deanship position within the Graduate School to deal with issues of diversityfollowing complaints voiced by graduate students, faculty members, trustees and alumni. A job description for the position of associate dean for diversity and inclusion was posted on the University's website on Nov.
The three Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidates and two vice presidential candidates debated policy, programming and waffle fries at the elections debate on Tuesday night in the Whig Hall senate chamber. Speaking to about 25 audience members, USG presidential candidates Ella Cheng '16, William Gansa '17 and Molly Stoneman '16 presented opposing opinions on the role of USG in student life and emphasized different issues they plan to address if awarded the presidency. Stoneman is the current USG vice president, while Cheng is the Student Life Committee Chair.
A proposal by the molecular biology department to modify requirements for the concentration was approved last Thursday by the Faculty Committee on the Course of Study. According to molecular biology professor Elizabeth Gavis, the new curriculum will go into effect beginning in the 2015-16 academic year. James Baase ’15, the Undergraduate Student Government academics chair, said that one to two of the currently required courses will no longer be required.
The Undergraduate Student Government discussed changes to Career Services, the Integrated Course Engine and Restaurant Week during its weekly senate meeting on Sunday night. Executive Director of Career ServicesPulin Sanghvi began the meeting by speaking to the senate about planning a major overhaul ofCareer Services. Several senate members said that Career Services should do more to invite recruiters from fields beyond finance and computer science. “Our ... focus is to start putting the infrastructure in place to proactively reach out to a much broader and more diverse range of employers and alumni,” Sanghvi said. He added that Career Services will encourage alumni to create internship and job opportunities for students within their companies. Sanghvi said that Career Services hopes to become more feedback driven, adding that the Career and Life Vision workshops have received very positive student responses. USG president Shawon Jackson '17 addressed the Princeton Perspective Project, an initiative to drive conversation about struggling at the University,in his presidential report. “The Princeton Perspective Project is obviously a top priority for me,” he said. Since its launch last week, the website has received more than 1,650 views; nearly 50 students attended the Princeton Perspective Projectopen house last Friday, Jackson said. According to the meeting's agenda, the members of thePrinceton Perspective Projectare now planning a summit in which students, alumni and staff can discuss their personal experiences. The USG also discussed the Integrated Course Engine, the popular TigerApps course planning system that will be replaced by Course Planner, a feature of the University’s new student portal, TigerHub. While the University hopes to eventually incorporate most of ICE’s features into TigerHub, academics committee chairJames Baase ’15 explained that some features, such as customized color schemes and sharing features, will not be carried over. ICE has been maintained by Gyeong-Sik Choi ’10, who built it for his COS 333: Advanced Programming Techniques project; according to Baase, he has expressed a desire to retire the app. While information technology chair Clement Lee '15 said the USG is trying to convince Choi to maintain the application for spring course offerings, it is unclear at this time whether Choi will agree. Baase also discussed a recent meeting with the Faculty Committee on the Course of Study aboutpotential changes to requirements for the molecular biology concentration.
The Black Ivy Coalition, a group consisting of members from all eight Ivy League Schools, published a statement in The Huffington Post late last month establishing a Collegiate Civil Rights Coalition. The statement, entitled "A Call to Action: Our Generation and the Evolution of the Civil Rights Era," was written and signed by two members from each Ivy League school for a total of 16 signatures. "We aim to correct the misconception that the Civil Rights movement is over and the United States exists in a paradigm of post-racism," the statement reads,calling for a new generation of black leaders to address today's racial issues."We can no longer expect for Rev.
