News

NEWS: Fire marshal position vacant for more than a year at U.

NEWS: Fire marshal position vacant for more than a year at U.

By LOULLY SANEY Staff Writer The University has not had a fire marshal for more than a year, ever since former marshal Robert Gregory left his post to work for emergency services in Princeton Borough, which has since been consolidated into the single Princeton municipality.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: U. researchers confirm understanding of a simple universe

BY GRETA SHUM Contributor Princeton researchers working with the European Space Agency have received groundbreaking data from the Planck satellite launched by the ESA in May 2009.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

Chair of the Board, Hall ’80: Comfortable in her own skin

Patience Haggin

One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ’80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University’s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Chair of the Board, Hall ’80: Comfortable in her own skin

One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ?80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University?s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Letter from alumna receives national attention

Susan Patton ?77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian?s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Prank housing email prompts OIT response

The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a ?fraudulent email? that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Interclub Council releases survey about eating club admissions

The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.?We?re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,? ICC president Connor Clegg ?14 explained.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Faculty vote to approve changes to Thanksgiving break, fall semester

Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

La Source screening raises $7,784 for school building in Haiti

On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of ?La Source,? a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse?s return to his native Haiti after 2010?s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: Alumna letter generates national attention

By ANNA MAZARAKIS and RONAN O'BRIEN Staff Writer and Contributor Susan Patton ’77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian’s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: Prank room draw email prompts OIT investigation

By ELLA CHENG Staff Writer The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a “fraudulent email” that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: ICC releases survey to collect feedback on the eating club admissions process

By SETH MERKIN MOROKOFF Contributor The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.“We’re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,” ICC president Connor Clegg ’14 explained.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: Faculty vote to approve changes to Thanksgiving break, fall semester

By HANNAH SCHOEN Contributor Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

NEWS: La Source screening raises $7,784 for school-building in Haiti

BY LYDIA LIM Staff Writer On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of “La Source,” a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse’s return to his native Haiti after 2010’s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

USG votes to alter meeting attendance policies, hears SHARE initiatives

USG officers voted to make constitutional changes that would alter the existing officer attendance policies for meetings of the Student Groups Recognition Committee and heard a presentation about new initiatives to educate students about sexual assault on campus at Sunday evening?s meeting. The debate over SGRC meeting attendance policy continued from last week?s meeting.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

Diamond united Jewish students

Former Executive Director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James S. Diamond, who died on Thursday, was admired by friends, colleagues and relatives for his ability to bring together Jewish individuals of all backgrounds. Diamond died in a triple-car accident about one mile from campus.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

Students compete in E-Club’s HackPrinceton

An anti-procrastination application and a robot that can be controlled by an Xbox Kinect won first-place prizes in the software and hardware categories of HackPrinceton?s Spring 2013 Hackathon on Sunday evening. ?We combined two of our favorite things in the world ? Tamagotchi and trying to make ourselves a little more productive on the web,? Tamagetitdone team member Michael Toth said, referring to the Japanese handheld digital pet. The application is a Google Chrome extension in which a Tamagotchi sits on the bottom-right hand corner of the web browser and sends alerts when the user spends too much time on one of the websites on its ?unproductive list.? The Tamagotchi then goes around the screen and begins eating the links, pictures and video files on the website.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

OIT launches Princeton Mobile

Princeton Mobile, a new mobile website containing interactive information about the University for students, faculty, staff and visitors, will replace the current iPrinceton mobile app, the Office of Information Technology announced. Princeton Mobile contains 16 interactive menus, including a library catalogue and information on residential and retail dining.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

Most Popular