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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
Despite the initial shift in November from the “Making an Exoneree” course partnership with Georgetown University to a more locally focused course, the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is now offering both SPI 494: Making an Exoneree alongside SPI 413: The Criminal Legal System: Advocacy and Freedom — the latter being the former’s presumed replacement.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Isabella Roberts |Elisabeth Stewart
After launching a new webpage on Nov. 2, Cannon Dial Elm Club is soliciting donations for an upcoming renovation, titled “Thrive in ’25.” According to the project website, the aim of “Thrive in ’25” is “building on our club’s success since 2011 by upgrading the Club facilities.” The club reopened in 2011, after closing in 1998, and is now aiming for $1.5 million in fundraising before the end of 2024.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
Last spring, Kat Ivkovic ’25 traveled to Cleveland, Ohio, to meet Peter Kenney Jr., a man who was wrongly convicted of murder and kidnapping in 2001. As part of the course SPI 499: Making an Exoneree, Kat and her case partners visited Kenney’s family, investigated his case, and produced a documentary aimed at furthering efforts to secure Kenney’s exoneration.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
Princeton’s campus — literally star-studded with reminders of its robust historical ties to military service — paused on Nov. 11 for the commemoration of Veterans Day, beginning with a Chapel service at 9 a.m. followed by a reception at Murray Dodge Hall. President of Princeton Student Veterans Richard Kertatos ’26 opened the chapel service, which featured remarks from Captain Kelley T. Jones GS, who is the U.S. Navy’s 2023 Arthur S. Moreau Scholar at the University.
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Oct 4, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) has opened an investigation into stickers with anti-Israel sentiments placed around campus, which were discovered by several students last weekend. University Spokesperson Jennifer Morrill confirmed in an email to The Daily Princetonian that DPS is investigating this as a bias incident. This is the second bias incident related to the Israel-Palestine conflict this month. On Sept.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
Two months after Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest (PIAD) submitted its divestment petition, the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Resources Committee is still continuing to establish a process to consider community input on the proposal, as the University prepares for its first CPUC meeting Monday. Establishing a process for feedback is necessary to reach the broad campus “consensus” required from any potential divestment proposal.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
After eight years at the Office for Religious Life (ORL), incoming Dean Theresa Thames has developed a deep appreciation for the relationships she builds. It’s a gift, she says, to use her role to learn about students, her colleagues, and campus community members. “A question that I often lead with is, ‘How is your heart?’ And when I ask that question, I absolutely mean it,” Thames said during an interview with The Daily Princetonian.
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May 12, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
Following a petition by six faculty members in late April, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 has called a special meeting of the faculty for 4:30 p.m. on Monday, May 20. The proposal — drafted by Molly Greene GS ’93, Ruha Benjamin, Dan-El Padilla Peralta, Lidal Dror, V.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Christopher Bao |Elisabeth Stewart |Annie Rupertus
Following a rushed special meeting on Sunday, April 28, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Senate published a statement around 2 p.m. on Monday, April 29 calling on the University to “publicly reaffirm the right to speak and peaceably assemble” and “commit to suspending neither student groups nor individuals without meaningful due process.”USG President Avi Attar ’25 called the special meeting for 5 p.m. on Sunday, and nearly 100 attendees were present.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Elisabeth Stewart
More than 40 Princeton students laid on the ground in front of Firestone Library on a cold afternoon in February, during a die-in to protest Israel’s planned military offense in Rafah. Originally, the protest was supposed to happen the day before, on Feb. 13. However, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), the student organization behind the protest — and one that has been at the forefront of recent pro-Palestinian action on campus — rescheduled the demonstration, deterred by forecasts of snow.
