Around the Ivies
Brown University: A Brown Daily Herald poll in March asked the question “Do you feel inadequate relative to other Brown students?” The poll found that non-heterosexual students feel more inadequate compared to heterosexual students in categories such as academic abilities, social lives, sex/love lives, appearances and socioeconomic statuses. Hispanic and black students also reported greater feelings of inadequacy, whereas athletes and international students did not.
Cornell University: Authorities, with the help of a New York State Police SCUBA Dive Team and a police helicopter, found the body of a man who fell into the Ithaca Falls on Tuesday near the Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. According to the Cornell Daily Sun, the police do not suspect foul play. They will not release the name of the victim until his identity has been confirmed through fingerprint identification.
Columbia University: Columbia student Criss Moon ’18 was arrested at a protest against police brutality in Union Square last month, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported. The officers secured tight zip ties on her wrists and escorted her into a van. Moon was then put in a jail cell with other female protestors from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., when she was released.
Harvard University: The Harvard Crimson reported that an assault occurred in Harvard Square around 11 p.m. last Saturday night. Several homeless men assaulted another homeless man and fled the scene before the police arrived. The victim experienced bleeding and bruising to the head. Officers at the scene were unable to locate potential subjects.
Princeton University: The Class of 2019 has given Princeton its highest yield in history at 69.4 percent, the Daily Princetonian reported. Of the 1,909 students admitted to the University, 1,324 students have committed, marking a 0.2 percent increase over last year. The goal enrollment number remains 1,310, since the University expects 20-30 students to decline over the summer.
University of Pennsylvania: A man was found guilty yesterday of the murder of a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatrician and a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. The man was found unanimously guilty of first-degree murder, arson and related offenses.
Yale University: The Yale Daily News reported that Yale has received a $150 million donation from Stephen Schwarzman ’69, the founder of Blackstone. The University plans to renovate Commons into a “world-class campus center” for student life. A fall 2014 report recognized “the absence of any central place” on Yale’s campus, which the soon-to-be-renamed Schwarzman Center will aim to create.