Each week, Princeton's dining halls host 21 different language tables, encouraging foreign language conversations between students and faculty in a relaxed setting. In today's episode, the Daybreak team visited a number of these language tables across campus. Speaking with students and faculty, we set out to understand the role language tables play in the language learning journey at Princeton.

Today, we cover the results of the Class of 2028 frosh survey, a reduction in SPIA Junior Paper requirements, New York Mayor Eric Adams’ indictment, and a Japanese destroyer sailing through the Taiwan Strait for the first time yesterday.
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You can find the frosh survey here later this weekend: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/projects 
You can read more about SPIA's new JP requirements here: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2024/09/princeton-news-adpol-spia-department-changes-requirements-for-junior-independent-work 

Today, we cover a new meal initiative for graduate students, a settlement in a Trenton-shooting lawsuit, updates on Hurricane Helene, and the approval of an aid package for Ukraine. 

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Today, we cover a lack of vegetarian and vegan options at late meal, Princeton’s U.S. News Rankings, a shakeup in the New Jersey State Police and escalating violence in Lebanon.

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Today, we cover Princeton Field Hockey’s recent success, changes to Princeton late meal, the suing of ExxonMobil by California’s attorney general and the swearing in of a new Sri Lankan president.
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Today, we cover a campus climate-advocacy group’s new findings on the University's fossil fuel ties, a new campus accessibility initiative and Cambodia's withdrawal from a regional development deal.

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Today, we cover a by-the-numbers sports roundup, new curricula for first-year writing seminars, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s expansion, and an inquiry into Princeton’s admissions process.

You can read Harrison's article here, or at dailyprincetonian.com.

Correction: This episode was sound engineered by Isabel Jacobson, not Vitus Larrieu.

Today, we cover a deep dive into the best pizzas in town, a stall in Labyrinth Union negotiations, a US Federal Reserve interest rate cut, and the 51 arrests following an investigation of the messaging platform ‘Ghost.’

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You can Lulu's article here: https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/section/prospect

Today, we cover reactions to the early release of the final exam schedule, the resignation of Rutgers’ president, the indictment of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, and the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of handheld pager devices across Lebanon in an Israeli offensive.
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Today, we cover this year’s Fall Street Week, faster processing times at Princeton’s University Print and Mail Department, an attempted assassination targeting former President Donald Trump, and the hospitalization of a Brazilian mayoral candidate.
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