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Thursday april 28, 2016 vol. cxl no. 56
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Wilson College to remove mural of Woodrow Wilson from Wilcox hall By Annie Yang News Editor
By Jessica Li news Editor
A mural of former University and United States President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, will be removed from the wall of Wilson College dining hall over the next few days. The photograph, commonly referred to as a mural, depicts Wilson throwing the first pitch for a baseball game and covers one wall of the Wilcox dining hall. It was installed during the 2009 renovations of the dining hall. In its place, a piece of artwork that represents the College’s history with respect to inclusion and diversity will be installed. Eduardo Cadava, head of Wilson College, wrote in an email to students in Wilson College on Tuesday morning that although he was charged with the final decision, he endorsed student
suggestions to remove the murals. Cadava did not respond to requests for comment. University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, who described the mural as “unduly celebratory,” also voiced his support for the decision, adding that given its nature and context, the mural was the wrong place for that kind of depiction for Wilson. In February, Cadava formed an ad-hoc Student Advisory Committee with 12 students who worked to collect student opinions and speak with alumni and administrators. The Committee submitted a formal recommendation on April 14 which Cadava supported, he wrote. “The students have submitted their formal recommendation — in a thoughtfully laid out argument and summary of their process — and they are recommending that we remove See MURAL page 5
MARIACHIARA FICARELLI :: ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
On the mural to be removed, Woodrow Wilson is depicted throwing the first pitch in a baseball game.
STUDENT LIFE
Pile of bikes near boathouse grows, origins unknown and some unattended for months By Marcia Brown staff writer
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Many bikes could be found unattended near the boathouse, yet the origins of these bikes are unknown. U N I V E R S I T Y A F FA I R S
A growing pile of more than a dozen seemingly abandoned bikes can be found near the Shea Rowing Center, home of the University’s crew teams. Some of the bikes in the pile appear fully functional and crew team members walk by them everyday. Many students are unaware of why the bikes remain. Amanda Haye ’19, a women’s lightweight rower, said she heard rumors about the bikes’ origins, and that the bikes aren’t necessarily owned by crew members. “That’s a known thing that people steal bikes and don’t put them back,” she said. “Maybe that’s what it is. That’s what people think. I know that’s [what] people think, but I don’t know for sure.” Haye said there are bikes by the
trees that accumulated as the year progressed. “They weren’t there constantly at the beginning of the year,” she said. Ellie Maag ’19, a women’s openweight rower whose bike was stolen from the boathouse around October of last year, expressed surprise at the number of bikes that are abandoned. “I really don’t understand why they’re still there. You’d think someone would have stolen them by now. Some are half sunk into the ground and almost look like they’re trying to be garden décor or something,” she said. Jan Bernhard ’18, a men’s heavyweight rower, said that most people on crew have bikes that are commonly purchased from Walmart. As a result, they are low quality and frequently break, he added. He said that sometimes if the bikes’ chains break, people can still use See BIKE page 2
BEYOND THE BUBBLE
U. improves search function for website Ted Cruz ’92 selects Fiorina as running mate staff writer
The University launched an improved search function on its website Monday. The search field covers both the main University web page and other University web properties, including departmental websites, the Research at Princeton website and the Alumni Association of Princeton University website. The new search function allows visitors to search not only by relevance of such criteria as headlines, people and events, but also by date,
according to Assistant Vice President for Communications Daniel Day. “It’s kind of a super-Google, if you will, in that it has all the advantages of speed and accuracy, and it’s tweaked to bring up results from the University sites, and it does it all very efficiently,” Day said. The University has always had a Google-based search, but it had not been updated since the last website redesign in 2008, Day added. Specifically, the search engine has been switched from the Google search appliance to the Google site search, Day said.
The Google site search is a paid solution that offers the possibility for highly customized search solutions spanning a specific set of websites. Since October, the Office of Communications and the Office of Information Technology have been collecting data and interviewing users, especially undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, staff, and alumni to begin plans to design the website. Jay Dominick, vice president for information technology and chief information officer, deferred comment to Day. See SEARCH page 3
By Jessica Li news editor
Texas Senator Ted Cruz ’92 announced former HewlettPackard CEO Carly Fiorina as his running mate in the upcoming presidential election at a rally in Indianapolis earlier today. The announcement follows businessman Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in five state presidential primaries Tuesday night. These states include Con-
In Opinion
Today on Campus
Members of the Wilson Mural committee give insight into the decision to remove the mural from Wilson College, and columnist Luke Gamble comments on the value of plurality in discussion at the height of student activism. PAGE 7
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necticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. “Just like Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina is a fighter. She fought her way to the top: from a secretary, to the first female CEO of a Fortune 50 company, to a 2016 Republican vice presidential candidate,” reads a statement on Cruz’s campaign website homepage. Fiorina had endorsed Cruz earlier this year. “As I said many times before, See CRUZ page 6
WEATHER
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