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Friday March 19, 2021 vol. CXLV no. 20
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Princeton-sponsored travel to remain largely suspended this summer By Anika Buch
Assistant News Editor
Un ive rsit y-spon sored travel will remain suspended through the summer, according to newly-revised guidelines announced today. In a Mar. 18 memo emailed to all Princeton students, Associate Provost for International Affairs and Operations Aly Kassam-Remtulla explained that the majority of current restrictions on Universitysponsored travel will remain in place through the summer. However, the list of exceptions to the ban on travel will also expand slightly when the new policies take effect on May 24. A variety of factors were involved in the decision to keep the majority of restrictions in place, Kassam-Remtulla explained in his email. “The logistics of travel, especially internationally, remain complex and subject to sudden, unanticipated disruption. Quarantines and testing requirements, as well as frequently shifting lockdown rules, make short-duration journeys all but impossible,” he wrote. “We continue to face potentially insurmountable constraints on support for our travelers should they experience an emergency, given both lingering national travel bans and the ongoing decrease in airline capacity and routes,” he
added. “Finally, we must also consider that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of State, in addition to their counterparts in many other countries, still strongly caution against travel wherever possible.” Domestic and international University-sponsored travel for faculty and researchers will only be permitted for “critical purpose, with approval from chair, program director, or dean” — largely in line with this spring’s restrictions. While international University-sponsored travel remains fully suspended for undergraduates, the updated guidance will permit Universitysponsored domestic travel “if critical to academic progress or University-sponsored internship, with approval from faculty adviser or internship program director.” University-sponsored domestic travel for graduate students will be less restricted — permitted if “in support of academic progress, with approval from department.” However, University-sponsored international travel for graduate students will only be permitted “[f]or critical dissertation research only, with dual approval from the department and Global Safety & Security.” Travel guidelines will also expand for students living on campus — which will likely
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include students qualifying for the University’s continuous housing program and rising seniors engaging in on-campus thesis research. This spring, students living on campus are not permitted to leave Mercer County and Plainsboro Township. Beginning on May 24, on-campus students will be permitted to travel throughout the state and
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select areas of the Northeast Corridor. “Those remaining in campus housing will be able to take personal trips throughout New Jersey and the Philadelphia and New York City corridor without specific permission,” KassamRemtulla wrote. “We expect all students will continue to support public health efforts by complying with federal, state
and local rules on masking, physical distancing and other disease prevention measures wherever they travel.” Further guidance on travel guidelines for Fall 2021 will be provided in early July. According to Kassam-Remtulla, some restrictions may still apply. “We caution against assumptions that the scope of See NEWS for more
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Reflection, support from Princeton community after Atlanta shootings By Evelyn Doskoch Head News Editor
Following mass shootings in Atlanta, Ga., President Eisgruber released a statement condemning the reported rise in violence, discrimination, and xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. “I join the Princeton University community and people everywhere in mourning the victims of last night’s horrific shootings in Atlanta,” he wrote in the March 17 statement. “We must condemn not only recent acts of violence against Asian Americans, but also the much more pervasive discrimination and stereotyping that has for too long and too often harmed Asian American lives and impoverished our society.” The statement, posted to the President’s Blog on Wednesday afternoon, followed three mass shootings at massage parlors
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in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday. Six of the eight victims were women of Asian descent. “Though the killings remain under investigation, these attacks come amidst a disturbing nationwide rise in violence, discrimination, and xenophobia directed against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community,” Eisgruber wrote. A suspect, 21-year-old Robert Aaron Long, was taken into custody by police Tuesday evening. Long has since been charged with eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. Though Long stated that his attacks were not racially motivated, instead claiming they were due to a “sex addiction,” the attacks have struck fear into AAPI communities across the country. “Our Asian and Asian American communities are in so much pain right now,” Jennifer
Lee ’23, co-president of Princeton’s Asian American Students Association (AASA), told The Daily Princetonian. “AASA supports and stands in solidarity with all of our members in the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American community, as well as all our students during this time of mourning and loss,” Lee added. “What happened in Atlanta was a tragedy and our hearts go out to the victims’ families.” Kesavan Srivilliputhur ’23, also an AASA co-president, explained that fears of violence against Asian Americans are incredibly personal for students in the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) community, whether they are living at home or on campus. “A lot of my friends, especially those who aren’t on campus, I think they’re also feeling especially isolated,” he said. “We See NEWS for more
If Zach Wahls GS ’18 hadn’t gotten out of babysitting duty and Chloe Angyal ’09 hadn’t been assigned to blogging duty a few days later, they wouldn’t have been meeting with a wedding planner moments before their interview with The Daily Princetonian ten years later. These small changes set in motion a story fit for a romcom. This story, however, doesn’t exactly begin with the couple’s love for each other, but rather with Zach’s defense of his family — of his two moms’ love. On Jan. 31, 2011, Zach was able to get out of babysitting duty so he could address the Iowa House Judiciary Committee. Iowa had become only the
Columnist Maria Luisa Vieira Parada highlights the role educational inequality plays in preventing social mobility, and argues that Princeton students can play an active role in addressing these inequalities.
third state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage in 2009 with an Iowa Supreme Court ruling. Then, the 2010 elections saw Republicans retake the majority in the House. Less than a month after this new Republican majority convened, a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in the state was up for debate in the judiciary committee. Zach, then a sophomore at the University of Iowa, was there to push back and speak to his experience being raised by his moms, Terry Wahls and Jackie Reger. Zach told the ‘Prince’ that his family has faced a lot of challenges. For one, there were the struggles of “having a non-traditional family structure” despite living in a “liberal college community like See PROSPECT for more
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