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Fewer A's given for theses, JPs

Fewer A's given for theses, JPs

The University is making progress toward its goal of awarding only 55 percent A-range grades to junior and senior independent work, due in large part to the efforts of large departments, according to a memo sent to faculty by Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel on Nov.

NEWS | 01/13/2008

Six juniors win SINSI fellowships

Six members of the Class of 2009 have won Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI) fellowships, enabling them to spend time working for the federal government before returning to the University to earn a Masters in Public Policy (MPA) degree from the Wilson School.The juniors ? Cyndi Barmore, Shannon Brink, Michael Konialian, Emily Norris, Michael Shapiro and Brendan Reilly ? were notified of their selection last month and are the second group of undergraduates to be accepted into the program.

NEWS | 01/13/2008

Playwright Albee leads course on own work

Award-winning writers might be stereotyped as shrouding their creative process in secrecy, but eight University undergraduates got to pierce the veil of mystery this semester, observing and learning from famed playwright Edward Albee as he prepared his latest theatrical opus.The students ? participants in the seminar THR: Special Topics in History and Theory: Albee on Albee, a course offered through the program in theater and dance and co-taught by the playwright himself ? helped Albee prepare his latest play, "Me, Myself, and I," which opened at the Berlind Theatre last Friday.

NEWS | 01/13/2008

Township will not charge Nava '09

Francisco Nava '09 will not be charged with filing a false police report and most likely will not face prosecution for sending harassing emails, officials from Public Safety and Princeton Township Police said yesterday.Nava had claimed that he had been attacked in an empty lot in the Township on Dec.

NEWS | 01/13/2008

Rubbing elbows with presidential hopefuls across the Granite State

One October morning in 1996, I put on a Bill Clinton mask and went to school. Morningside Elementary in Atlanta, Ga., was holding its annual Halloween carnival, and the year's presidential election was only 10 days away.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

A day of primary importance

The week leading up to the New Hampshire presidential primaries may not have been a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but it was certainly close.For the first time since 1928, neither an incumbent president nor current vice president was in the race.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

Fire guts faculty housing

A fire raged through a faculty housing complex across from McCarter Theatre yesterday afternoon, leaving several University faculty and staff members homeless but no individuals or pets injured, according to University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96.The fire, which was reported at 2:29 p.m., caused severe damage to Unit 2 of the College Road Apartments, which are located on College Road between University Place and Alexander Street.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

Early acceptance rates decline across Ivies

In the first admissions cycle without early admissions at Princeton and Harvard, application numbers soared and acceptance rates dropped across the rest of the Ivy League and at other selective institutions that continue to offer early admissions.Seeking early acceptance at a top school, some applicants who might have applied early to Princeton or Harvard in past years seem to have applied early elsewhere, especially to Yale, which saw a record 4,888 applicants for the class of 2012, a 36 percent jump from the class of 2011.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in October 2007 that she thought some students had applied early to Princeton for strategic reasons.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

Princeton Ph.D.s: The fast track

As undergraduates buckle down to write their papers for Dean's Date, many graduate students are wrapped up in far more extensive writing projects: their dissertations.Though grad students at the University complete their dissertations more quickly than average, according to recent findings by the Council of Graduate Schools, Princeton's ethos of speedily finished degrees can be a mixed blessing, grad students and alumni said.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

USG to consider Dillon options

President Tilghman discussed how the University administration views the USG during a question-and-answer session with the outgoing USG administration yesterday.Speaking during the last USG Senate meeting of the semester, Tilghman cited two main areas in which she said the USG was most valuable.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

Red Cross opens center

The Red Cross of Central New Jersey opened its disaster relief center in Princeton Township on Wednesday.Designed as a headquarters to organize relief efforts for the surrounding counties and possibly serve as a shelter for affected families in the case of a disaster, the Alexander Road center will serve Middlesex, Mercer and Hunterdon counties as well as the southern part of Somerset County.The 5,000 sq.

NEWS | 01/10/2008

Long shots strive for influence

Manchester, N.H. ? Their hangout: the backseat of a minivan. Their beds: three mattresses on the floor and bunked beds in the corner.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Nava '09 had history of behavioral issues

When it emerged last month that Francisco Nava '09 had faked death threats to campus conservatives and fabricated an assault on himself, students struggled to reconcile their perceptions of a student they described as "quiet," "smart" and "jovial" with his actions.As the campus tries to come to grips with the incident, some central questions remain unanswered: What were Nava's motivations for hurting himself?

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Around the Ivies

Yale to increase endowment spendingYale University President Richard Levin announced Monday that Yale would increase spending on its endowment by nearly 40 percent in the next year.Levin's announcement comes on the heels of a controversial proposal by the Senate Finance Committee mandating that universities spend at least 5 percent of their endowment every year to increase the affordability of higher education.Yale spent only 3.7 percent of its endowment this year because its spending rule prevented increased payouts to correspond to high investment returns.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Chasing the red and blue

NASHUA, N.H. ? For the past five days, we've been braving the below-freezing New Hampshire weather, hot on the trail of several possible future occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.At a "house party" in Plymouth on Sunday night, we spoke with Michelle Obama '85 ? the wife of Sen.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Borough drops charge against TI

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NEWS | 01/08/2008

Obama '85 urges voters to abandon cynicism

PLYMOUTH, N.H. ? Crisp winter air raced through the front door as dozens of Granite State residents made their way into the basement office of Sen.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Princeton wins Ivy Risk tournament

While people in the real world watched football and made resolutions on New Year's Eve, some Princetonians gathered for a virtual bonfire to celebrate their come-from-behind win in the All-Ivy Risk Tournament.Princeton placed first, controlling 70 territories in the last turn, while Cornell finished second with the remaining 10 territories.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

Nunokawa to stay master of Rocky

English professor and current interim master of Rockefeller College Jeff Nunokawa will serve a full four-year term as Rocky master, the University announced Monday.Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel and Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan praised Nunokowa for leading a "flourishing" community in a memo to the Rockefeller College community."He is fully engaged in leading his staff to provide the kind of stimulating, engaging, supportive college environment we expect residential colleges to offer our students," Malkiel said in an email.The news comes as a surprise because the University announced in February that Nunokawa would only serve as master for one interim year, after which he would be replaced by religion professor Marie Griffith.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

In N.H., students hit the streets for candidates

The days were short but the hours were long for the 20 students volunteering for various campaigns in the run up to the New Hampshire primary.

NEWS | 01/08/2008

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