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The world moves fast. Daybreak keeps you up-to-date.
Enjoy everything you need to know to stay informed — on campus and off — in this digestible, efficient podcast. Daybreak is produced by Vitus Larrieu '26, Isabel Jacobson '25, and Eden Teshome '25 under the 147th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme music was composed and performed by Ed Horan, and the cover art is by Mark Dodici.
Content warning: the following episode contains mentions of gun violence.
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For the Daily Princetonian, I’m Maya Mukherjee. You’re listening to Daybreak.
Today, we cover yesterday's lawnparties, Princeton's town council's plan to buy Westminster Choir College's property, and new information regarding the shooting at a Georgia high school last week.
It’s Monday, September 9th.
Lawnparties are an iconic Princeton tradition, for which live music events lead up to a major performance on Frist North Lawn in the early afternoon. Yesterday, pop star Daya and rapper NLE Choppa were the headliners. I sat down with News writer Megan Cameron to talk more about the day's festivities.
[Interview]
You can read more at dailyprincetonian.com, or at the link in our show notes.
In local news, at today's council meeting, the governing body of Princeton town will seek to borrow $49.5 million. The funds are earmarked for purchase of the Westminster Choir College building from Rider University. In 2017, Rider announced their intention to sell the property. This led Princeton Theological Seminary to file a lawsuit against Rider, in which it claimed that the sale would violate the terms of a 1992 merger agreement that gave the seminary some rights to the property. This case is still making its way through district courts. According to the town council agenda for the meeting this evening, the building will be used for several public purposes, potentially including [quote] "developing facilities serving the Municipality and/or Princeton Public Schools, public administrative offices, [and] recreation." The municipality can borrow the money via bonds once the ordinance is approved by the Local Finance Board.
In national news, on Friday, a 14-year-old suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting was charged with four counts of murder. He is accused of using a semi-automatic assault-style rifle to kill two fellow students and two teachers last Wednesday. His father was also arrested for allowing his son to have the weapon, in an attempt by prosecutors to hold parents accountable for their children's actions in school shootings. District Attorney Brad Smith said that [quote] "everyone in this community is a victim." Both father and son will stay in custody after their lawyers decided not to seek bail on Friday. Additional information regarding the shooting emerged yesterday; the suspect's mother reportedly called a school counselor and warned of a [quote] "extreme emergency" before the killings. A student confirmed that administrators appeared to be searching for the suspect before gunfire began. The claims of misconduct have not been substantiated by officials.
Today, you can expect sunny skies, with a high of 77 and a low of 54 degrees fahrenheit.
That’s all for Daybreak today.
Today’s episode was written by me, sound engineered by Theo Wells-Spackman, and produced under the 148th managing board of the ‘Prince.’ Our theme was composed by Ed Horan, Class of ’22. For the Daily Princetonian, I’m Maya Mukherjee. Have a wonderful day.
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