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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in U. Mich. cases

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in U. Mich. cases

The Supreme Court issued a barrage of questions from the bench yesterday about the consitutionality of the University of Michigan's affirmative action policies.Yesterday's oral arguments for the two cases focused on the University of Michigan's undergraduate and law school admission policies.White applicants who were rejected brought suit against the university because they alleged they were denied their equal protection rights.The University of Michigan undergraduate program uses a points-based admission policy that assigns a numerical benefit for minority status.

NEWS | 04/01/2003

Preceptor, head of conservative group, opposes Michigan stance

As the executive director of the National Association of Scholars, politics preceptor Bradford Wilson is at the helm of one of the leading organizations opposing the University of Michigan's race-based admission policies.Though not vocally against Princeton's own policies, Wilson finds himself arrayed against the University's support of affirmative action.Though the NAS filed briefs in the cases against the University of Michigan heard by the Supreme Court yesterday, the University filed a brief supporting it.

NEWS | 04/01/2003

Robertson delivers speech on religion in U.S. politics

Students expecting to hear virulent anti-homosexual rhetoric or a hellfire-and-brimstone sermon during Rev.

NEWS | 04/01/2003

Clubs, Borough agree on new wristband policy

After brokering a deal with the Princeton Borough Police, Cap and Gown, Colonial and Quadrangle eating clubs will enact stricter policies to curb underage drinking ? including a new wristband policy.The arrangement comes after a string of arrests by Borough Police of a number of club officers.

NEWS | 04/01/2003

Tienda restates need for affirmative action policies

Marta Tienda, a Wilson School professor, voiced support for affirmative action in a talk yesterday.

NEWS | 04/01/2003

Rumsfeld '54 to speak on effects of Title IX on sports

Donald Rumsfeld '54, U.S. defense secretary and mastermind behind Operation Iraqi Freedom, has accepted the American Whig-Cliosophic Society's invitation to speak at the University April 6, said the organization's president Andrew Bruck '05.Rumsfeld will address the challenges of Title IX, a law that requires colleges and universities to provide equal opportunity for female athletes."It's just amazing," Bruck said.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

Three students caught taking joy ride early Friday morning

Three University students were arrested early Friday morning for theft of a means of conveyance near Robertson Hall, police said.The students ? juniors Kenneth Chu and Timothy Egan, and sophomore Charles Wiggins ? were apprehended shortly after 6 a.m.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

Faculty committee reviews continued grade inflation

"Who could ever have imagined that we would reach a point where a student with a straight B average would rank 923 out of a graduating class of 1079 ? or where a student with a straight C average would rank 1078?"This question appears in bold text on the first page of a report sent to faculty members in late February after a University committee analyzed trends in undergraduate grades during the last three decades.The report, a copy of which was obtained by The Daily Princetonian, warns that both grade inflation and grade compression continue, despite recent efforts to reverse these trends.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

Pleuger discusses impact of war against Iraq on United Nations

Gunter Pleuger, permanent German representative to the United Nations, said yesterday evening he does not believe the credibility of the United Nations has been undermined by the U.S.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

Jeremy Hubball '69: Climbing Mt. Everest

"I was scared enough that I was in great shape, and I came back looking like a refugee," Jeremy Hubball '69 said, referring to his most memorable and taxing mountain climb ? Mt.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

As Michigan arguments start, campus weighs in

When the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments this morning in the two cases against the University of Michigan's race-conscious admission policies, some 40 University students will take to the streets of Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 03/31/2003

University team places second in national Putnam math contest

Three Princeton students placed in the top 15 in the 2002 William Lowell Putnam Mathematics Competition, leading the University to a second-place finish out of 376 teams across the United States and Canada.The Putnam exam, dubbed by Time magazine "the most prestigious math contest in the world" and "a rite of passage for math cognoscenti," was taken in December by 3,349 students from 476 schools.The University's Marius Beceanu '04, Stefan Hornet '04 and Radu Mihaescu '03 each received $1,000 for finishing in the top 15 individually.

NEWS | 03/30/2003

Rubin, former treasury secretary, discusses international economy

Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin analyzed the international economy in a lecture Friday and said that the coming decade is unlikely to be as bullish as the last one.He argued that industrialized nations should significantly increase aid to developing countries, warned of continuing deficit spending and criticized the Bush administration's proposed tax cut.Rubin's lecture in McCosh 50 was the keynote address of a symposium organized by the Center for Economic Policy Studies.Rubin, who served as treasury secretary from 1995 to 1999, said that many Americans' attitudes toward the economy today were shaped by the "great bull market" of 1992-99.He said the success of the 1990s has led many Americans to be overly optimistic about continued economic growth.

NEWS | 03/30/2003

Kroll-Zaidi '03 awarded Sachs, plans to study film

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi '03 received a pleasant surprise while caught in the throes of January's reading period.

NEWS | 03/30/2003

USG amends Honor Code, debates political stance

The USG passed two amendments to the Honor Code, the first changes since 2000, at its meeting last night.The successful vote means an administrator will now serve as the procedural advisor and the University president will be largely removed from the appellate and penalty proceedings.Three of the 22 voting USG members opposed the amendments submitted by the Honor Committee, which were passed as a package.

NEWS | 03/30/2003

PCAT shows support for war opposite peace group

Rallying against the local antiwar protests that have occupied Palmer Square weekly for months, the Princeton Committee against Terrorism staged a counter demonstration Saturday.PCAT said members protested to demonstrate what they claim is a strong presence of a pro-war mentality on campus.

NEWS | 03/30/2003

Students, USG consider Honor Code amendments

The USG will vote Sunday on the Honor Committee's recommended reforms to the Honor Code in a decision that could shift procedural advising from students to administrators.The USG may also consider weighing in on another list of structural reforms proposed by Johnny Chavkin, Class of 2005 senator.

NEWS | 03/27/2003

Fake NetIDs loom in online directory

If you had typed the word "boss" into the online campus directory yesterday, you would have found two strange entries: "Pointy Haired Boss" and "Evil Pointy Haired Boss." Jack Undergraduate lives in 340 Henry Hall, according to the online and in-print directories, and what are "Orwelian Processor" and "Socrates Test"?Though "Orwelian Processor" and "Socrates Test" still remain, the other entries were removed from the online directory yesterday.

NEWS | 03/27/2003

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