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Q&A: Josh Kornbluth, comic math monologist

On Thursday night, Josh Kornbluth, who came to the University in 1976 but is still waiting to receive his degree upon finishing his politics thesis this year, gave a presentation entitled “The Mathematics of Change: A Comic Monologue about Failure at Princeton.” Kornbluth reenacted the most disappointing moments of his freshman year at Princeton, failing to grasp introductory calculus or to pass the required undergraduate swim test.

NEWS | 04/05/2012

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Post office relocation met with resistance

The United States Postal Service is planning to relocate its office in Palmer Square to a smaller premise in downtown Princeton. The move would result in the sale of the Palmer Square building, which has met with resistance from the Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Review Committee and the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office due to its location in the Princeton Historic District.

NEWS | 04/04/2012

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Evaluation usefulness varies

While an analysis of the past semester’s SCORE data reveals a greater proportion of high-rated courses in the humanities, the significance of the course evaluations — and how departments use them — remains in question.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

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Valcourt ’12 wins Hertz Fellowship

Pyne Prize winner Jim Valcourt ’12 now has another laurel to add to his collection. Valcourt, a molecular biology major from Sterling, Mass., who is also pursuing a certificate in quantitative and computational biology, was awarded the Hertz Fellowship on March 22 to support graduate study in the physical, biological or engineering sciences.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

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Megabus will offer inexpensive fares from Princeton to New York City

Commuters from Princeton to New York now have the option of traveling by bus, which supplements the train service offered by New Jersey Transit through the on-campus station.A partnership between Suburban Transit and Megabus, branches of Coach USA, will begin running routes today. One-way fares range from $1 to $14, depending on how far in advance the customers book their tickets online.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

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Comment from Mandela Sheaffer '13 on dropped charges

The following statement was provided to The Daily Princetonian by Mandela Sheaffer '13.Thanks for considering my request to publish this letter to you in its entirety. As you probably know, all charges against me have been dismissed and I received a personal apology from the BGSU chief of police by telephone. I prefer to keep my communications written for now so that I don't say something off the cuff that could be taken in the wrong way.

NEWS | 04/03/2012

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Both charges against Sheaffer ’13 dropped

The two charges against William “Mandela” Sheaffer ’13 were dropped Monday. The Bowling Green State University police chief acknowledged that officers overreacted in a situation that sparked a social media campaign alleging racial motivations in Sheaffer’s arrest.Director of Public Safety and Chief of Police at BGSU Monica Moll said the charges were dropped not because they were race-based, but because officers escalated what should have been a minor incident, which took place last weekend in Ohio. 

NEWS | 04/03/2012

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Bending beams: Focusing ions with ceramic

Erik Gilson of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory isn’t doing anything much different from holding a magnifying glass over an ant on a hot summer day, focusing diffuse rays from the sun to fry a bug to a crisp. Replacing the glass lens with magnets and the ant with a pellet of nuclear fuel gives a rough model of the experiment that his project is trying to carry out.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

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Greek members allowed to encourage sophomore rush

The ban on freshman rush will not prevent members of Greek organizations from encouraging first-year students to rush during their sophomore year, members of the Committee on Freshmen Rush Policy confirmed during an open forum on Monday afternoon.Many members of the audience — which totaled upward of 50 students — seemed surprised at the revelation, which was not explicitly outlined in the written policy announced last week.

NEWS | 04/02/2012

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News & Notes: Spitzer ’81 takes over television talk show for Keith Olbermann on Current TV

After losing his CNN show in July, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer ’81 returned to television on Friday night on Current TV as the replacement for Keith Olbermann, who was fired by the network. Current TV, led by former vice president Al Gore, will host Spitzer’s show, “Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer” in Olbermann’s old 8 p.m. daily slot.

NEWS | 04/02/2012