Model and author D. R. Hildebrand discussed the objectification of models’ bodies in the industry in a reading from his debut novel “Walking Marina” on Wednesday evening.
Following the lead of other presses, Princeton University Press has decided to delve into the world of e-reading with its new Princeton Shorts collection. The press will be releasing five “shorts,” or sections taken from longer books, each priced at $1.99 to $4.99 depending on length.
The Princeton Regional Education Association, the local teachers’ union, is close to coming to an agreement with the regional school system after being without a contract since June 30, members from both sides told The Princeton Packet.
At Tower Club, Kerry Brodie ’12 can be found munching on Cinnamon Toast Crunch and other cereals for meals — even during formals. "It is not ideal, but it is worth it to be part of the club,” said Brodie, an Orthodox Jew who observes kosher dietary restrictions. The Center for Jewish Life houses the University’s only kosher kitchen and offers three meals daily, but this still limits dining and socializing options — especially for upperclassmen.
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to make waves in New York City, a different financial issue is hitting closer to home. Members of the University’s student community have expressed their frustration and annoyance at the recent announcement by some of the foremost commercial banks — Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo among them — that they would start charging customers a flat monthly fee for debit card usage on purchases. Several students are making the switch over to other banks that do not charge such a fee.
The on-campus mayoral debate became a one-candidate forum when one of the candidates did not show up on Monday evening. Republican candidate Jill Jachera took questions on University-related issues when Democratic candidate Yina Moore ’79 was unable to attend.
The Borough Council voted on Tuesday night 3-2 to introduce a revised version of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood zoning ordinance for debate in the Borough Council. The ordinance will now go to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton for a second review.
Daniel Rosen, an economic adviser and founder of the Rhodium Group, spoke about China’s developing economy before a full audience in Robertson Hall on Monday evening.
The results of the freshman class elections, which were released last Friday, sent mixed messages about the progress of the University’s attempts to promote undergraduate women’s leadership.
Less than a week after his arrest on the steps of the Supreme Court, African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 was handcuffed once again at a protest in New York on Friday afternoon. He was among 30 arrested for blocking the entrance of the 28th Police Precinct Station in Harlem by linking arms in an act of planned civil disobedience. The group was protesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, with critics arguing that the random stopping, searching and questioning of people unfairly targets Hispanic and black men.
To test an alternative theory explaining the 65-million-year-old mass extinction that led to the demise of the dinosaurs, Princeton University researchers developed a model that more accurately accounts for the Earth’s heterogeneities and offers different interpretations from previous models.
University philosophy professor Gilbert Harman has posted a revised essay criticizing recently resigned Harvard psychology professor Marc Hauser for allegedly plagiarizing ideas from a doctoral thesis.
Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler will be nominated to serve as a National Science Board member by President Barack Obama, according to an Oct. 20 announcement. Her appointment awaits U.S. Senate confirmation.
Super Mash Bros. will perform at the Orange and Black Ball, the class governments announced in emails to their classes on Sunday afternoon. The event, a revival of the all-campus Prince-Tiger Dance that used to take place annually during alumni weekend at the University throughout the mid-20th century, will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 p.m.
Forbes dining employee Steve Nathan’s work on food doesn’t stop at the brick building on Alexander Street: He’s also bringing food to our cell phones and the Internet. Nathan has started a nonprofit organization named Nutrienz, focused on increasing awareness about nutrition and diet using mobile and social network technology.
When Corinne Stephenson ’12 came to campus as a freshman, one of the first events she attended was the activities fair. As dozens of clubs shoved fliers in her face and pushed her to put her name on email lists, she noticed that one thing was missing: a club dedicated to humanism.
Over cupcakes from Bent Spoon and bags of popcorn, students gathered at the Rocky-Mathey Theatre on last Thursday night to watch “Very Young Girls,” a documentary on domestic sex trafficking. The screening was Princeton Against Sex Trafficking’s first event of the year.
After runoff elections concluded for all five positions of the freshman class government, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced the winners to the Class of 2015 via email on Friday.
Greg Mankiw ’80, an economics professor at Harvard and economic advisor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, discussed the challenges facing monetary and fiscal policy in Dodds Auditorium on Thursday afternoon.
University President Shirley Tilghman still remembers her freshman physics lab. “We were working with a vacuum tube, and, like a foolish person, I touched it and got an electric shock,” Tilghman recalled. “The professor happened to be walking by and said, ‘That’s why there are no girls in physics.’ ”
