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Q&A: Sociologist Charles Murray

Q&A: Sociologist Charles Murray

Sociologist Charles Murray, who is best known for his controversial 1994 study "The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life," came to campus to speak publicly about his new book, "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010." He spoke with The Daily Princetonian about his views on the growing divergence between the American white working class and the socioeconomically superior white upper class. Daily Princetonian: What inspired you to start writing the new book?

NEWS | 04/16/2013

Tourism spending in Princeton on the rise as town upgrades kiosk for visitor information

Tourism spending in Princeton and Central New Jersey has been rising for the past three years, according to figures released last month by the New Jersey Division of Travel and Tourism. Tourism expenditures in Mercer County reached an all-time high of $1.11 billion in 2012, approximately a 4 percent increase since 2011, according to a report on ?The Economic Impact of Tourism in New Jersey? issued at the Governor?s Conference on Tourism held in Atlantic City in March. In 2011, spending equaled $1.08 billion, which represented a 10 percent increase in comparison to significantly lower expenditures of $973 million in 2010.

NEWS | 04/16/2013

Physicists construct SPIDER detector to study theories of universe expansion

Greta Shum

A team of University scientists has been working with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the California Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto to build an instrument that will help cosmologists gain more insight into the expansion and homogenization of the very early universe. Physicists put on hard hats on Thursday and used a crane to hoist the instrument into a carbon fiber gondola, which will act as a sturdy frame for the device as it flies over Antarctica in the austral summer.The instrument, known as SPIDER, will be entirely built on campus and then shipped to Texas, where the finishing touches of the building process will be made in June.

NEWS | 04/16/2013

PPPL subject to $6 million dollar cut in FY2014

Based on prospective figures from the 2014 fiscal year

NEWS | 04/16/2013

SPEAR petitions for Wilson School task force on mass incarceration

Students for Prison Education and Reform has circulated an online petition to the Wilson School asking for the creation of a task force that focuses on mass incarceration in America. SPEAR founders Grace Li

NEWS | 04/16/2013

Support group PINS offers discussion forum for kinky sex and BDSM

A new BDSM and kink support group ? known as Princetonians in the Nation?s Service ? has attracted nearly 30 members since its creation in January. ?Our written-down mission statement basically says that we?re here to provide a safe space, a community and a social space for people who are kinky,? the founder of PINS, who was granted anonymity due to the club?s confidential status, said. According to the founder, who is a junior, the rules of the group prohibit members from ?outing? other members.

NEWS | 04/15/2013

For Princetonians in Boston, ?Marathon Monday? becomes day of tragedy

For the runners and spectators participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday ? including

NEWS | 04/15/2013

Shaw GS wins Pulitzer for composition

Caroline Shaw GS, who is studying composition in the University?s Department of Music, has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music.

NEWS | 04/15/2013

Nature Conservancy chief scientist urges conservation movement to ?reframe itself?

Dr. Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy, gave a lecture on Tuesday afternoon in which he discussed the modern shift in conservation techniques and advocated for cooperation between conservationists and large businesses.

NEWS | 04/15/2013

Sociologist Charles Murray explains divergence between U.S. social classes

The nation has seen an unprecedented divergence between the upper and working classes during the past 50 years, sociologist and author Charles Murray explained at a Tuesday afternoon lecture in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. Murray, who is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discussed his new book, ?Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010,? which was published in January 2012.

NEWS | 04/15/2013

Four U. faculty named Guggenheim Fellows

Four members of the Princeton faculty were named among the 173 Guggenheim Fellows of 2013 on April 11.

NEWS | 04/14/2013

News & Notes: USG announces candidates for U-Council and class government positions

Forty-three students are running for U-Council and class government positions this spring, according to the USG's website. Eighteen students are running for the 10 U-Councilor positions.

NEWS | 04/14/2013

USG changes spring elections schedule

The USG changed the schedule of its spring elections to extend the campaign period from one week to two weeks, the USG announced on its website.

NEWS | 04/14/2013

State investigation reveals amendments, omissions in attendance records at Princeton High School

Princeton High School permitted a ?significant? portion of students to graduate from the high school in spite of a high number of undocumented absences, a state investigation concluded last Monday.

NEWS | 04/14/2013

Changes to academic calendar to result in shorter freshman orientation

Freshman orientation will be a day shorter next year as a result of the

NEWS | 04/14/2013

For Joe-Wong ’11, JP research could blossom into start-up

Two years after graduation, the

NEWS | 04/14/2013

Solomon ’13 awarded Marshall Scholarship

Victoria Solomon

NEWS | 04/13/2013

Polis ’96, Tilghman address alumni at first U. LGBT alumni conference

Daily Princetonian Staff

As part of "Every Voice," the University's first conference for LGBT alumni this weekend, ColoradoCongressman Jared Polis '96spoke to alumni about his experience as an undergraduate at the University and his position regarding LGBT rights. The three-day symposium featured a series of speakers, panel discussions, films and mixers meant to re-engage LGBT alumni with the University community.

NEWS | 04/13/2013

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