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Monday January 9, 2017 vol. cxl no. 120
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STUDENT LIFE :: DEC. 31
U. found to be compliant with ADA by Justice Department
By Charles Min
associate news editor
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey reached an agreement with the University with regards to the University’s protocol and procedural practices relating to students with mental health disabilities, according to a University press release. A compliance review of University policies began in May 2014, and the DOJ did not find any instances of ADA non-compliance after years of review. The specific policies in question included requests for reasonable modifications, withdrawals, and leaves of absences. The agreement includes a revision to the type of accommodations students with disabilities may request, a revision of the protocol listed on the websites for the Office of Disability Services and Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students to request such accommodations, a revision to the University’s leave of absence poli-
cies and practices to better align with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and annual training on Title III of the ADA. “The University really has a community-wide approach — with support from staff in offices across campus and the residential colleges, as well as from individual faculty — to ensure that undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities get the access they deserve,” said Michele Minter, Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity, in the press release. The University has 30 days to make these amendments to its policies to better comply with ADA. This compliance review was made separate from another lawsuit the University is facing in W.P. v. Princeton University, in which a former University student who had attempted suicide was later allegedly denied access to the University and pressured to “voluntarily” withdraw from the University.
Bore ’20 elected as USLC Chair in runoff election associate news editor
In the only runoff election held after the 2016 Winter Elections, Tania Bore ‘20 was elected as University Student Life Committee Chair. Bore beat Michael Zhou ‘19 for the position with 67.9% of the runoff vote. Turnout for the runoff elections was substantially lower, with only 578 out of 5,251 eligible students casting ballots. In the first round of elections, overall turnout was higher than in recent winter elections, at 49.8%. The runoff election for this position, however, only garnered 11%
On campus, Shin was a member of Forbes College, KASA, VTone, PURE, and the Daily Princetonian.
Wonshik Shin ‘19 remembered for kindness, enthusiasm By Claire Lee Associate news editor
STUDENT LIFE :: DEC. 17
By Marcia Brown
COURTESY OF ZOE TU ‘18
turnout. The class of 2020 had the highest turnout in the first round of elections, as well as in the runoff. In the first round, three candidates competed for the position: Bore, Zhou, and Kade McCorvy ‘20. Voter turnout was 34.9% for this particular race . Zhou earned 42.4% of the vote in the first round, and Bore earned 33.3% in the first round. Jenny Zhang ‘18 is the current University Student Life Committee Chair. The University Student Life Committee Chair serves under the chief elections manager, which is itself an appointed position.
Wonshik Shin ‘19, an undergraduate from Seoul, South Korea, was found dead in his dorm room on the morning of Dec. 18. He was 19. According to the Mercer County Medical Examiner’s office, Shin’s death has been ruled a suicide. Shin graduated from the Korean Minjok Leadership Academy, a boarding high school in Hoengseong, Gangwon, South Korea. Prior to arriving on campus, he was a member of a popular talk show program in Korea called “The Brave Teenagers” that featured several high school students and aired in 2015.
Shin also authored two books on Korean folk culture while in high school. On campus, Shin was a member of Forbes College. He was a member of the Korean American Students Association, the VTone a cappella group, the Princeton University Rock Ensemble, and the ‘KGSA and friends’ intramural soccer team. He was also a blog columnist for The Daily Princetonian. He was a prospective neuroscience major. Friends interviewed said they remembered Shin as a kind, humble, and hardworking person who was passionate about neuroscience, literature and history, and the state of affairs in South
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Korea. Ricky Chae ‘18, currently the president of KASA, met Shin last year when Shin joined the Frosh Board of KASA. Shin served as one of the events directors on the board. “When I first met Wonshik a year and a half ago, I was immediately captivated by this pleasant aura that surrounded him,” Chae said. “He was always the first one to say hello, the first one to put a smile on my face, and the first one to reach out for my hands when I needed help.” Chae added that through KASA, Shin brought many great ideas to the table and was passionate about sharing See SHIN page 2
LOCAL NEWS
U. accepts 15.4 percent Princeton of early applicants gains newly formed Civil Rights Comission By Katherine Wang staff writer
COURTESY OF TIGERBOOK
The University offered admission to 770 students from a pool of 5,003 applicants through the single-choice early action program for the Class of 2021, according to Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye. This represents a 15.4 percent admission rate, compared with an 18.6 percent admission rate from 2015. This represents the largest application pool the University has received in the last six years, an 18.3 percent increase over last year’s round of early applicants and a 45 percent increase from six years ago. Admitted students represent 42 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 45 countries. The pool of students who were admitted early last year represented 33 countries. The percentage of international students remains the same as last year at 11 percent. According to Rapelye, one notable aspect of the most
recently admitted pool is its gender balance — 50 percent of accepted students are men and 50 percent are women. Rapelye noted that her team is delighted to see this distribution, which the University has approximated in previous years. Furthermore, 43 percent of most recently admitted students are U.S. students from diverse backgrounds. Rapelye also noted that 105, or 14 percent of admitted students, are eligible for Pell Grants. This represents an increase from the 13 percent of early admitted students who were eligible for the grant from last year’s pool. Rapelye also noted that 20 percent of admitted students indicate an interest in enrolling in the B.S.E. program. More notably, 45 percent of potential B.S.E. candidates are women, she said. Rapelye attributed the inSee 2021 page 3
Today on Campus 12 p.m.: Men’s Squash will play against Trinity University in a game that will be crucial for the team to move back into the ‘A’ flight of the CSA team championships this season. The game will take place in Jadwin Squash Court.
By Claire Lee associae news editor
Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert has appointed nine people to a newly formed Civil Rights Commission, designed to provide informal social conflict resolution. Nearly half of the appointees consist of University employees. Lempert told The Daily Princetonian that the Civil Rights Commission is charged with making policy recommendations to Council, coordinating educational and other outreach programs in the community, and offering voluntary dispute resolution. See COUNCIL page 2