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Q&A: Creator of Nassau St. cutouts

Q&A: Creator of Nassau St. cutouts

Since they first popped up near the U-Store on Nassau Street, the life-size cutouts of famous people affiliated with the University have been popular with everyone from students to tourists. On Nassau Street, people can currently take photographs with cutouts of first lady Michelle Obama ’85, former Director of the Institute for Advanced Study Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein, former creative writing professor Toni Morrison, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76, former University President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879 and CIA Director David Petraeus GS ’87. Former African American Studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 and former University trustee and U.S. President Grover Cleveland are on the way.

NEWS | 10/14/2012

Projects Board violated constitution, USG says

The USG acknowledged Sunday night that its student group funding subsidiary violated the USG constitution by funding two projects without the appropriate approval of the USG Senate.At last week’s Senate meeting, the funding branch — the Projects Board — informed the student government that it had transferred $1,800 and $1,200 to two student groups. According to the USG constitution, any Projects Board allocations in excess of $1,000 must be approved by the Senate.

NEWS | 10/14/2012

News & Notes: Class of 2016 elect five for freshman council

The Class of 2016 elected Justin Ziegler, Molly Stoneman, Gwen Lee, Priya Krishnan and Fiz Dhanani to form the inaugural freshman class council. Following a USG referendum last semester, the freshman class now elects a class government of equals rather than a government dictated by a hierarchical system led by a class president.

NEWS | 10/14/2012

Game theorist Shapley GS ’53 wins economics Nobel Prize

Lloyd Shapley GS ’53, a noted game theory scholar and professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel yesterday. He shared the award with Harvard economics professor Alvin Roth.

NEWS | 10/14/2012

Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action could affect Princeton

The Supreme Court’s decision in the affirmative action case Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin could have implications for Princeton’s own admissions policy, according to University General Counsel Peter McDonough.“We hope and expect it will not,” McDonough said in an email, on the possibility that the Court’s decision could impact the University. “However, depending upon what the Court says and how it says it, it could.”

NEWS | 10/14/2012

Ettman '13, Morell '13 to serve on Princeton presidential search committee

Catherine Ettman ’13 and Jeff Morell ’13 will serve as the two undergraduate representatives on the search committee to select the University’s 20th president, the University announced on Monday morning.The 17-member committee will also include nine trustees and will be led by University Board of Trustees chair and presidential search committee chair Kathryn Hall ’80. The other trustees are John Diekman ’65, Laura Forese ’83, Joshua Grehan ’10 — who is a Young Alumni Trustee — board vice chair Brent Henry ’69, Randall Kennedy ’77, clerk of the board Robert Murley ’72, Nancy Peretsman ’76 and James Yeh ’87. Henry and Murley served on the committee that chose current University president, Shirley Tilghman.

NEWS | 10/14/2012

Perceptions of friendliness and competence inversely related, Princeton research team finds

To appear warm people convey themselves as less competent, and to appear competent people convey themselves as less warm, according to a recent study conducted by a team of researchers in the psychology department.

NEWS | 10/13/2012

Qdoba, Tiger Noodles, Shanghai Park break health codes

Over the past three years, local health inspectors cited Qdoba, Tiger Noodles and Shanghai Park for numerous health violations, according to a review of inspection records conducted by The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 10/11/2012

News & Notes: The 'Prince' receives national recognition

The Daily Princetonian has been honored with several awards from the prestigious Columbia Scholastic Press Association, which is affiliated with the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia. Five pieces of journalism placed in the competition, and four others earned certificates of merit.

NEWS | 10/11/2012

Mayoral candidates debate how to repair "failing relationship" with U.

Candidates running for mayor of Princeton offered suggestions for how to rehabilitate what was described as a “failing relationship” between the University and the community during a debate on Thursday evening.The two candidates, Democrat Liz Lempert and Republican Richard Woodbridge ’65, presented their opinions at a debate at the Jewish Center of Princeton. The event was hosted by the League of Women Voters and Princeton Community TV.

NEWS | 10/11/2012

Financial aid for the first lady

A s she campaigns for her husband on the trail, first lady Michelle Obama ’85 frequently references the “mountain of debt” the Obamas accrued as they pursued higher education. At last month’s fundraiser in Princeton Township, Obama included a reference to the student loan debt from her alma mater in her stump speech.“In fact, when we were first married ... our combined monthly student loan bills were actually higher than our mortgage,” Obama said. “Thank you, Princeton.”Though she rarely mentions Princeton by name, the personal anecdote is a consistent part of her campaign message. But Princeton financial aid officers from when she was a student said that, though their policy has changed significantly since, the University’s financial aid offerings in the 1980s were relatively competitive.

NEWS | 10/11/2012

In college town, potential conflicts of interest permeate politics

Patience Haggin

Both candidates on the ballot for Princeton mayor this November have spouses who are employed by the University, bringing into question how much of a conflict of interest is significant enough to interfere with college-town governing.

NEWS | 10/11/2012

Keeping with times, Mudd trades bound senior theses for PDFs

No more senior theses will join the 60,000-volume collection that currently resides in the basement of Mudd Library. Starting with the Class of 2013, the University will no longer physically store students’ theses. Instead, they will be uploaded online in PDF format and be searchable from any computer.There are no plans to digitize the already existing collection of senior theses, and the current collection will still be physically available in the basement of Mudd. To access these for research purposes, independent researchers will still need to physically come to campus.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

Oldest alumnus dies at 107

Malcolm Warnock ’25, the University’s oldest living alumnus, died on Tuesday. He was 107.Warnock was the oldest alumnus in attendance at Reunions eight different times, first in 2001 and then from 2006 through 2012. Just a few weeks before his 107th birthday on June 21, he became the first alumnus in the University’s history to celebrate his 87th reunion, according to the Alumni Association.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

News & Notes: U. defends use of race in admissions in case

Supreme Court justices began hearing oral arguments on Wednesday for a case that could limit colleges’ and universities’ ability to use race as a factor in the admission process.The case, Fisher v. University of Texas, questions whether the affirmative action policy at the University of Texas, Austin violates the rights of white applicants.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

Second Orange and Black Ball seeks to decrease costs

As part of an effort to cut costs and suit students’ preferences, this year’s Orange and Black Ball will feature a cover band and a DJ instead of a headlining act.The decision was one of a number of tweaks the planning committee made to bring down costs and ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the Ball. New York-based cover band The A-List will be performing, along with DJ Lil’ Boy, who works with hip-hop artist T-Pain. The event will remain free for students, but guests will be required to pay $20 each to attend.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

Without Ai Weiwei, panelists debate artist’s legacy

Though Chinese sculptor and political dissident Ai Weiwei did not visit Princeton as he had planned to, “A Princeton Day with Ai Weiwei” proceeded on Wednesday with a panel called “Art in a Democratic Society.” The discussion focused on Ai’s usage of art and media to participate in politics.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

News & Notes: Theological Seminary appoints new president

The Princeton Theological Seminary has chosen a new president to lead the school. M. Craig Barnes, who received his Masters in Divinity from the Seminary in 1981, will begin his term as the school’s 7th president on Jan. 1, succeeding Iain Torrance, who had served as Seminary president since 2004.

NEWS | 10/10/2012

Picoult ’87, Weiner ’91, Eugenides fight over gender remark

Creative writing professor Jeffrey Eugenides and authors Jodi Picoult ’87 and Jennifer Weiner ’91 are embroiled in an argument about gender inequality in writing, a disagreement that progressed following the publication of a letter to the editor in The Daily Princetonian by Picoult and Weiner last Wednesday.

NEWS | 10/09/2012

U. faculty dominated by whites, males, committee finds

More than four in five faculty members are white and 75 percent are male, despite concerted efforts by the University administration to increase diversity within the faculty. These data, based on 2010 statistics, were compiled by the Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity. Formed in January, the committee was charged with identifying ways to enhance the diversity of the graduate student body, faculty and senior administration.

NEWS | 10/09/2012

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