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(09/06/24 8:00am)
Two days away from Lawnparties, the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has yet to announce a student opener. A long-held tradition for the concert event, a student ensemble performs an opening act for the celebrity guest(s), bringing a slice of Princeton’s art scene to the star-studded affair.
(07/25/24 9:04pm)
When Carol Brown ’75 arrived at Princeton in 1971, she was not an athlete. Five years later, Brown would go on to row for Team USA in the Montreal Olympics, becoming the first of 16 female Princetonian rowers to do so.
(07/15/24 4:26am)
Before 2021, Indigenous students did not have an affinity space at Princeton. Natives at Princeton (NAP), in their search for a space, first requested a room in the Carl A. Fields Center, the renovated eating club on Prospect Ave. home to many of the campus’s affinity spaces. However, their request was denied due to a lack of room.
(05/06/24 5:11am)
In March 1970, the University invited Native scholars, professionals, artists, and historians to campus for the First Convocation of American Indian Scholars. At the convention, chaired by Alfonso Ortiz, assistant professor of anthropology, attendees discussed Indigenous Studies and its future in higher education.
(02/23/24 6:08am)
When I toured the West Energy Plant last year, Energy Plant Manager Ted Borer promised that he’d show me the new energy plant when it was complete. Borer stayed true to his word, and just over a year later, I found myself striding past Prospect St. and down Broadmead St. on a chilly February afternoon to see the building for the first time.
(02/02/24 7:27am)
Editor's Note: The Daily Princetonian is introducing “This Week in History.” This section will highlight an article from the ‘Prince’s archives that brings to light shocking, exciting, or interesting topics from this week in history. Going forward, “This Week in History” will be an exclusive feature of the ‘Prince’s print edition.
(12/08/23 5:58am)
In a festive, wreathed home just down the street from Forbes College, Head of Forbes College Maria Garlock and Dean of Forbes College Patrick Caddeau sit amidst a tornado of fur. Fonzie, a one-year-old golden retriever, and Lionela, a black Puerto Rican street dog, occasionally approach their humans for nuzzles. Lionela eventually races off after the toy in Fonzie’s mouth.
(12/04/23 3:40am)
Underneath the Princeton Public Library flows a hidden brook. Before Princeton was settled and developed, Harry’s Brook comprised the entirety of Spring Street, where the public library is now situated. Today, it runs via a concrete culvert beneath the streets of town. If someone were to put their ear to the pavement of the library’s parking lot, they might hear the river burbling away beneath.
(11/16/23 6:07am)
The University has sent 1,700 computers to be destroyed since June 2023, according to University spokesperson Ahmed Rizvi in an email to The Daily Princetonian. In previous years, University-distributed computers were wiped and resold to members of the University community, non-profit partners, and the general public for lower prices. A new policy sends the devices to an e-recycling center, stepping away from reuse. Faculty are also now required to replace their devices every four years.
(10/30/23 3:20am)
Picture the Princeton University of the early 1900s: the Dinky drops you off right before Blair Arch and, of course, there is no Wawa in sight. You stroll through the numerous Oxbridge-influenced courtyards, admiring the Gothic architecture around you and find yourself on the grassy lawn before Nassau Hall. The pairing of open green space with this building inspired the first known use of the word “campus,” derived from the Latin word for field, to describe University grounds.
(09/29/23 4:40am)
Across Washington Road, there is another center of power that has significant influence over students’ social life, the Interclub Council (ICC). The Daily Princetonian looked at the history of the body and its role on campus today.
(09/15/23 4:21am)
More and more students are pursuing the environmental sciences. According to a Keystone Student Recruitment Survey, Environmental Science majors have increased in enrollment by 24 percent since 2016. Students pursuing environmental careers is following the same pattern, having increased by six percent in 2021 alone. Additionally, the average age of workers in environmental fields is declining, indicating that many young people are entering into these careers soon upon entering the workforce. Young people have highlighted a desire for action on climate change in polls, possibly motivating many students to pursue environmental careers.
(04/24/23 4:26am)
This past April was a month of festivities across campus with three major Abrahamic holidays briefly overlapping from April 5 to April 9. Muslim students celebrated their Ramadan fasts together in Murray-Dodge with large iftar meals. The Center for Jewish Life (CJL) hosted multiple Passover seders, where students enjoyed matzah (unleavened bread) and sang late into the night. As Lent came to a close, Christian groups on campus celebrated Easter with services, feasts, and Easter egg hunts scattered across campus.
(04/03/23 2:13am)
“Mr. Speaker, you can end this madness right now,” said Aidan Davis ’26 on the steps of Congress in early February, as quoted in a CBS News article.
(03/27/23 2:39am)
Every day, Princeton students eat food in dining halls, dutifully scrape their leftovers into metal chutes labeled “Food Waste & Napkins,” and move on with their days. What journey does this food waste take?
(03/03/23 6:28am)
The UMatter bus, a bus that provides weekend late-night service for students to ride home from the eating clubs, has faced a significant decrease in ridership since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some bus staffers attribute the decrease in ridership to the pick-up location and a lack of awareness about the bus.
(02/24/23 4:33am)
“We’re literally changing the wheels on the bus while we’re going down the road at full speed,” said Energy Plant Manager Ted Borer. Borer’s metaphor succinctly captures the complex process of transitioning Princeton’s cogeneration plant to a geo-exchange system while simultaneously running the cogeneration plant.
(02/20/23 5:26am)
On a chilly day, as students meander down Elm Drive heading south to the new colleges for a meal, or perhaps rushing to class, they might be consumed in conversation or music. But if any of the passersby happened to look up, they might notice a plume of water vapor billowing from a nearby pipe attached to a squat, rectangular building.
(02/07/23 4:56am)
Students hurrying to class may find their paths impeded by construction sites, their sleep interrupted by loud machines, and their walks around campus marked by bold orange signs with slogans such as “Princeton Builds Sustainability” or “Princeton Builds Energy.” These are the signs of construction proceeding apace on a number of projects across campus. The most central construction project is the renovation of the Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM), with the intention of creating a larger space to hold the University’s expansive and global art collection. The building will also adapt to new sustainability standards to support Princeton’s goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2046.
(10/24/22 2:53am)
It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes several thousand employees to educate and care for Princeton undergraduate students.