Students have enjoyed several days of brisk weather, with temperatures dropping into the 30s and 40s as fall sets in.
Freshmen Connor Diemand-Yauman and J. Brendan McGuire will compete in a runoff for the Class of 2010 presidency, the USG announced earlier this evening.
Students, both Muslim and non-Muslim, gathered last night in the Friend Center to break their day-long fasts.
The state Supreme Court is expected within the next week to rule on the legality of same-sex marriage.
The USG brainstormed ways to engage more students in discussing the University's grading policy Sunday night, during a lengthy meeting that left officers split over whether to work with Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel or bypass her and approach professors directly about implementation of the controversial initiative.The meeting came following a public dispute over the policy between Malkiel, who spearheaded the plan, and USG president Alex Lenahan '07, a longtime opponent of grade deflation efforts.
A group calling itself the Order of the Bull's Blood, a secret society at Rutgers University, is claiming responsibility not only for the spate of recent vandalism of Princeton property, but also for the theft of one of the University's cannons in 1875.The group, which also goes by the name Lodge 443, says its goals are twofold: first, to return the cannon to Rutgers and second, to have another Princeton-Rutgers football game."It's the oldest tradition," a member of the group told The Daily Princetonian, referring to the first intercollegiate football game.
Charles McPhee '85's life, at least until last June, could have been described as a dream come true.McPhee ? who knew as a freshman that he wanted to write his senior thesis on dreams ? managed to parlay that early interest into a career, spending the past 20 years treating sleep disorders and revealing the method behind the seeming madness of dreams.Drawing on an online database of a half-million dreams, he is one of the field's most respected and innovative figures.Last spring, though, McPhee experienced what can best be described as a nightmare: he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ? better known as Lou Gehrig's disease ? an almost invariably fatal neurological condition for which there is no cure."I feel locked out, in a way.
The recent spate of lengthy emails on the University's grading policy from USG president Alex Lenahan '07 and Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel have been informative and discussion-provoking, if not persuasive, students said in interviews Sunday night.Others said, though, that they would appreciate some brevity on what they admit is a complex issue."I guess one could argue that they could have been a little more to the point, but they seemed to contain a good amount of research ? data as to why each individual held their point of view," Lear Janiv '07 said, adding that "I don't think it's really changed anyone's ideas fundamentally."Lenahan's four emails in the past two weeks ? long, detailed and set in dark blue 18.5-point type ? have assailed the grading plan and urged students to talk to their professors about it.
With the fall job recruiting season at its height, many seniors are facing a new obstacle as they try to land a job in finance.
Students gaze at the stars Saturday night from the rooftop of Peyton Hall as part of the Princeton Astrobiology Club's Star Party.
In a candlelit room with panoramic views of campus, couples kissed and held hands, dancing to a live band.
Israel has a right to defend itself against terrorist groups, even when its actions harm innocent civilians, Fordham University law professor Avi Bell told a small group of students yesterday in Whig Hall."I have a human right not to be killed," Bell, who is also a professor at Bar Ilan University in Israel, said.
For more than 30 years, students have worked with faculty and administrators for recognition of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender concerns on campus, seeing only gradual improvement.Decades of frustration gave way to celebration yesterday with the grand opening of the LGBT Center in Frist Campus Center, marked by speeches by President Tilghman and Executive Vice President Mark Burstein."It was important practically and symbolically that we provide a place that would allow LGBT students to flourish," Tilghman said in an interview.The LGBT Center includes a library, lounge, seating area and workspace, all meant to create a comfortable area for students."We were named among the top 20 universities in the country for LGBT student life," Tilghman said in her speech, "which was more important to me than the U.S.
The University's Community-Based Learning Initiative (CBLI) was recently awarded a three-year $1.3 million grant to expand its service offerings and share its expertise with other campuses hoping to start similar programs.The grant was given by Learn and Serve America, a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
Many Wilson School professors propose sweeping changes to government policies. Visiting professor Chibli Mallat may actually get to implement some.Mallat, a former lawyer, writer and human rights activist, is running for president of Lebanon.
Persistent wireless interruptions on campus have been traced to a suspected bug in the vendor software.
Advertising. It owns you. Effective enough, and a cuddly sock puppet convinces $10 billion in venture capital to invest in a company that sells dog food over the Internet.
Briefly resurrecting memories of Sept. 11, 2001, a small private plane piloted by New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle crashed into a residential tower on Manhattan's Upper East Side at 2:42 p.m.
Correction appendedStanford started the public phase of the largest-ever fundraising drive by an institution of higher education, president John Hennessy announced Tuesday.The five-year, $4.3-billion capital campaign campaign, billed as "The Stanford Challenge," edges out the $4-billion campaign announced by Columbia two weeks ago.Princeton is expected to announce a public capital campaign in the coming years.
Creative writing professor and noted author Joyce Carol Oates publicly apologized Tuesday to those upset by her recent New Yorker short story, "Landfill," a work of fiction that set off a small storm of controversy this week for its resemblance to fact."I'm certainly feeling very apologetic and deeply sorry that I inadvertently ... hurt the feelings of these people and just feel sorry about that," Oates said in an interview with The Times of Trenton."Landfill," which was published in the Oct.
