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Former Princeton Football Star Tiger Bech Killed In New Orleans Pickup Truck Attack Former Princeton Football Star Tiger Bech Killed In New Orleans Pickup Truck Attack
Former Princeton Football Star Tiger Bech Killed In New Orleans Pickup Truck Attack Former Princeton University football player and All-Ivy League kick returner Tiger Bech was among the victims killed in a deadly pickup truck attack in New Orleans' French Quarter early Wednesday, Jan. 1. Bech, a 2019 Princeton graduate and standout receiver, was in New Orleans for the holidays when the attack occurred at approximately 3:15 a.m. CT, authorities said. The incident left at least 15 people dead and dozens injured. The driver of the vehicle, Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42 of Texas, was killed in a firefight with police shortly after the attack, according to the FBI. Investigato…

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by Jillian Pikora
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DA Recommends Menendez Brothers Be Resentenced DA Recommends Menendez Brothers Be Resentenced
DA Recommends Menendez Brothers Be Resentenced Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has recommended brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who spent their childhoods in New Jersey and New York, be resentenced after spending decades in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. The brothers, now in their 50s, should be freed and placed on parole for the murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in August 1989, Gascón said at a news conference Thursday, Oct. 24, that comes amid worldwide viewership of a series on their story on Netflix. The case now moves forward to a Los A…

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by Zak Failla
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Triple Ivy-Educated Musical Prodigy, Princeton Queer Alum Trustee Busted With Child Porn: Cops Triple Ivy-Educated Musical Prodigy, Princeton Queer Alum Trustee Busted With Child Porn: Cops
Triple Ivy-Educated Musical Prodigy, Princeton Queer Alum Trustee Busted With Child Porn: Cops A man affiliated with several music organizations at Ivy league universities including Princeton has been charged with possession of child pornography, authorities said. Roy "Trey" Farmer, 53, was arrested and charged Friday, March 22 with possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office. Farmer is a 1993 graduate of Princeton University and has been involved with several university-related groups, currently serving as president of both the Princeton University Glee Club Foundation and Queer Princeton Alumni, according to multiple online bios and…

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by Jon Craig
Schools
COVID-19: Cornell University Reports Nearly 900 Student Cases In Past Week COVID-19: Cornell University Reports Nearly 900 Student Cases In Past Week
Covid-19: Cornell University Reports Nearly 900 Student Cases In Past Week Confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to increase at Cornell University a day after the university announced it was moving to Alert Level Red. According to Cornell's COVID-19 dashboard, 276 new COVID-19 cases have been reported, bringing the total number of students to test positive for COVID-19 between Tuesday, Dec. 7, and Monday, Dec. 13, to 883. Earlier report - COVID-19: Cornell Shutting Campus, Moving To 'Alert Level Red' After Rapid Spread Of Virus On Tuesday, Dec. 14, Cornell University President Martha Pollack said the university would be implementing new safety measures, includin…

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by Nicole Valinote
Lifestyle
Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says
Money Buys Happiness: Here's How Much You Need To Find Joy, Study Says People who think money can’t buy happiness are woefully mistaken, according to a new study. A University of Pennsylvania study recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that people who earn $85,000 or more per year are happier than those who earn less. And the more money you earn, the happier you are. This contradicts common knowledge and refutes an earlier study that found there is a cap on how much happiness money can buy. Once a person earns at least $75,000 per year additional money won’t buy additional happiness, according to a 2010 Princeton Uni…

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by Kristin Palpini
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Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings
Northeast Region Well-Represented In New U.S. News & World Report Top 40 College Rankings The five highest-ranked schools in U.S. News & World Report Top 40 National Universities Rankings are all in the Northeast. The top five schools of the rating consist of: Princeton University, first  Harvard University, second;  Columbia University, third; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, fourth (tied); Yale University fourth (tied). These rankings, which have been published for the last 36 years, are devised using seventeen different factors, including: graduation rates retention rates after the first year of study social mobility academic reputation, per an ass…

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by Christina Coulter
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Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State
Region Well-Represented In Newly Released Rankings Of Best Colleges: Breakdown By State Over half of Niche's Top 10 ranked colleges are situated in the Northeast with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading in first place.  Following MIT, Harvard is the list's second-ranked university. Yale University is fourth, after Stanford University Duke University is ranked fifth and Princeton University sixth. For a list of best colleges by state, follow these links: New York Connecticut Massachusetts The list was assembled using data from the United States Department of Education and surveys of students and faculty. Academics, including the quality of pr…

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by Christina Coulter