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Rocky-Mathey Dining Hall card checker Charlie Wilder was honored for his more than 30 years of work for Dining Services at his retirement party Monday.
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Admissions | May 14
Yield will drop from past years
Eighty-six students were taken off the University’s waitlist last week, a figure that may reflect the University’s diminishing yield on admissions.This year, 1,526 students were initially placed on the waitlist, more than 300 more than in typical years, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said.Rapelye was unable to confirm an official ...
Academics | May 14
Administration considers Latino Studies
The University is currently reviewing a proposal to offer a Latino studies program, an issue that has been on the administration’s table for more than 10 years.If approved, the Latino studies program may be available to students as soon as two years from now. The program, which will now focus ...
Admissions | May 12
Web Update: University admits 86 waitlisted high school seniors
Updated May 12, 2008 2:45 p.m. When Brian Contratto, a high school senior from San Diego, Calif., found out that he had been waitlisted at Princeton, his first choice for college, he elected to stay on the waitlist, but he wasn’t optimistic.“I just sent the reply card in indicating that I ...
Religious Life | May 12
University grants Chabad chaplaincy
The University has granted chaplaincy to Rabbi Eitan Webb, reversing last year’s decision to deny the Jewish organization Chabad official University recognition. This September, Webb will join Center for Jewish Life (CJL) Executive Director Rabbi Julie Roth as the second Jewish chaplain at the University.Concerns that Roth and Webb would ...
Prospect Avenue | May 9
Tower Club leaks alumni members' social security numbers
Tower Club is taking steps to protect 103 of its alumni in the classes of 2006 and 2007 after a spreadsheet listing their names and social security numbers was e-mailed to current club members early Wednesday morning.The document was attached to an apparently unrelated e-mail that informed current members about ...
Accident | May 9
Car hits biker on Washington Road
A car struck a University employee late Wednesday afternoon at the crosswalk near Ivy Lane on Washington Road.Matthew Montondo, office coordinator for the molecular biology department, was riding his bicycle through the crosswalk when a black 2006 Honda Civic driven by Terrence Curran, a resident of Cranford, N.J., hit him, ...
Crime | May 9
Hutchings arrested, charged with DWI
Robert Hutchings, diplomat-in-residence and a former assistant dean for academic affairs at the Wilson School, was charged with DWI and careless driving following a motor vehicle accident last Saturday at 8:51 p.m.The Montgomery police found Hutchings standing next to his 1998 BMW on Millstone River Road, where he was traveling ...
Dining | May 7
Salmonella outbreak plagues University
The number of confirmed salmonella infections on campus has risen to 16, including 15 students and one staff member. University officials have not yet determined the source of the recent outbreak of the bacterial infection.Despite not knowing the source, the Princeton Regional Health Department (PRHD) has been working with New ...
Student Government | May 7
Salciccioli ’09 named U-Council chair
Maria Salciccioli ’09 will replace Sarah Langberg ’09 as U-Council chair, USG president Josh Weinstein ’09 announced at Tuesday’s weekly USG Senate meeting. U-Councilor Liz Rosen ’10 will also serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), a position Salciccioli held ...
Campus Planning | May 5
McCoy GS '80 named new University architect
Ron McCoy GS ’80 will succeed Jon Hlafter ’61 as University architect, overseeing campus planning in a period of immense growth under the recently published 10-year Campus Plan.“Finding somebody who was just as perfect as [Hlafter] was for the job was certainly a surprise, and a wonderful surprise,” Vice President ...
Student life | May 5
COMBO survey: Consider campus pub
In efforts to break down barriers between students of different social groups and to encourage more responsible drinking on campus, both the USG’s Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) and the Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) have proposed that the University re-examine the possibility of a permanent on-campus pub.“I think [a ...
Crime | May 5
Gangs of Princeton: trouble in paradise
Updated May 10 On Halloween night 2004, a group of about 50 teenagers traveled along Bayard Lane and Hodge Road in Princeton Borough, beating up children who were trick-or-treating and flashing gang signs to police officers, the Town Topics reported.This episode was only one of a series of gang-related incidents ...
Princeton Prize | May 5
Princeton Prize hosts first symposium on race
“I’m gonna kill me a n—ger today.”Caroline Mitchell heard those threatening words from a white classmate every morning of middle school as he boarded their school bus. But the Clarkesville, Va., native persevered, making history in 1965 as one of the first black children to integrate her local school system. ...
Dining Services | May 2
New Cafe Viv to offer organic food
A new, more eco-friendly cafe will open its doors next fall in Frist Campus Center to replace Cafe Vivian, bringing a variety of organic breads and meats, as well as vegetarian and vegan options.The new cafe will complement the redesigned C-Store and new Witherspoon’s Cafe, which took over the original ...
Campus Plan | May 2
Psychology building to replace Lot 20
Co-director of the University’s Neuroscience Institute David Tank and University architect emeritus Jon Hlafter ’61 revealed plans for new neuroscience and psychology buildings, to be built south of Icahn Laboratory, at a meeting with community members last night at Princeton Township Hall. The two buildings, which will be designed by ...
Student government | May 1
Bermann retains '09 presidency
Incumbent Class of 2009 president Grant Bermann defeated challenger Alec Williams ’09 by only 11 votes to retain his post, ending a day of uncertainty sparked by a technical snafu that delayed confirmation of the race’s outcome. “I’m thrilled,” said Bermann, who garnered 347 votes to Williams’ 336. “Obviously, it ...
Student Government | May 1
More than half of voters say administrators ignore student opinion
Students have mixed views of administrators’ performance, the results of the referendum included on the USG’s spring ballot show. The USG released the results yesterday after a one-day delay because of problems with the coding of the elections website.In all, 43.6 percent of the nearly 1,900 students who participated said ...
Student Government | April 30
USG election results delayed by code mixup
Voters and candidates in the USG election were left waiting for results yesterday after USG webmaster and Class of 2009 senator Bruce Halperin changed the scripting language used to create the online ballot.In addition, USG officials acknowledged that last year’s election for U-Council violated both Council of the Princeton University ...
Crime | April 29
Ex-student may be out of jail soon
Malik Little ’11, the individual accused of kidnapping, assaulting and endangering a freshman woman may be released from jail in the near future, Public Safety deputy director Charles Davall said in a campus safety alert sent out to the entire University community yesterday afternoon.Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson Casey DeBlasio ...
Crime | April 28
Freshman charged with kidnapping, aggravated assault
A freshman male has been charged by the Princeton Borough Police with kidnapping, aggravated assault, endangerment of an injured victim and making terroristic threats, The Times of Trenton reported on Saturday.The Times article, which covered the defendant’s bail hearing in Trenton on Friday, reported that Mercer County Superior Court judge ...
Academics | April 25
University calendar reform still out of reach
Though consensus on academic calendar reform at the University is hard to come by, Harvard has already finalized its revamped calendar, leaving Princeton the only school in the Ivy League to hold fall term exams after winter break. University administrators tabled calendar reform last November after circulating a survey asking ...
Transportation | May 7
Graduate students object to new shuttle plan
When administrators implemented a new route for the green line shuttle last September, some graduate students believed the new route was designed to create “a ginormous ‘P’ on campus,” Hilary Bergsieker GS, a member of the Graduate Student Government (GSG) Parking and Transportation Committee, said of the route’s new shape.The ...
Campus Life | May 14
ACC: Permanent committee needed
The Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) published its strategic plan yesterday to address high-risk drinking at the University. The ACC was co-chaired by Butler College Master Sanjeev Kulkarni and Agatha Offorjebe ’09 and included both students and faculty.The report does not make specific suggestions, but instead outlines “broad recommendations to provide ...
Beyond the Gate | May 14
Downturn halts students en route to Wall Street
When James An ’08 began spring break, everything was going according to plan. He was almost finished with his senior thesis and already had a job lined up for next year: a position as a first-year analyst in the fixed income division at Bear Stearns.On a retreat for Manna Christian ...
Arts | May 14
Lewis Center collaborates across campus
The University may not begin building the new Arts Neighborhood for two years, but the $101 million gift of Peter B. Lewis ’55 is already allowing the academic program at the Lewis Center for the Arts to grow.“What’s changing is the breadth of the courses we offer,” Lewis Center associate ...
Campus Life | May 12
Where's Waldo to play on Dean's Date
It’s the final crunch. Tomorrow afternoon, students who rush to the McCosh courtyard to turn in their final papers will be greeted with free kettle corn, ice cream and music from a student band as a clock counts down the minutes and seconds until the 5 p.m. deadline.The event, sponsored ...
Civic Engagement | May 12
Vigil raises money for victims in Myanmar
Dozens of candle lights flickered in the University Chapel on Saturday evening, casting a glow over the roughly 50 students, faculty and community residents who gathered for prayers, songs and reflections in response to the deadly cyclone that devastated the politically volatile Southeast Asian country of Myanmar earlier this month.The ...
Politics | May 12
Panel: Torture tactics hurt U.S. moral standing
The use of torture in the United States’ war on terror has corrupted the ideals of the nation and will have legal and moral repercussions in the years to come, three panel experts on human rights and international law said Saturday in Robertson Hall in a discussion titled “Torture and ...
Campus Life | May 9
PAWS: 'Veg Prospects' high at Tower, low at Quad, Terrace, TI
Vegetarian students searching for a place to eat on the Street may wish to consult “Veg Prospects on Prospect,” a pamphlet rating the meatless menus at each of the eating clubs released Wednesday by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).The brochure, which PAWS president Jenny Palmer ’09 said she hopes ...
Honors | May 9
American Academy of Arts and Sciences selects 11 University faculty members
Eleven University faculty members received notification last week that they have been elected to be fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The AAAS, whose membership consists of leaders within the scientific, artistic, scholarly, public affairs and business communities, selected 212 new members this year.The University’s honorees, ...
weather guy | may 9
100 years, 100 columns
It’s been a big week for me, Weather Fans. I handed in my thesis, shaved the thesis beard and appeared on the cover of Monday’s newspaper in a bathrobe, a guaranteed sign of an epic weekend. But today is the biggest landmark of all: the publication of the 100th weather ...
Transportation | May 7
Graduate students object to new shuttle plan
When administrators implemented a new route for the green line shuttle last September, some graduate students believed the new route was designed to create “a ginormous ‘P’ on campus,” Hilary Bergsieker GS, a member of the Graduate Student Government (GSG) Parking and Transportation Committee, said of the route’s new shape.The ...
Academics | May 7
COMBO results show need to put more textbooks on reserve
Students may find it easier next fall to rely on course reserves for their textbook needs as the administration moves to put more course materials on reserve and to encourage professors to use alternatives to Pequod packets. The change comes in response to a recommendation based on the USG’s Committee ...
borough | May 7
Sidewalk discussion dominates Borough meeting
The granite-or-concrete debate consumed the discussion at another Borough Council meeting with no resolution last night, where about 20 Cleveland Lane residents made their voices heard on an issue that has raised tensions on the normally peaceful, leafy avenue in the Borough's western section. The Borough Council's last meeting on April ...
News & Notes | May 7
Faculty elected to National Academy of SciencesProfessors Emily Carter and Jose Scheinkman, along with senior research biologist Rosemary Grant, were chosen to join the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) on April 29.Carter is the Arthur W. Marks ’19 professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied and computational mathematics. Her ...
Science | May 5
University Health Services nears 1,000th course of HPV vaccine
The first cancer vaccine was supposed to be unequivocally a good thing.The Gardasil vaccine, touted as a triumph of modern medicine, protects against four strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) that commonly cause genital warts and cervical cancer.In the two years since obtaining FDA approval and being released by Merck, ...
Science | May 5
Discovery paves way for spintronic technology
The weather may be heating up as summer approaches, but thanks to the discoveries of a group of University researchers, computers may soon be cooling down. Currently, many laptop computers can generate enough heat to allow their users to turn them over and fry eggs on the laptops’ undersides.In the ...
World Affairs | May 5
Student group seeks to dispel myths about Tibet and China
In response to the Human Rights Torch Relay outside of Princeton Borough Hall on April 24, Ke Wan GS decided to organize a display in Frist Campus Center to counter anti-China sentiment on campus and promote understanding of Chinese culture, history and current events among students.Wan said in an e-mail ...
Campus Life | May 2
The father of all student groups
With the more than 200 student organizations that currently exist on campus, it’s difficult to imagine an interest that is not represented formally by one group or another, but the Student Groups Recognition Committee (SGRC) makes sure that group founders with unrepresented interests are given the opportunity to receive University ...
The Technocrat | May 2
Vote early, vote single transferably
Voters in British Columbia, when asked on a 2005 ballot whether they supported switching to a Single Transferable Vote (STV) system like the one used in the USG’s U-Council elections, chose not to make the switch. Though 57.7 percent of voters opted to adopt the STV system, the number ...
