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Dec 4, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addressed a fully packed Whig Senate Hall Chamber Tuesday evening in a highly-anticipated event hosted by American Whig-Cliosophic Society. His talk addressed his views on the next gubernatorial race in New Jersey, where he launched into a full-throated critique of Democratic candidate Sean Spiller, targeting his deep ties to teachers’ unions.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
Jerome Powell ’75, the Federal Reserve Chair, has been as Princeton’s Baccalaureate speaker, set for TKTKTKTK. In the past, Powell has clashed with President-elect Donald Trump and, most recently, has appeared in the news for saying he will not step down if Trump asks him to resign. At Princeton, Powell studied politics and wrote a senior thesis titled “South Africa: Forces for Change,” and went on to earn a law degree from Georgetown University Law School.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
Students and faculty congregated at Firestone Plaza on Nov. 8 to join a walkout expressing their disappointment in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s election to presidential office a few days prior. Approximately 50 people were in attendance, and the protests took place at noon. The protest was organized by Mira Eashwaran ’26 alongside Anna Buretta ’27, who serves as co-lead of action at Sunrise Princeton.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Annie Rupertus |Eojin Park |Miriam Waldvogel
More than six months following the conclusion of Princeton’s “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” the 13 people arrested for occupying Clio Hall will have to wait at least another month for a trial date. During a brief zoom hearing Tuesday morning, defense attorney Aymen Aboushi requested a re-evaluation of a plea deal that would have allowed six of the protesters to plead guilty to a municipal noise ordinance.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, spoke at a filled Robertson Auditorium as part of the Dean’s Leadership series organized by the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) on Oct. 29. The conversation was facilitated by Professor of SPIA Razia Iqbal.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
The front yard of the Office of Religious Life (ORL) and Cannon Green bustled with refugee families, student volunteers, and children this past Saturday, Oct. 26, all gathered to carry out a classic autumn tradition: pumpkin carving. Princeton’s pumpkin carving event, hosted by the ORL in partnership with local faith-based refugee organizations, has been held annually since 2016.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Eojin Park
The School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) hosted its second annual “Undergraduate Policy Day in Washington” trip to its Washington headquarters on Sept. 27 — the latest in an informal push against the Princeton-to-private-sector pipeline. Since the start of the semester, SPIA has held a series of events and programs promoting careers in public service.
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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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Sep 26, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Sena Chang |Eojin Park
As part of a new pilot program, all graduate students not on a meal plan had 12 free meals automatically loaded onto their PUIDs for use over the course of the fall semester. The program, called the 12 Free Meals Pilot Program, kicked off on Sunday, Aug. 25 and gives students access to meals in Proctor Hall, the dining hall located in the Graduate College. The program doubled the number of free meals that graduate students receive per semester.
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Sep 18, 2024 | 
dailyprincetonian.com | Sena Chang |Eojin Park
In an unexpected move, the Registrar’s Office released the final exam schedule via email on Aug. 21, a month earlier than last year’s announcement on Sept. 25. This change will enable students to prepare travel plans for winter break earlier, and avoid higher flight costs. The timing of finals has long been a point of contention, highlighted during last year’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) vice presidential debate, in which candidates discussed potential changes to the academic calendar.
