In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a beloved staffer dies, a Princetonian journalist is arrested while working on a story, and more.
May 27, 1867—James Titus, a staffer known on campus as “The Navigator” or “Navvy,” dies of dropsy.
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May 31, 1886—Classes are suspended in observance of Decoration Day, which will later be more commonly known as Memorial Day.
June 1, 1973—Stephen M. Freedman ’76 is studying for a final exam when police arrest him for trespassing on a farm where he interviewed and photographed migrant workers for a Daily Princetonian investigation on May 31. The charges will eventually be dismissed on the basis of the precedent set in State v. Shack (1971).
June 2, 1982—A poll finds that 1 in 4 female Princeton University students report being sexually harassed on campus.
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