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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 Maya Mukherjee '27, Twyla Colburn '27, Sheryl Xue '28 under the 149th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. The theme music was composed and performed by Ed Horan, and the cover art is by Mark Dodici.
Calls for divestment at the CPUC meeting ft. Miriam Waldvogel — Tuesday, Feb. 20th
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For the Daily Princetonian, I’m Twyla Colburn. You’re listening to Daybreak.
Today, we cover calls for divestment at Monday’s CPUC meeting, affordable housing in Princeton, the effects of this year’s delayed FAFSA release, and a migrant ship intercepted on its way to the Canary Islands.
It’s Tuesday, February 20th.
At Monday’s meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community, or CPUC, several student activists called on the University to divest from companies associated with Israel’s military. I spoke to news editor Miriam Waldvogel to learn more about this.
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In local news, a panel discussion and reception on the “Princeton Affordable Housing Map” will be held Thursday in the University’s Robertson Hall from 4 to 6:30 pm. The map is part of an ongoing project of Princeton’s Civil Rights Commission, the Princeton Affordable Housing Project, that collects history around affordable housing in Princeton. According to the project’s website, it [quote] “seeks to understand how stark housing inequality in the municipality came about, to examine and challenge conditions of racial injustice,” and “to consider the development of affordable housing in Princeton beyond state regulations.” The panel will include speakers from organizations such as the Princeton Civil Rights Commission, Princeton Community housing, and others.
In national news, financial aid decisions are being delayed this year due to the late release of the revised FAFSA form for the 2024-2025 academic year. The form, which, due to the FAFSA Simplification Act passed in 2022, was set to be easier to fill out and include a new formula for aid based on inflation. However, when it was piloted on December 31st, almost three months later than usual, it lacked the new formula and was reportedly difficult to access. As a result, schools will not be receiving necessary information to make their financial aid awards until March and some families will need to wait to make their college decisions until they can take finances into account. Some schools have even pushed back their deadlines for student acceptances of admission offers in response to these delays. The Education Department has said it is working to make up for the delays by, among other things, reducing verification requirements and sending federal experts to under-resourced schools. At Princeton, 22% of the class of 2027 qualifies for Federal Pell Grants, which are awarded to students with [quote] “exceptional financial need” and are determined by the FAFSA. As of now, the University’s deadline to accept offers of admission for the class of 2028 has not been pushed.
In international news, Morocco’s Royal Armed Forces reported Sunday that it had rescued all 141 passengers from a boat attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean in migration from West Africa to the Canary Islands. The boat was intercepted off the coast of the Western Sahara, a disputed territory whose coastline Morocco has controlled since 1975. The Armed Forces said that the boat likely departed from Mauritania, which recently signed an agreement with the EU that included funding for migration patrolling. Spain’s Interior Ministry has reported that 11,704 migrants had arrived in the Canaries as of February 15th, representing a sixfold increase over this time last year. This comes after a major surge in immigrants to Europe in November and an EU deal in December resulting in faster deportations.
Today, you can expect sunny skies, with a high of 39 and a low of 24 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 Twyla Colburn. Have a wonderful day.
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