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In Opinion Lauren Davis suggests a system of peer mental health advisers, and Aaron Robertson discusses the fear of failure. PAGE 8
Today on Campus 6:00 p.m.: Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses the limited role of reason in our lives in a Stafford Little Lecture. McCosh 50.
CLUBS TAKE NEW MEMBERS STUDENT LIFE
Cap & Gown accepts Terrace most 46 percent of bickerees popular By Ruby Shao
two juniors. Around 563 students were accepted into one of the six bicker clubs this year, which is significantly higher than the 515 who were offered membership last year. In total, the bicker clubs received about 884 applications, including cross-bickerers, up from 831 applica-
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Multiple thefts in the Princeton area A number of thefts and robberies have occurred on Nassau Street and in Palmer Square in the past few weeks, according to press releases from the Princeton Police Department. On Feb. 1, two Lilly Pulitzer sweaters valued at a total of $345 were reported stolen from Palm Place. The store employee described two suspects, both black females between 45 and 55 years of age. The day before, a forged and stolen prescription was presented at CVS Pharmacy, police said. A caller also reported that sometime between Dec. 31 and Jan. 23, someone had entered his apartment on the first block of Palmer Square West by forcing through the front door. No suspects were identified. On Jan. 26, police were dispatched to Efes Mediterranean Grill on Nassau Street in response to reports of a robbery. A suspect, identified as a tall white male with dirty blonde hair wearing a leather jacket, had entered the restaurant and taken the tip jar containing approximately $80. The Princeton Police Department published security camera footage but has not yet identified the suspect. No weapon was seen.
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sign-in club By Ruby Shao staff writer
Terrace Club was the most popular sign-in club for the second year in a row, with over 130 total students signed in. The club will no longer accept new members. Colonial Club, Cloister Inn, Quadrangle Club and Charter Club, on the other hand, will continue to accept new members after the end of the sign-in period. Terrace took 130 members during the first round, which is significantly fewer than the 183 students who signed in last year. All of the new members are part of the Class of 2016. Treasurer Dharit Tantiviramanond ’15 declined to release the final membership number. President Chris St. John ’15 did not respond to multiple requests for comment. The Daily Princetonian independently verified that Terrace took members in the second round of sign-ins but did not offer membership to everyone who put it down as a second-round choice. In total, at least 477 students signed in to a sign-in eating club this year, more than the 438 students who signed in last year. Colonial took 115 new members, which marks a slight rise from last year’s 106 signins. The new membership consists of 99 sophomores and 16 juniors. “The previous officer corps did a really great job with recruiting, and this is fantastic,” Colonial president Sarah Pak ’15 said. “We’re definitely doing a lot better than we were a few years ago.” Cloister Club had 92 students sign in this year, which is 15 more students than signed in last year. The new members consist of 89 sophomores and three juniors. “We’re really excited,” Cloister president Andrew Frazier ’15 said. ”We’ve got a really strong and diverse class, and we’re looking forward to a fun semester.” Quad had 46 students join during the signin period, which shows a significant decrease from the 68 students that signed in last year. Forty-four of the new members are sophomores and two are juniors. Quad president Joe Margolies ’15 said he expects a significant number of students to join over the next three to four weeks, as well as in the fall, based on conversations with people who missed the sign-in period, bickered and forgot to list a sign-in club or wanted to complete the term of their University meal plan contract. As of press time, Margolies said that four students joined the club after the sign-in period closed, meaning that the club officially has 50 new members. “We’re very happy about who we have, and we’re also in a very healthy place, in terms of viability, ” he said. “With our numbers, we will continue to be able to provide See SIGN-IN page 5
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3 students and 2 alumni Former Fed Chairman criticizes awarded Gates Scholarship state of democracy in America By Sheila Sisimit staff writer
Three students and two alumni were awarded the 2014 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. David Abugaber ’14, Isabel Kasdin ’14, Madeline McMahon ’13, Elizabeth Presser ’10 and Simone Sasse ’14 will study at the University of Cambridge. They were offered the scholarship via email on Feb. 4. The Gates Cambridge Scholarship, established in 2000 by a donation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, allows recipients to study in any of the academic departments within Cambridge University. Because the selection of scholars is competitive, the process is divided into
four stages. The first stage is the departmental ranking of the applicants, in which applicants are ranked on academic merit. In the second SIMONE SASSE ’14 stage, the Gates Gates Cambridge Cambridge comscholar mittees review the applications and decide which applicants move on to an interview. Abugaber, a linguistics concentrator, said he “really couldn’t believe it” when he received the email about winning the See AWARD page 6
By Chitra Marti staff writer
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Paul Volcker ’49 criticized the current state of democracy in America in a Wilson School lecture on Friday. Volcker explained that the topic of the lecture would be “Good Governance,” examining the current state of the United States’ governing bodies and whether or not they are meeting the needs of citizens. “In that context, my speech can be both definitive and exceedingly short,” Volcker said. “Quite simply, [our governing bodies] are not meeting the needs of our citizens. Are there any questions?”
Volcker said that government’s inability to serve its citizens could be attributed to two problems: lack of public confidence in government and lack of proper education in public administration. “What was healthy skepticism seems to have settled into cynicism and a kind of corrosive distrust. And there, I think we have a problem,” Volcker said, explaining that once citizens have lost confidence in government’s ability to act in their best interests, no government can continue to be effective. Volcker cited a poll that asked citizens, “Do you trust your government to do the right thing most of the time?” and noted that only about 20 percent of See VOLCKER page 3