A new avenue for summer experiences has opened up for University undergraduates this year, as the Princeton Club of New York is making a concerted effort to increase its level of interaction with undergraduate students.
When Ivan Camponogara ’13 realized that he and his friends were approaching an icy cliff on Mount Tongariro in New Zealand, he said he decided to call rescuers as a “precaution.” Within a short time, Camponogara found himself in a helicopter on his way to safety.
Partly due to concerns about underage drinking, students under the age of 21 who are not staying in interim housing and are not guests of either members of the Class of 2012, members of the Fifth Reunion class, the 10th Reunion class or any of their satellite classes, will not be admitted into the Fifth or 10th Reunions tents after 5 p.m. The only attendees at Reunions affected by the change will be those under 21 who are attending Reunions as a guest of an alumnus who graduated before 2000.
An attempted replacement of the Princeton FML website was launched on Thursday to supplant the original website, which was hacked and has been inaccessible since the beginning of reading period.
When Molly Gibson ’14 heard that East Asian Studies lecturer Tomoko Shibata was looking for someone to watch her cat and dog for the summer in exchange for living free at her home in Princeton, the deal was too good for Gibson to pass up.
In preparation for the 2012 presidential and congressional elections, the College Democrats and College Republicans say they plan to organize and discuss events and campaigning strategies over the summer.
The University overenrolled the Class of 2016 by between 50 to 65 students and will therefore not admit anyone off its admission wait list, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said in an email Monday evening.
Ivan Camponogara ’13 was rescued by a helicopter from a mountain in New Zealand Saturday night, where he had become trapped with four other American students after reaching an icy section of a mountain during a hike. None of the students were injured.
The Surgeon General — the host DJ of the WPRB show “Slot Time” — was banned from the WPRB studios after using profanity in his late-night hip-hop show, station manager Dipika Sen ’13 said in an email to student members of the station on Sunday, May 6.
The USG passed a new charter for the Undergraduate Life Committee on Sunday night that will rename it the University Student Life Committee and place a greater emphasis on graduate students.
Singer and activist Harry Belafonte, rapper Lupe Fiasco and funk musician George Clinton gathered in McCarter Theatre on Wednesday to celebrate the retirement of African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80.The event, called “A Bluesman in the Life of the Mind,” honored West’s 40-year relationship with the University. West is retiring as a Princeton professor and will begin teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City next fall. Belafonte, Fiasco and Clinton were not announced as performers in order to surprise West.
Twas the night before Dean's Date, / When throughout every college / Students were furiously typing, / Spewing late-gotten knowledge.
The six bicker eating clubs are currently in discussions over an alternative Bicker process, which could allow students to bicker multiple clubs simultaneously rather than just one at a time, University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 confirmed Sunday.
When John Burford ’12 read about the allegations of hazing brought by former Dartmouth student Andrew Lohse against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Burford said he was reminded of his own experiences as a whistle-blower.
Over the month of April, the 2,095 students who were offered admission to the Class of 2016 have been weighing the pros and cons of Princeton relative to other schools, trying to decide whether to accept or reject Princeton’s offer. And over the same month, a second group of students sat on the sidelines, anxiously hoping that at least some of them found something about Princeton they didn’t like.
The Graduate School has offered admission to 10.15 percent of applicants, but the yield percentage dropped for the second year in a row, the University announced on Friday.
When Danielle Allen ’93 first set foot on Princeton’s campus in 1989, she said she was shocked by the autumn foliage at the New Jersey campus.“I had never seen so much water coming out of the sky, never seen a place so green,” Allen said in an email.
A man whose wallet and iPhone were allegedly stolen from Wawa used the phone's tracking software to find the device, leading police to a nearby car filled with marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to the Borough Police.
The Maltabes brothers, the owners of Hoagie Haven, will open up a pizza restaurant, "Slice Between," in the storefront next to the Hoagie Haven on Nassau Street by the end of May. The site was occupied by Old World Pizza until it closed down a few weeks ago.The Daily Princetonian spoke with Hoagie Haven co-owner Costa Maltabes to discuss the acquisition, the potential opening dates and some familiar flavors from Hoagie Haven that will reappear in pizza form at Slice Between.
While in the United States for the NATO Summit in Chicago, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili made a brief stop in Princeton to offer his thoughts on Georgian reform and progress in spite of an antagonistic relationship with Russia. He spoke at a packed lecture on Thursday.
