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Friday April 14, 2017 vol. CXLI no. 43
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New online system for thesis uploads Allie Spensley staff writer
Members of the Class of 2017 will be the first students to use Thesis Central, a newly created online system that allows seniors to upload their theses directly into the University’s digital archives. The site, which is the result of a collaborative effort between the University Archives, the Office of Information Technology, and the Office of the Dean of the College, was launched on Monday, March 27. “Designed to assist students and administrators with the archival process, the site will ensure a more complete, accurate, and streamlined collection of senior theses from across campus,” Dean of the College Jill Dolan wrote in an email. The new system aims to standardize the thesis submission process, a departure from previous years in which digital collection methods varied across departments. “There’s now one place that students, department administrators, and others who are involved in the thesis process can get their theses to the University archives,” University Archivist and Curator of Public Policy Papers Daniel Linke said.
Linke described Thesis Central as the next step in increasing digitization of the University archives. The archives in Mudd Library, which serve as the central repository for senior theses, began collecting theses in digital form in 2013. The collection currently holds about 3,000 downloadable theses; last year there were 14,000 downloads from the system, which can only be accessed on campus. “Before we built this system a few years ago, we would get about 1,000 theses looked at in the reading room at Mudd Library,” Linke said. “Each year that we add theses to it, there will be more uses, because there’s a deeper pool for students to look at. But it’s obvious that students are really using this for the pedagogical purpose that we hoped they would.” One advantage of Thesis Central is a reduction of the steps needed to upload and archive senior theses for both students and department administrators. “We are prepopulating the system with data so students have very little to actually do,” Linke said. “In fact, the typical student has only three things to do: Put in their title, load up the file, and then just affirm their See THESIS page 2
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Rosen is involved with a variety of leadership positions on campus, including in USG and the CJL.
Rosen ’18 named Truman Scholar Catherine Benedict staff writer
Miranda Rosen ’18 was named one of 62 2017 Harry S. Truman Scholars on Wednesday, April 12. Rosen is a history major pursuing certificates in European Cultural Studies, Judaic Studies, and the History and Practice of Diplomacy from Henderson, Nev. The Truman Scholarship is the “premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States,” and was created by Congress
in 1975 as a living memorial to President Harry Truman. The scholarship is awarded to mostly college juniors, and each new scholar receives up to $30,000 for graduate study, as well as priority admission and extra financial aid at some graduate programs, leadership training and counseling, and access to exclusive internships within the federal government. 3,139 Truman Scholars have been named since the scholarship was first awarded in 1977, and notable Truman Scholars include Supreme Court Asso-
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ciate Justice Neil Gorsuch, former National Security Advisor Susan Rice, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. The Daily Princetonian sat down with Rosen to discuss her academic and extracurricular path at the University and her career goals. The Daily Princetonian: What was your reaction when you learned you had won? Miranda Rosen: I was in shock. It’s the most incredible thing. I couldn’t believe it, and I still can’t really believe it. It’s my dream to be able to help people, and the Truman will greatly assist me in doing so. I learned the results on Tuesday. In order to preserve the fun of the surprise for future Princeton Truman Scholars, I will just share that I was surprised at noon, and that it was really wonderful. After I heard the news, I told my family, but I couldn’t tell my friends until at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. DP: What was the application process like? MR: You have to go through both Princeton and a national screening. It started in September. It’s been a very long process, but a very cool process. There was a big information session, and then a number of people applied through the Princeton application. They picked around 10 to interview and four to nominate. We were interviewed by the Director of Fellowships and a series of professors. They are the best people; they have been awesome and helped me a lot with the application. We sent in the application in January, I found out in the beginning of February that I was a finalist, See TRUMAN page 2
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McClain, Anderson ’04 debate religious liberty, WWF CEO Roberts ’82 anti-discrimination law, values in marriage contributor
“Questions of religious liberty have animated our politics for centuries and that shows no sign of ending,” said Stephen Macedo, professor of politics and of the University Center for Human Values, in a debate on Wednesday. “Indeed, as everyone here likely knows, developments in the Obama administration, including the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate and
the Supreme Court’s historic mandate to recognize the equal right of same-sex couples to marry, have renewed these controversies.” Macedo’s statement was part of a debate hosted by the Princeton Tory about state anti-discrimination laws and religious liberty. The event, which was moderated by Macedo, featured Dr. Ryan Anderson ‘04, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and Professor Linda McClain, a visiting faculty fellow at the University Cen-
ter for Human Values. The 2014 Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling by the Supreme Court, which exempted corporations with religious owners from paying for contraceptive insurance, and the 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges court ruling, which legalized gay marriage nationwide, were watershed legal events that informed the basis for the debate. Anderson, who has written two books on marriage and religious liberty, identified himself as a “liberal
Aristotelian” who considers politics to be about “fostering the common good — creating the conditions necessary for citizens to f lourish” while “placing an emphasis on individual liberty.” Religion, he noted, is part of the common good, which he described as “multi-faceted,” meaning that the “Good Life” means different things for different people. Policies that advance the common good, however, can place an undue burden on a minorSee LIBERTY page 3
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U. Art Museum hosts activism event Emily Spalding staff writer
The connection between social engagement and art were evident as the Student Advisory Board hosted its annual Inspiration Night in the Princeton University Art Museum Thursday evening. This year’s theme, “Art & Activism: Get socially engaged in art,” aimed to highlight the intersection of visual art and social activism by bringing together various social justice campus groups to speak about pieces in the exhibition “Revealing Pictures: Photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection.” Charlotte Reynders ’19,
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Chair of Academic Outreach for SAB, explained her goals for the evening. “When I was helping plan the event, I envisioned a night where students from actual social justice groups on campus could just come together and talk about their various issues and areas of interests and their sort of versions of activism,” Reynders said. She added that she hoped these groups would then “invite other students in the community to speak with them and learn more about what they’re doing, and then use the photos in the actual exhibition as a talking point or a conversaSee MUSEUM page 3
Beni Snow makes the case for a single room draw to cover all housing options, Max Grear dissects what the U. means by “apolitical,” and the Editorial Board discourages professors from using closed-note takehome exams.
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Students engaged with photography at SAB event on Thursday.
Today on Campus 4:30 p.m.: Chree filmmakers will host a screening and panel discussion of their environmental films-in-progress during “Standing Rock From the Eyes of Three Filmmakers” at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 14, in McCormick Hall, Room 101.
talks about climate By Jacob Tyles contributor
“Climate change is hard because you can’t see it like you can see trash in the streets — the most vulnerable people in the world feel it, but they are so far away from us,” said World Wildlife Fund CEO Carter Roberts ‘82. The Princeton University Conservation Society hosted a Q&A with Roberts onThursday in McCosh 10. Wilson School Professor David Wilcove moderated. The Q&A focused on the importance of shifting our attention toward international sustainability, as well as Roberts’ experience as CEO of the WWF. Roberts said nature and the immediacy of the outdoors inf luenced his decision to work for an environmental agency. “I tried to start a business in 1988 to deliver to mothers products that were both good for the children and for the planet,” he explained. “I love nature and wanted to combine that with business.” Roberts said that business, along with a strong relationship with other countries in their sustainable food production, is a key See CLIMATE page 3
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