The University's plan to distribute diplomas in the residential colleges this year reflects the importance it attaches to the communities that students and staff form in these colleges. It seems odd, then, that some upperclassmen who choose to continue to ...(back to the article)
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Whether Tilghman is actually making these decisions is immaterial. If the administration's figurehead enunciates such a view, and her subordinates act much differently on a consistent basis, there's still a decent amount of hypocrisy and doublespeak here (cf. Barry Caro's article: http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/05/09/21170/)
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Factcheck: Most of what Tilghman does is behind the scenes. I'm sure Tilghman deals little if at all with the administration's decisions regarding this and many other things that haven't reflected studens' wishes recently. Most of these nitty-gritty individual decisions are made my vice-presidents and other lower administrative people.
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"It would be truly foolish for a university to admit brilliant students from all over the world, and then pay no attention to their views about the university" -Shirley Tilghman She actually did say this: http://prince-web1.princeton.edu/archives/2006/04/27/arts/15436.shtml?type=printable
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Admins. are you reading this? I feel a much greater connection with my department than with Rocky. I have not gone to a Rocky event since leaving Rocky and barely did anything there but eat when I was an underclassman. I don't want to have to sit through some speeches by random people that work at Rocky that pretend to have gotten to know me. I would much rather receive my diploma in a setting with students, professors and department staff that I have come to know.
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Agree with the thought of picking up the diplomas at our departments. But really, is this a big issue? It's just picking up a diploma. Prince Editorial Board: I'm surprised you chose to wrote your column about a topic that seems (to me) quite trivial. Was there nothing else to write about?
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Picking up one's diploma from his/her academic department would make the most sense - after all, the diploma certifies that you have acquired proficiency in an academic field, and has nothing to do with residential life. I find the University's efforts to promote the residential colleges highly artifical. I enjoyed my two years at Rocky (now I'm happily independent), but never felt any sense of allegiance to the college - I was simply assigned to live there, and that's it.
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I didn't choose my res college, but I did choose to leave it after 2 years for upperclass housing and an eating club. Quit trying to shove it back down my throat, 2 years after I stopped caring, and just give me my diploma in my academic department instead.
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No To Forbes: You'll still participate in the main graduation ceremony at Nassau Hall. The new procedure is that after the ceremony, instead of going behind Nassau Hall to pick up your diploma from a tent, you'll have to go back to Forbes to pick up your diploma.
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I really don't want to graduate at Forbes. I hate that college--it's in crappy condition and basically off campus.
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It's just another case of the university administration acting without seeking student input. Several people have talked to them about this problem, and it's quite clear that they don't care and are unwilling to change the system.
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