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Burstein claim that he withdrew from Dickinson presidential search is disputed

Mark Burstein, the University’s executive vice president, told The Daily Princetonian Sunday morning that he has decided to remove his name from the search for the 28th president of Dickinson College, where he was one of two final candidates. Later that day, the school announced that it had chosen Nancy Roseman, the other top contender and a former dean at Williams College, for the position.

NEWS | 10/27/2012

Princeton braces for Hurricane Sandy

The University will be closed, except for critical and essential staff, on Monday due to Hurricane Sandy’s impending landfall on the East Coast. The University also canceled all Monday events on campus and will not run TigerTransit, the University’s bus system. A University decision as to whether to close the school on Tuesday will be made on Monday afternoon.University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said the 1,200 undergraduates currently on campus for fall break should inform their friends and families of their whereabouts and provide alternative phone numbers. He added that students should close their dorm windows and power down all computers and other nonessential appliances.

NEWS | 10/27/2012

Why do elephants have hair? Research team searches for answer

An elephant’s hair may make up a small part of the large animal, but it plays an important role in keeping elephants cool, according to a study published recently by a team of Princeton researchers.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

Q&A: Daniels '71 thinks Petraeus GS '87, but not himself, would be good choice for Princeton president

On Thursday, Indiana governor Mitch Daniels '71 returned to Princeton to deliver an afternoon lecture, "The Indiana Story," in which he explained his personal political philosophy. Following the lecture, The Daily Princetonian asked Daniels about how Princeton and Purdue — where he will serve as president starting in January — compare, whether Daniels thinks CIA Director David Petraeus GS ’87 could potentially be Princeton University president and why Daniels isn’t interested in leading Nassau Hall himself.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

Despite move, hospital UMCPP continues services from Plainsboro

Though the local hospital moved to a new Plainsboro location last May, hospital services provided to the University community have continued with no interruption since the move.The old hospital, the University Medical Center of Princeton, used to be housed at Witherspoon Street, less than one mile north of the University campus. The new hospital, now known as the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, is located off of Route 1 in Plainsboro, 2.4 miles from Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

Daniels ’71, GOP star, argues that public sector needs accountability, efficiency

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels ’71, who upset many national politicians last year when he declined to run for the Republican nomination for president, framed his conservative record in terms of his admiration for accountability and efficiency in a lecture in Robertson Hall on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

Top administrator Burstein is leading contender for Dickinson College presidency

Mark Burstein, the University executive vice president who oversees campus operation, spoke at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa. on Thursday and is one of two leading contenders to serve as Dickinson’s next president, according to students at the school.Burstein gave a speech at Dickinson and took questions from the college community, the students said. The other candidate, according to one student, is Williams College biology professor Nancy Roseman.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

News & Notes: Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad purchases properties for new facility

The Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad asked the Township Committee for help obtaining a new facility at the Committee’s meeting on Monday night.

NEWS | 10/25/2012

Larkin Brogan '09 dies in Berkeley, Calif.

Larkin Brogan ’09, an architecture student who played catcher on the women’s softball team, was found dead in Berkeley, Calif., on Monday. She was 25. The Coroner’s Bureau of the Alameda County Sheriff's office on Thursday ruled the death a suicide but was unable to identify a date of death. Her body was found by police officers in an apartment building adjacent to the campus, a police dispatcher said.

NEWS | 10/24/2012

Tilghman to travel to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, continuing U. internationalization efforts

Building on the University’s efforts to expand its presence in Latin America, University President Shirley Tilghman and four of her colleagues in the administration will travel to South America over fall break to formalize arrangements for a strategic partnership with the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil.

NEWS | 10/24/2012

Bucking national trends, males form majority of graduate school

While more women now earn master’s and doctorate degrees than men do nationally, this gender split has not registered at Princeton, where this national trend is flipped on its head.During the 2009-10 school year, 58.7 percent of master’s and doctorate degrees from private institutions in the United States were conferred to women. The population of Princeton’s graduate program was 38.4 percent female over the same time period. While these numbers are not directly comparable, they estimate a stark contrast between the gender breakdown on the local and national level.

NEWS | 10/23/2012

In Washington state, a legislator keeps the loggers in mind

Derek Kilmer ’96 — a Wilson School graduate with a cautious and thoughtful way of speaking — at first seems more like a candidate’s wonky policy adviser than a candidate for national office himself.

NEWS | 10/23/2012

News & Notes: Robbery reported at Stanworth Apartments

A graduate student living in Stanworth Apartments said he was robbed by a man wielding a knife on Tuesday night, the Department of Public Safety reported.

NEWS | 10/23/2012

First lady Michelle Obama ’85 has rebuffed invitations from Princeton administration

Over the past seven years, as her husband rose to national prominence, University officials made at least six direct overtures to Obama to return to Princeton or speak at Princeton-affiliated events. In all but one case, Obama has rebuffed the University’s advances, often citing a busy schedule.The series of overtures, mostly conducted out of the public eye, sheds new light on the complicated — and perhaps changing — relationship between Obama and the University she has generally stayed away from since she graduated.

NEWS | 10/23/2012

In light of rush ban, fraternities change practices

Fraternities are all responding differently to the new policy. Some have cancelled this year’s rush altogether, others have delayed the recruitment process, and a final group chose to hold rush as planned, despite the obstacles.

NEWS | 10/22/2012

Presidential Search Committee to replace Tilghman unveils website, plans for public comment

The University presidential search committee released a website this afternoon to gather community feedback for the coming search.

NEWS | 10/22/2012

USG passes election regulations in light of Ingram ’16 controversy

The USG passed new election rules in a 22-1 vote at its Senate meeting Sunday night in light of an attempt by a freshman to auction the Class of 2016 Facebook page’s cover photo to Freshman Class Council candidates earlier this month.Baxter Ingram ’16, the administrator of the Class of 2016 Facebook account, sought to sell the cover photo to the highest bidder of the 32 Freshman Class Council candidates during the first week of October. The USG distanced itself from the campaign tactic, though at the time the election handbook did not explicitly prohibit it.

NEWS | 10/21/2012

National Review's Ponnuru ’95, Vanity Fair’s Purdum ’82 square off in election debate

Partisan politics may prevent legislative accomplishments no matter who wins the presidential election in November, despite the stark differences in ideology between President Barack Obama and former governor Mitt Romney.Todd Purdum ’82, the national editor of Vanity Fair, and Ramesh A. Ponnuru ’95, a senior editor at the National Review, agreed on this at least Saturday morning during a debate on the upcoming election as part of the Aspire Celebration.

NEWS | 10/21/2012

Princeton endowment return drops, in line with other Ivies

The University’s endowment returned 3.1 percent for the fiscal year that ended on June 30, a significant decrease from the returns during the previous years but comparable to returns posted this year by other Ivies.The University endowment returned 21.9 percent and 14.7 percent in fiscal year 2011 and fiscal year 2010, respectively.

NEWS | 10/21/2012

For online copyright violators, potential U. discipline awaits

By the time one student entered sophomore year, file-sharing had become a common personal practice. This student used BitTorrent — a file-sharing client with a reputation of being the fastest way to download large files — to download movies over a home wireless network. But using BitTorrent on the University’s Internet got the student caught.“I got an email a couple days later,” said the student, who was granted anonymity due to the nature of the incident. “It was my first time at Princeton [using BitTorrent] and pretty much my last time.”

NEWS | 10/21/2012

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