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Petraeus GS ’85 delivers Class of 2009 Baccalaureate address

Petraeus GS ’85 delivers Class of 2009 Baccalaureate address

While blending humor with a serious call to action, Gen. David Petraeus GS ’85 challenged the Class of 2009 “to make a commitment to something larger than self” and to devote their lives to service in his address at the University’s 262nd Baccalaureate service in the University Chapel on Sunday.

NEWS | 05/30/2009

Germany, Sotomayor receive 1976 Pyne Prize (Feb. 28, 1976)

J. David Germany and Sonia M. Sotomayor are the joint winners of this year's M. Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest honor the university confers on an undergraduate.

NEWS | 05/28/2009

Letter to the Editor: Criticizing an anti-gay attack on campus (Feb. 27, 1976)

This letter to the editor, published in the Feb. 27, 1976, edition of The Daily Princetonian, was written in response to an incident six days before, when eight students ransacked the dorm room of two gay students who were members of the Gay Alliance of Princeton. The letter was signed by 39 individuals, including Sonia Sotomayor ’76, history professor Nancy Weiss (now Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel) and politics professor Walter Murphy.

NEWS | 05/27/2009

Letter to the Editor: Anti-Latino discrimination at Princeton (May 10, 1974)

Sonia Sotomayor ’76 wrote a letter to the editor that was published in the May 10, 1974, edition of The Daily Princetonian. In it, Sotomayor explains a complaint filed by University students with the Health, Education and Welfare Department charging the University with “an institutional pattern of discrimination.”

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Back for Pyne Prize luncheon, Chicanos find ‘changed’ campus (March 1, 1976)

On the day that Sonia Sotomayor ’76 became the first Latino student ever to win the Pyne Prize, several Chicano alumni returned to Princeton and found it more attuned to Chicano problems than it had been when they were students.

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Students complain about selection of 'minority dean' (Sept. 12, 1974)

A Sept. 12, 1974, article in The Daily Princetonian in which students, including Sonia Sotomayor '76, on the advisory committee for a new assistant dean of student affairs criticize the amount of student participation in the selection process.

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Sotomayor ’76: From the ‘Prince’ Archives

Latin student groups assail University hiring performance (April 22, 1974)Letter to the Editor: Anti-Latino discrimination at Princeton (May 10, 1974)Students complain about selection of 'minority dean' (Sept. 12, 1974)Letter to the Editor: Criticizing the process of selecting a 'minority dean' (Sept. 12, 1974)Letter to the Editor: Condemning an anti-gay attack on campus (Feb. 27, 1976)Germany, Sotomayor receive 1976 Pyne Prize (Feb. 28, 1976)Back for Pyne Prize luncheon, Chicanos find ‘changed’ campus (March 1, 1976)

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Letter to the Editor: Criticizing the process of selecting a ‘minority dean’ (Sept. 12, 1974)

The following was a letter to the chairman published in the Sept. 12, 1974, edition of The Daily Princetonian. It was signed by Chico Albert ’76, Quentin Easter ’75, Mary Miller ’75, Frank Sancho Reed ’76, Russell Smith ’76 and Sonia Sotomayor ’76, members of the undergraduate committee which served in an advisory capacity in the recently completed search for a successor to the former assistant dean of student affairs, Joseph Moore.

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Latin student groups assail University hiring performance (April 22, 1974)

In its April 22, 1974, issue, The Daily Princetonian covered the filing of a complaint by Accion Puertorriquena, whose co-chairman at the time was Sonia Sotomayor '76, and the Chicano Organization of Princeton with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. They charged the University with a “lack of commitment” in hiring Puerto Rican and Chicano administrators and faculty and recruiting students from these minority groups.

NEWS | 05/26/2009

Dilday ’09 elected young alumni trustee

Elizabeth Dilday ’09 has been elected her class’ young alumni trustee.

NEWS | 05/25/2009

Sotomayor ’76 nominated to Supreme Court seat

Sonia Sotomayor ’76, the daughter of Puerto Rican parents who raised her in a Bronx housing project, was nominated to the Supreme Court on May 26 by President Obama.

NEWS | 05/25/2009

USG elections audit uncovers error; Class of 2012 Senate seat vacated

Class of 2012 senator Becca Lee will vacate her seat after it was discovered that hundreds of votes were disregarded in last December’s election because of a software glitch, USG president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 announced in an e-mail to the freshman class sent on Sunday.

NEWS | 05/23/2009

Charter found not guilty on all charges

Charter Club was exonerated Monday morning of charges of serving alcohol to minors and maintaining a nuisance by Judge Bonnie Goldman of the Princeton Borough Municipal Court.

NEWS | 05/17/2009

Another instance of lewdness reported on campus

A female student reported being approached by a masturbating man at around 12:30 a.m. on Monday, according to a campus safety alert.

NEWS | 05/17/2009

Looking toward their last weeks

As the days until graduation wind down, Princeton seniors can almost smell the vehicle exhaust on the other side of FitzRandolph Gate. But some still have big plans to follow through on before they complete the rite of passage.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

In Kagan ’81, a Supreme contender

When Elena Kagan ’81 handed in her history thesis, she couldn’t have known the attention her senior year work would receive nearly 30 years later. Kagan, now the U.S. solicitor general, is widely considered to be a strong contender to replace Supreme Court Justice David Souter.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

News & Notes: Six professors elected to mathematics society

The society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) elected six Princeton faculty members to their first group of fellows.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

An elusive institution

At 7 a.m. on the morning after Winter Formals, Matthew ’10 found himself standing behind Cottage Club in the snow with 20 other juniors facing a dumpster. The 21 young men had accepted bids to join one of the University’s most exclusive institutions: the 21 Club.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

ROTC may seek credit for courses

ROTC commander Lt. Col. John Stark is planning to seek accreditation for ROTC senior-level military science courses despite an “unspoken agreement” with the University that ROTC will not do so, Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 said.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

Melitz to leave for post at Harvard

Economics professor Marc Melitz has decided to return to the Harvard politics department next year after teaching at Princeton for three years, he confirmed in an e-mail to The Daily Princetonian Melitz came to Princeton in 2003 when he received an offer of tenure. He had been a professor at Harvard since 2000.

NEWS | 05/14/2009

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