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Some USG officers will not sign recommendation pledge

Some USG officers will not sign recommendation pledge

Several current USG officers — including vice president Michael Weinberg ’11, treasurer Trevor Martin ’11 and USG IT Committee chair and current presidential candidate Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 — have declined to sign a pledge affirming that they will not ask University administrators for letters of recommendation.

NEWS | 11/30/2009

Common Application only option for applicants this year

Prospective students applying to Princeton will no longer have to choose between the Common Application and Princeton’s own application form, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 11/30/2009

Altman ’11 to focus on clubs, grade deflation

Grade deflation and the relationship between the University and the eating clubs will be top priorities for Jack Altman ’11 if he wins the three-way race for USG president.

NEWS | 11/30/2009

Lanney ’10 wins Marshall Scholarship

Wilson School major Jess Lanney ’10 has been named a 2010 Marshall Scholar.

NEWS | 11/30/2009

Town board approves changes to Princeton Master Plan

The Regional Planning Board of Princeton recently approved an amendment to the Princeton Community Master Plan focusing on traffic, transportation, housing and environmental issues.

NEWS | 11/30/2009

Students flock to new Princeton FML site

Last week’s introduction of a Princeton-specific version of the popular FMyLife blog, Princeton FML, provides a new opportunity for students to express their frustrations with the everyday trials of life at Princeton, students said.

NEWS | 11/29/2009

Active in the nation's service

Spencer Reynolds ’92 arrived on campus in the fall of his freshman year planning to go to medical school. He soon lost interest in his academic path, however, when he realized that his real passion was for his ROTC training.

NEWS | 11/29/2009

Former provost Gutmann to chair bioethics commission

Former University provost and current Penn president Amy Gutmann was appointed chair of President Obama's new Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues on Nov. 24.

NEWS | 11/29/2009

Staph infections have risen by more than 90 percent, study finds

The number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has increased by more than 90 percent over the last decade, according to recent research led by University scholars.

NEWS | 11/29/2009

Edwards ’11 drops out of USG presidential race

Brian Edwards ’11 has dropped out of the race for USG president, endorsing candidate Michael Yaroshefsky ’12.

NEWS | 11/29/2009

Tiger on the Hill

Three years ago, Joyce Rechtschaffen ’75 was perusing the Washington, D.C., publication Roll Call when she saw a want ad posted by the University for a new director of government affairs. Recalling having interviewed Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 when she was a reporter for The Daily Princetonian, Rechtschaffen wrote Durkee a note asking if he remembered her and requesting to interview for the job.

NEWS | 11/24/2009

Christian leaders sign manifesto

Last Friday, a group of 145 Orthodox, Roman Catholic and evangelical Christian leaders released a declaration — written by politics professor Robert George — stating that they will not abide by laws that require their institutions to take part in abortions or to acknowledge same-sex marriages.

NEWS | 11/24/2009

Chinese applications to U.S. schools rise

As the number of international undergraduates at Princeton continues to rise, more and more foreign students — including several Chinese citizens like Lingzi Gui ’10 and Zhihan Ma ’11 — are applying to the University, though they face lower acceptance rates than American students and many logistical hurdles in the process.

NEWS | 11/24/2009

Right of the Rainbow

Yujhan Claros ’10 was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in what he said was a “really religious” community. “Latino culture is very demanding,” he explained. “The male and female roles are very defined, and women are very much subjugated to men.”

NEWS | 11/24/2009

Weinberg ’11 passes on run for USG president

For the second straight year, the USG vice president will not enter the race for president, students learned Monday when the candidates for USG elections were announced. Current USG vice president Michael Weinberg ’11 is not a presidential contender, though the sitting USG vice president has won roughly half of the past 13 presidential elections, according to data provided by Weinberg.

NEWS | 11/24/2009

Three professors write to White House about health care

A group of 20 economists, including three University professors, sent a letter to the White House last week outlining the economic benefits of passing health care legislation, just as the Senate begins debate on its health care bill in Washington.

NEWS | 11/24/2009

U. trails peers in Rhodes race

In the past decade, Princeton had a total of 13 American Rhodes Scholars, compared to 35 from Harvard, 21 from Yale, 15 from Stanford and 14 from the United States Military Academy.

NEWS | 11/23/2009

Princeton saves $300K with early move-in policy

The University saved roughly $300,000 by implementing a new move-in policy this summer.

NEWS | 11/23/2009

From B.S.E. to A.B.

Peter Bogucki, associate dean for undergraduate affairs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), said in an e-mail that “of the 268 students who began in the Class of 2012 in September 2008, 45 students — or 17 percent — have left to join the A.B. program.”

NEWS | 11/23/2009

USG president race draws four

Four students will face off in the race for USG president next month, according to information posted on the USG's website Monday afternoon. There are two contestants in the vice presidential race, while the candidates for treasurer, academics chair and ULC chair are all running unopposed.

NEWS | 11/23/2009

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