October 3, 2017

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Tuesday October 3, 2017 vol. CXLI no. 78

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U. makes two-factor login uniform across sites By Christina Vosbikian managing editor

On Monday, the University’s transition to the Central Authentication Service and two-factor authentication was successfully completed for all online Princeton services. On Monday morning, University Chief Information Security Officer Dan Sherry sent an email outlining the change to University students, faculty, and affiliates. Sherry could not be reached for comment by time of publication. This change to the University’s login processes will affect the interface and methods through which many online University systems are accessed. Duo authentication changes were first announced in April 2017 and were implemented on May 8, 2017, paving the way for Monday’s full transition. The following applications have been affected by the change: PeopleSoft HR and Student Administrative System, HR Self Service, TigerHub, PeopleSoft Prime Financials,

Information Warehouse, Labor Accounting, Prime portal, Marketplace, Concur, and eShip global. These applications, in addition to Blackboard, will now universally require two-factor authentication. Most visibly, Central Authentication Service login and logout screens will replace current PUaccess screens. These CAS login screens have been enhanced to improve accessibility. Users will now receive two prompts when logging in to University applications and Blackboard. As usual, users will be prompted to enter their Princeton University netID and password. Now, though, a second prompt will follow. This prompt will call for the users to authenticate their logins through a second Duo-enrolled device, such as a smartphone or tablet. In his email, Sherry encouraged students to contact the Support and Operations Center at 258-4357 (8-HELP) or at helpdesk@princeton.edu with any questions or concerns.

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IVY TRUONG :: CONTRIBUTOR

Sanjay Sarma, the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT, spoke to students and faculty in a lecture on Monday about the pitfalls of lectures as a style of teaching.

MOOC proponent Sanjay Sarma talks online learning By Ivy Truong contributor

“The way we teach today is not the only way to teach,” Sanjay Sarma said in a talk at McCosh Hall on Monday, Oct. 2. Sarma, the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT, helps oversees MIT OpenCourseWare and is a strong proponent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Though a professor of mechanical engineering, Sarma has spoken extensively on problems he sees inherent in the current education system. Teachers often use the direct instruction mod-

el — lectures — to teach students, Sarma said. This model, he noted, is largely outdated. “Videos should be six to nine minutes, lectures should be six to nine minutes,” he said, citing research that most students tune out from lectures and videos after that time period. Sarma acknowledges that lectures of these lengths are rather inconvenient to have in practice. But this hints at a larger problem with long lectures. Students today, Saram said, do not want to be told what to learn; rather, they want to do it themselves. “They

want to build stuff,” Sarma said. “[Students] all grew up on Khan Academy. They don’t want to sit in a lecture hall. They want to go out and build a robot.” Not only that, but students learn better when they are actively working, instead of listening, Sarma explained. He cited a case study in which a patient, denoted Patient HM, had parts of his brain removed. The patient could not remember much, unable even to realize that days or years were passing. He was taught to draw, and, though he could not remember drawSee LEARNING page 2

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Excerpt from “In Memoriam A.H.H.” On Sunday night, a lone gunman opened fire on a crowd of concertgoers in the heart of Las Vegas. As of publication, 59 casualties have been reported, and over 500 people were injured in what has become the largest mass shooting in American history. In addition to this horrible tragedy, hurricanes have devastated countless Caribbean islands and the Gulf Coast, and two earthquakes have caused destruction in Mexico, all in the last month. The ‘Prince’ has chosen to publish a poem to acknowledge the pain that so many on this campus and beyond are experiencing. “So careful of the type?” but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, “A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. “Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.” And he, shall he,

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Paul Krugman has previously earned ire from conservative media outlets for his pointed political ccommentary.

Man, her last work, who seem’d so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll’d the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer,

Prof. emeritus Krugman alleges cholera in U.S. chief copy editor

Paul Krugman, Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, has come under fire in the past couple days for tweeting about an outbreak of cholera in Puerto Rico that has since been proven without basis. Krugman’s first tweet, sent out early in the morning on Sept. 30, went viral, garnering over 32,000 likes and 14,000 retweets.

He tweeted, “Cholera. In a US territory. Among US citizens, In the 21st century. Heckuva job, Trumpie.” The tweet references a widely derided comment made by President George W. Bushn in 2005 about thenhead FEMA official Michael Brown; in that tweet, Bush had written that Brown was doing “a heck of a job” in responding to Hurricane Katrina. Krugman replied to his own tweet the next day to partially retract his previous allegation. “OK, cholera not confirmed.

Who loved, who suffer’d countless ills, Who battled for the True, the Just, Be blown about the desert dust, Or seal’d within the iron hills? No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime, Were mellow music match’d with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless! What hope of answer, or redress? Behind the veil, behind the veil.

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-Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1850

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Beni Snow tackles underage drinking and Daehee Lee makes the case for memes. PAGE 4

9 a.m.: The annual Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art. Friend Center, William & Olden Streets

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By Omkar Shende

Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation’s final law — Tho’ Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shriek’d against his creed —

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