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Eisgruber '83 defends legacy admissions, grade deflation at New York alumni event

Eisgruber '83 defends legacy admissions, grade deflation at New York alumni event

Teddy Schleifer

NEW YORK — University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 defended the high percentage of legacy applicants that earn admission to Princeton on Monday evening in an address to University alumni at the midtown Sheraton Hotel that proved to be the most candid unveiling of his presidential platform to date.The event was the first of13 visits Eisgruber will make to alumni around the globe over the coming academic yearand about 1,200 alumni — ranging from the Classes of 1945 to 2013 — attended the event.In an hour-long onstage interview with former ABC World News anchor and current University Trustee Charlie Gibson ’65, Eisgruber also explained his worries with the University’s grade deflation policy, elaborated on his plans to expand the size of the student body and admitted to Gibson that he feels uncomfortable talking about himself.On Monday, the University also announced a committee to review the grade deflation policy.Eisgruber also previewed a slogan that he hopes will define his presidency: “More students.

NEWS | 10/07/2013

Flavor Lab gives Mathey freshmen a taste of New Jersey

Sheila Sisimit

A groupof Mathey freshmen enjoyed the last of the season’s locally grown tomatoes and Jersey corn for dinneron Thursday at the home of Master of Mathey College Harriet Flower, just one of many traditional freshman advisee group dinners taking place at residential college masters’ homes this month.

NEWS | 10/07/2013

Updated: Eisgruber charges faculty committee with reassessing grade deflation

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University’s controversial grade deflation policy — which stipulates that no more than 35 percent grades given out in any department should be As — will come under review over the next year, the UniversityannouncedMondaymorning. President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 — who took over from former President Shirley Tilghman in July — charged a committee of nine faculty members with reevaluating Princeton’s grading policies, taking into account student feedback on the policy and the impact it may have on their graduate school and professional school prospects. The grade deflation policy was put in place in 2004, under the auspices of former Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel, in response to perceived gradeinflationin certain courses.

NEWS | 10/07/2013

News & Notes: Northwestern corner of Princeton is town's wealthiest, according to Census data

Daily Princetonian Staff

The northwestern corner of the town of Princeton is the neighborhood with the highest median income in the town, according to data collected in the 2010 U.S.

NEWS | 10/06/2013

Eisgruber set to meet alumni in 13 appearances worldwide

Eisgruber set to meet alumni in 13 appearances worldwide

Teddy Schleifer

Alumni around the world who don’t already know the new University president, Christopher Eisgruber ’83, will have at least 13 chances to meet him, beginning Monday night.Eisgruber will travel the globe this year as he formally introduces himself to the University’s 88,000 alumni at dinner receptions.

NEWS | 10/06/2013

Kugelmass ’14 proposes new USG Transparency Committee

Anna Mazarakis

U-Council Chair Elan Kugelmass ’14 proposed creating a three-member “USG Transparency Committee” at the weekly USG meeting on Sunday evening. Responding to criticisms he said he’d received from students about how many of the USG’s projects take place outside of the Senate meetings, he said the proposed three-member committee would be an “experiment” with the role of distributing USG information to students who request it. The role of the committee would not overlap with that of Richard Lu ’16, who currently serves as the USG communications director, Kugelmass said.

NEWS | 10/06/2013

New club Princeton Muse serves up "open, meaningful conversation"

Ruby Shao

There was no food on the menu. Instead, five thought-provoking questions lay on a table in the Frist Multipurpose Room.

NEWS | 10/06/2013

In first year of sophomore sorority rush, numbers nearly identical to pre-rush ban levels

Sorority rush numbers before and after the Greek ban

In first year of sophomore sorority rush, numbers nearly identical to pre-rush ban levels

Elizabeth Paul

In spite of the University’s freshman rush ban policy, a total of 209 students participated in sorority rush activities last week, a nearly identical number to pre-rush ban figures.

NEWS | 10/06/2013

Federal funding for U. research grinds to halt after government shutdown

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

The federal government remained shut down on Thursday, and University faculty and students reliant on federal funding began to feel the pinch of the budget standoff in Washington.The shutdown was immediately felt at the Office of the Dean for Research, where the system for submitting and reviewing proposals for federal funding has effectively ground to a halt, Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti said.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

USG to pilot mattress rental system despite sanitation concerns

Corinne Lowe

Students will soon be able to rent mattresses for overnight guests as part of a program initiated by the Undergraduate Student Government.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

Female student hospitalized with probable bacterial meningitis; case is the sixth U.-associated since March

Emily Tseng

A female student has been diagnosed with probable meningococcal disease and is receiving treatment in a hospital, the University announced in an email Thursday evening.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

News & Notes: Felten of CITP testifies before Senate on NSA data

Daily Princetonian Staff

Edward Felten, the director of the University’s Center for Information Technology Policy and a professor in the Wilson School and the computer science department, testified before the U.S.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

Singer, Oppenheimer, others discuss fossil fuel divestment at NYC panel

Konadu Amoakuh

At a contentious panel at the Princeton Club of New York on Wednesday, University faculty and alumni debated whether the University should divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies in New York City. Former Princeton University Investment Company President Randall Hack ’69 rejected the idea that University investment decisions should be based on environmental calculations.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

Provost Lee GS '99 will continue predecessor Eisgruber's agenda

Catherine Duazo

As Christopher Eisgruber ’83 begins his new duties as University president, new University provost and former economics and Wilson School professor David Lee GS ’99 will focus on finishing many of the projects begun by his predecessor.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

Senate candidate Booker runs, buys ice cream for Princeton voters

Senate candidate Booker runs, buys ice cream for Princeton voters

Hannah Schoen

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj9uqJD1Nuo] In the midst of a crowd of 50 students who were moving fast enough to breeze by pedestrians — but not so fast that they missed a word that he said — jogged Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark and candidate for U.S.

NEWS | 10/03/2013

News & Notes: Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 discusses shutdown

Daily Princetonian Staff

Anne-Marie Slaughter’80, a former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department and a former dean of the Wilson School, said the current shutdown of the federal government has made the U.S.

NEWS | 10/02/2013

Restructured Gap Year Network aims to clear stigma of leave of absence, help students navigate barriers to taking time off

Ella Cheng

The Gap Year Network,an Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students-approved club that aims to help students who took gap years transition back into campus life, is expanding its reach.

NEWS | 10/02/2013

Student health plan not affected by Affordable Care Act

Daniel Johnson

While the federal government remained shut down Wednesdayafter Congress failed to agree on the terms of a continuing resolution, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Exchanges are just opening for business and leaving their marks within the Orange Bubble.

NEWS | 10/02/2013

Q&A: U.S. Rep. Rush Holt on government shutdown

Q&A: U.S. Rep. Rush Holt on government shutdown

Hannah Schoen

After the federal government shut down at midnight on Tuesday, The Daily Princetonian spoke to U.S.

NEWS | 10/02/2013

Q&A: Joyce Rechtschaffen '75 on the federal government shutdown

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

After congressional gridlock resulted in a government shutdown at midnight on Tuesday, The Daily Princetonian spoke by phone with Joyce Rechtschaffen '75, director of the University's D.C.-based Office of Government Affairs, who serves as the primary liaison between the University and lawmakers in Washington.

NEWS | 10/01/2013

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