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Nov 29, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Victoria Davies |Christopher Bao
Enzo Kho ’26 and Aishwarya Swamidurai ’26 have been elected as the president and vice president, respectively, of the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) in an unusual split-ticket win. All four referenda on the ballot also passed. The USG announced the results via an email to the student body on Nov. 29. Breaking with election precedent, every race in the Winter 2024 election was contested, with 50 candidates running for 16 seats.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao
Faculty and researchers associated with the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment are welcoming the University’s recent announcement that it will resume accepting research funding from various fossil fuel companies that meet its dissociation criteria. However, top researchers whose work was affected, directly or indirectly, told The Daily Princetonian that they were surprised at the decision — saying they were not consulted prior to the announcement of the decision.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao
It is not every day that a Princeton undergraduate becomes mayor. It’s even rarer when they call their hold on the position into question, effectively turning down the job. For the past several weeks, Thomas Emens ’25 has taken time away from his thesis research and coursework to serve as the acting mayor of his hometown, Jamesburg, N.J., in the wake of the unexpected resignation of the previous mayor, Thomas Gibbons.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao
Though not all votes in Mercer County have been counted, most ballots are in, and Mara Franceschi, Chris Santarpio, and Ari Meisel, candidates for the board of education (BOE) race, have all declared victory. This year, Princeton voters cast 11,999 ballots, down from 14,338 votes in the 2020 general election. The BOE race proved to be the only substantially competitive race on the Princeton ballot.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Sena Chang |Christopher Bao |Charlie Roth
Throughout Election Day, The Daily Princetonian conducted exit interviews from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. as voters, including students and community members, left the polling locations. Almost all told the ‘Prince’ they voted for Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris won in N.J. by approximately five points over former President Donald Trump. An overwhelming majority of voters expressed strong support for Kamala Harris in the presidential race, at 90.91 percent.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Sena Chang |Christopher Bao
With six candidates competing for three spots in the upcoming Princeton Public Schools Board of Education race, The Daily Princetonian asked each candidate a series of questions LGBTQ+ rights in schools, book bans, and superintendent turnover. Teaching of LGBTQ+ content in schools has been the subject of nationwide debate. In the past several years, many state-level laws have been passed to restrict the ability of educators to teach on topics like gender and sexuality.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Sena Chang |Christopher Bao
In a public lecture delivered on Wednesday, Oct. 23, science fiction author Ted Chiang explored philosophical and ethical arguments for and against pursuing immortality, discussed biological explanations for current human longevity, and addressed scientific concerns facing society. The event, titled “Do You Really Want to Live Forever?” marked the third talk this academic year in the Spencer Trask Lecture Series and drew over 200 attendees to McCosh 50.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao |Eojin Park
Hurricane Milton struck Florida at around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 9, killing at least seven people and leaving millions of residents without power. Over a thousand miles away in Princeton, students who call the Sunshine State home have had to navigate travel delays and cancellations while coping with worries about family and friends’ safety. Amrit Vignesh ’28 hails from Orlando, Fla. According to Vignesh, his flight back to Orlando from Newark on Friday, Oct. 11 was canceled.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao
The Princeton University Board of Trustees has rejected calls to remove John Witherspoon’s statue from campus, according to a letter released on Wednesday, Oct. 2. This brings an end to a lengthy consideration process that began in November 2022. At the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting that month, administrators announced that the CPUC Committee on Naming was considering a proposal to remove or replace the statue of John Witherspoon.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao |Vivien Wong
In the weeks following Murray-Dodge Café’s reopening for the fall semester on Sept. 4, student employees and visitors say there have been noticeably fewer patrons using the space due to the hindered access to its basement space. The café’s main entrance, which provides direct access to the common room and open kitchen, is an outdoor staircase facing the Princeton University Art Museum’s current construction site.
