The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will set aside ideology and focus on scientifically grounded policy under her leadership, Lisa Jackson GS ?86 said Wednesday at her confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.
Concerned by a lack of amnesty for University students who call for help for their intoxicated underage friends, USG president-elect Connor Diemand-Yauman ?10 said Thursday that a revision of Borough alcohol policies will be his top priority when he takes office in February.
USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 attempted Wednesday to indirectly pressure elections manager Sophie Jin ?11 to cancel a scheduled February revote for USG vice president, several USG members said in interviews Thursday.
University issues $1 billion in debt The University has issued roughly $1 billion in debt following a double-digit decline in the value of the endowment, which provides roughly half of the University?s operating budget.?We want to make sure we don?t have to take draconian actions in terms of our operations,? Vice President for Finance and Treasurer Carolyn Ainslie told Bloomberg News.
Upperclassmen looking to add an international flavor to their diet will have a new dining option next fall: the International Food Co-op.The initiative, conceived by a small group of students this fall, was approved in December by the Housing Office, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Executive Vice President Mark Burstein and Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson.
A group of University scientists will now have access to the world?s most powerful wide-field telescope, officials announced during a ceremony at the headquarters of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) on Thursday.The Princeton astrophysicists entered into a decade-long collaboration with NAOJ, which has agreed to grant the Princeton researchers access to the Mauana Kea, Hawaii-based, 8.2-meter Subaru Telescope.?All of us in our observatory are very much grateful with this support from Princeton University,? Subaru Telescope director Masahiko Hayashi said.
Borough institutes pre-emptive arrest policyThe Princeton Borough Police will now arrest students on their way out to the Street in an effort to reduce liquor-law violations, Borough Councilman Roger Martindell said at the Borough Council meeting Tuesday night.?We know that every person who goes to Prospect Avenue without exception is underage and will be illegally served alcohol,? Martindell explained.
Editor's note: Though the rest of the articles currently on this site are part of The Daily Princetonian's annual joke issue, this article is a factual breaking news update.A formal investigation into the integrity of the December USG vice presidential election has resulted in the need for a revote.
By EZ Rider, Princetonian Staff Voyeur The University announced last week that it will make changes to the campus transportation system to accommodate students? most urgent and personal travel needs.
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By C.B. Stearns, Princetonian Mortgage Broker Following significant endowment losses in 2008, the University will be investing in a joint venture with Somali pirates, Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO) president Andrew Golden said in an interview Friday.
The College Board announced Thursday that it will suspend the five-year-old Advanced Placement (AP) course and exam in Italian Language and Culture after this May, citing lack of funds to continue offering the program.Last April, the College Board announced that it would only continue to offer the program if supporters could raise enough outside funding.?The valiant effort to raise the needed funds was confounded by the unforeseen challenge of the current economic situation,? College Board president Gaston Caperton said in a statement.The College Board, however, is not against the AP Italian program in principle.?If at some future date the funding partnerships needed to support an AP Italian program arise, the College Board will consider renewing work to develop and offer the AP Italian course and exam,? according to the statement.Supporters of the program were expecting the government of the Italian Republic to help provide the $1.5 million the College Board said it needed to continue operating the program.
Two months after the launch of the USG?s ?Which do you want more?? (WDYWM) project, the USG has publicized the sorted and compiled data, which shows that lower textbook prices top the list of issues important to students.The WDYWM survey, accessible at point.princeton.edu/fun, was launched Nov.
As sophomores consider their eating options for the coming year, the University has launched a new Independent Student Guide (ISG) to give interested students the resources necessary to decide if ?going independent? is for them.The new ISG was the work of the Freshman-Sophomore Council of the USG, with help from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) and the Student Design Agency (SDA). A previous version of the ISG had been in existence since 2003 but had not been updated since 2006, and the Independent Student Union, which has traditionally been in charge of revising the website, is no longer in existence.?There is current interest in reviving the Independent Student Union,? said Devon Wessman-Smerdon ?05, the ODUS administrator who worked with the USG to create the new webpage.The revised webpage provides resources for grocery shopping, a list of local restaurants, advice and recipes for cooking, and information about local transportation options to get to shopping centers.
Students in search of caffeine at 4 a.m. can no longer turn to the U-Store to get their fix. Due to financial strain, the U-Store has been forced to cut five hours from its previous 24/7 operation schedule.
Students will no longer face the possibility of a 9 a.m. exam the day after Dean?s Date, following discussions between USG academics chair Ben Lund ?10 and University Registrar Polly Griffin.Lund met with Griffin in April 2008 to discuss the idea, he explained in an e-mail.?The fact that Dean?s Date is at 5 p.m.
