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1 year at U. enough for 5-hour ENERGY founder

1 year at U. enough for 5-hour ENERGY founder

Regina Wang

During their four years of study, many University students rely on 5-hour ENERGY to stay on top of their workload. But after just one year of study, the creator of the ubiquitous caffeine and vitamin drink left the University for a different kind of education.

NEWS | 04/04/2012

In CBE, gender balance is stable

Given the University’s well-publicized push to draw women into the sciences, it may come as a surprise that one department has already achieved a balance between the sexes: the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

NEWS | 04/04/2012

Internal report shows U. obeys animal regulations

An internal University investigation into on-campus animal research procedures found no evidence of noncompliance, the University announced Tuesday, challenging assertions by animal rights activists who have accused the University of mistreating animals.

NEWS | 04/04/2012

News & Notes: Aton becomes only Republican in race for council seat

Princeton township zoning Board member Geoff Aton has entered the race for the new Princeton Council, becoming the first — and only — Republican in the race for the six seats in the new governing body. So far, 10 Democrats have announced that they will run for a seat in the election this November.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Norovirus outbreak traced to Panera

Health officials suspect Panera Bread on Nassau Street to be a source of the norovirus outbreak that affected upward of 288 students earlier this semester.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Evaluation usefulness varies

While an analysis of the past semester’s SCORE data reveals a greater proportion of high-rated courses in the humanities, the significance of the course evaluations — and how departments use them — remains in question.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Valcourt ’12 wins Hertz Fellowship

Pyne Prize winner Jim Valcourt ’12 now has another laurel to add to his collection. Valcourt, a molecular biology major from Sterling, Mass., who is also pursuing a certificate in quantitative and computational biology, was awarded the Hertz Fellowship on March 22 to support graduate study in the physical, biological or engineering sciences.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Megabus will offer inexpensive fares from Princeton to New York City

Commuters from Princeton to New York now have the option of traveling by bus, which supplements the train service offered by New Jersey Transit through the on-campus station.A partnership between Suburban Transit and Megabus, branches of Coach USA, will begin running routes today. One-way fares range from $1 to $14, depending on how far in advance the customers book their tickets online.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

News & Notes: Joyce Carol Oates releases new novel

Creative writing professor Joyce Carol Oates has released a new novel, titled “Mudwoman,” that describes the challenges faced by the first female president of an Ivy League university in New Jersey.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Comment from Mandela Sheaffer '13 on dropped charges

The following statement was provided to The Daily Princetonian by Mandela Sheaffer '13.Thanks for considering my request to publish this letter to you in its entirety. As you probably know, all charges against me have been dismissed and I received a personal apology from the BGSU chief of police by telephone. I prefer to keep my communications written for now so that I don't say something off the cuff that could be taken in the wrong way.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Both charges against Sheaffer ’13 dropped

The two charges against William “Mandela” Sheaffer ’13 were dropped Monday. The Bowling Green State University police chief acknowledged that officers overreacted in a situation that sparked a social media campaign alleging racial motivations in Sheaffer’s arrest.Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at BGSU Monica Moll said the charges were dropped not because they were race-based, but because officers escalated what should have been a minor incident, which took place last weekend in Ohio.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

Bending beams: Focusing ions with ceramic

Erik Gilson of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory isn’t doing anything much different from holding a magnifying glass over an ant on a hot summer day, focusing diffuse rays from the sun to fry a bug to a crisp. Replacing the glass lens with magnets and the ant with a pellet of nuclear fuel gives a rough model of the experiment that his project is trying to carry out.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

Greek members allowed to encourage sophomore rush

The ban on freshman rush will not prevent members of Greek organizations from encouraging first-year students to rush during their sophomore year, members of the Committee on Freshmen Rush Policy confirmed during an open forum on Monday afternoon.Many members of the audience — which totaled upward of 50 students — seemed surprised at the revelation, which was not explicitly outlined in the written policy announced last week.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

News & Notes: Spitzer ’81 takes over television talk show for Keith Olbermann on Current TV

After losing his CNN show in July, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer ’81 returned to television on Friday night on Current TV as the replacement for Keith Olbermann, who was fired by the network. Current TV, led by former vice president Al Gore, will host Spitzer’s show, “Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer” in Olbermann’s old 8 p.m. daily slot.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

World Trade Center steel arrives in Borough

A piece of steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center has made its way to Princeton for display in a local monument to commemorate the attacks over 10 years ago. The monument is planned to be completed by Sept. 11 of this year.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

Humanities courses earn high marks

Three months ago, the Office of the Registrar collected through SCORE 15,521 student responses rating the overall quality of courses on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent). From this data emerges a complex picture of trends in ratings, with humanities, upper-level and smaller courses receiving the highest marks and quantitative and scientific, lower-level and larger courses the lowest. What factors cause some courses to be higher-rated than others?

NEWS | 04/02/2012

Gastfriend ’13 wins Truman prize

Daniel Gastfriend ’13, the co-chair of the Pace Council for Civic Values, the vice president of Princeton Social Entrepreneurship Initiative and a member of the Princeton Footnotes, was named the sole University recipient of the Truman Scholarship.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

Steward of an Institution

When first approached by President Shirley Tilghman in 2004 to become the University’s 11th provost, Christopher Eisgruber ’83 almost choked on his tuna salad sandwich.

NEWS | 04/01/2012

Demographics hold steady

The return of early admissions after a six-year absence coincided with the most competitive application year in University history. Yet despite the reversion to a two-round admission cycle, which President Tilghman said in 2006 disadvantaged students of lower socioeconomic status, the demographic breakdown of the Class of 2016 mirrored those of previous years.

NEWS | 04/01/2012

Trends in majors analyzed at CPUC

Dean of the College Valerie Smith reported on the progress of the University’s Major Choices initiative and presented data on trends in undergraduate major selection at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community last week. Her findings include an 85-percent growth rate in the mathematics department since the initiative began.

NEWS | 04/01/2012

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