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Monday October 24, 2016 vol. cxl no. 93
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U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S
U. unveils new medallion Former U. president Bowen with updated motto GS ’58 dies By Jessica Li News Editor
The University unveiled a new medallion on front campus on Oct. 22, its 270th charter day. The newly installed medallion reads the University’s updated informal motto — “In the nation’s service and service of humanity” — words spoken by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 during her acceptance speech for the 2014 Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest honor for undergraduate alumni, during Alumni Day. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, University Trustee and Chair of the Wilson Legacy Review Committee Brent Henry ’69, and President of the Alumni Association Jeff Wieser ’74 among other University ad-
ministrators and affiliates joined in the occasion on Saturday morning. Eisgruber addressed a crowd of more than seventy administrators and alumni who attended the unveiling ceremony. In his remarks, Eisgruber described that the University’s original motto – “in the nation’s service and in the service of all nations” – recalls the ideals of global responsibility and leadership articulated by Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879. Yet, according to Eisgruber, Wilson’s reference to the nation was incomplete and exclusive. Eisgruber further noted that in 1996, the University’s eighteenth president, Harold Shapiro GS ’64, also addressed the connotation of exclusivity in that phrase by rein-
terpreting Wilson’s idea and the University’s tradition to embrace service not only to this nation but to all nations. “Today, we again revise the motto, this time to correct forms of partiality inherent in the very concept of nationhood,” Eisgruber said during the ceremony. He further explained that the word “nation” comes from the Latin word for birth, which suggests a people tied together by blood, ethnicity, and culture. Eisgruber also noted that the change of medallions is a part of the “vibrant evolution” of traditions that shapes the identity of the University. “The traditions of this UniSee MOTTO page 2
JOHN GALANTOWICZ ‘89 :: FORMER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Bowen smiling, originally published on Jan. 6, 1988 on the ‘Prince.’
Associate News Editor
Former University President William Bowen GS ’58 died on Thursday. Bowen died of colon cancer. He was 83. He became the University’s seventeenth president in 1972, succeeding Robert Goheen ’4 0, the president under whom Bowen had served as provost since 1967. As president, Bowen oversaw a number of very important changes in the University’s history, including overseeing the expansion of the number of women in the student body after women were first admitted while he was provost; overseeing the establishment of residential colleges; and overseeing the establishment of alternative dining options for upperclassmen. Bowen also supported the efforts of Sally Frank ’80 to force holdout eating clubs to admit women through litigation. Bowen later recounted that he almost turned down the provostship, his spring-
board to his eventual presidency, due to the difference in opinion at the time between him and Goheen on the issue of coeducation — Bowen was in favor — but Goheen encouraged him to take it anyway, telling him that criticism improves the University. Bowen said he applied Goheen’s approach to dissent even after coeducation was passed, giving ample opportunity to dissenters to voice their opinion and listening to their concerns instead of forcing unanimity. Later, despite his view that divestment was “too easy” compared to the work of effecting real change, he said he respected the dissent of a large number of students in the late 1980s calling for the University to divest from apartheid as the kind of dissent that is critical to the life of the University. Bowen also oversaw the nascent Priorities Committee after he had helped to form it as provost, recalling See BOWEN page 3
ACADEMICS
Students petition to allow Barry to teach By Abhiram Karrupur staff writer
Led by Ariana Mirzada ’18, a petition aiming to convince the University to allow Research Scholar Michael Barry ’70 to offer courses about Afghanistan and the near east through the Wilson School is being circulated among University students. The petition notes that Barry’s classes were extremely popular, and that some of his lectures on YouTube garnered several thousand views in some cases. In addition, the petition notes that there is “tremendous interest from the student population” on the relationship between Afghanistan and the Western powers, and that Barry’s experience as a humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan lends him a unique perspective to this issue. Barry was a lecturer in the Department of Near Eastern Studies until
May of this year, when the NES department did not renew his contract. University’s Liechtenstein Institute for Self-Determination then rehired him as a research scholar. Since LISD is part of The Wilson School, Mirzada said that she wants the Wilson School to allow Barry to offer his class “Afghanistan and the Great Powers, 1747-2001.” “This course is of vital importance, as Afghanistan often emerges as a key player in many encounters with the Great Powers throughout history,” Mirzada said. “Given the United States’ current involvement in the country, a class like this is in high demand but low supply, and as future leaders of the modern world we ought to take advantage of Dr. Barry’s expertise.” The petition is addressed to Dean of the College Jill Dolan, Dean of the See PETITION page 3
COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Robert Durkee ‘69. Christopher Eisgruber ‘83, Jeff Wieser ‘74, Sara Judge McCalpin ‘82, Brent Henry ‘69 unveiled the new medallion. STUDENT LIFE
LECTURE
USG discussed student Princeton groups, Thanksgiving buses Hindu Satsangam hosts event By Jason Fu
contributor
The Undergraduate Student Government discussed the Thanksgiving bus project and new student groups in its meeting on Oct. 23. Student Group Recognition Committee co-chairs Paul Yang ’17 and Julie Chong ’17 presented the new student organizations. Overall, the SGRC recognized 11 groups, which include Princeton LP, a music appreciation publication, and the Student Athlete Entrepreneurship Club, which was created to offer athletes alternatives to the traditional consulting route. Senate members raised concerns that several of the newly created groups occupy similar niches to other pre-existing student groups. For example, one senator questioned the recognition of the Student Athlete Entrepreneurship Club, stating that its purpose seemed too similar to that of the existing Entrepreneurship Club. Yang indicated that the Student Athlete Entrepreneurship Club was one of the more heavily vetted groups brought forth, and that it has already proven itself capable of running programming with a sizable amount of interest. “While they could be similar, given the precedent that
athletes are often a disjoint group on campus, we felt that this group was put together well enough that we should approve it,” Yang said. Commenting on the general concern of group redundancy, Yang stated, “What we’ve found is that most of the groups on campus are at capacity for their programming… Groups that are sufficiently distinct from existing groups work a lot better as new groups that cooperate with existing groups.” U-Councilor Wendy Zhao ’19 and Class of 2019 Senator Andrew Ma ’19 presented updates for the senate’s Thanksgiving buses project. The project aims to provide competitively-priced and convenient round-trip modes of transportation for students to return home for the Thanksgiving holiday. The bus routes will provide service to five cities: Hartford, Conn.; Newton, Mass.; Boston, Mass.; Washington, D.C.; and Baltimore, Md. They will depart from Princeton on Wednesday, Nov. 23 and return to Princeton from Boston and Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Nov. 27. For students, the round-trip ticket prices are to be set at $70 to Boston and $60 to Washington, D.C. Ticket sales will most likely begin during the week fol-
By Mashad Arora contributor
About 30 students gathered in the Mathey Common Room on Friday evening for a “Dharma on the Street” event. The event, which was part of a “Living Dharma Series” by the Princeton Hindu Satsangam, explored Hindu sacred texts and how they could help students approach the University’s social scene with integrity. Students listened as Vineet Chander, coordinator for Hindu Life, talked about his experience as an undergraduate and used creative analogies to relate Hindu teachings to social activities. He talked about how one must really think about what one is after in the social scene and asked students what they looked for when they went to the Street. Students responded that they were looking for things such as connection, relaxation, and a sense of community, among other things. Chander explained that although students often think of themselves as the passive victims of their circumstances, it’s often that they themselves create their
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In Opinion
Today on Campus
The editorial board suggests improvements to the current Pequod operations, and columnist Iris Samuels reiterates the need for additional food cooperatives on campus. PAGE 4
12:30 p.m.: University of Maryland associate professor Antoine Borrut will give an NES brown bag lunch talk “Astrology and History in Early Islam.” Jones Hall 202.
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WEATHER
By Charles Min
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Mostly sunny. chance of rain:
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