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News & Notes: Regional education association will reach agreement with school system soon

News & Notes: Regional education association will reach agreement with school system soon

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Students: Keeping kosher can be difficult

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Banks to charge monthly debit fee

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Moore '79 backs out of debate

Patience Haggin

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Borough residents debate zoning changes

Patience Haggin

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Economic adviser Rosen speaks on China’s developing economy

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

Few women high up in USG

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.

NEWS | 10/25/2011

West GS ’80 arrested again

Caleb Kennedy

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

New clues into mass dinosaur extinction

Luc Cohen

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

News & Notes: Harman adds voice to plagiarism accusations against ex-Harvard professor

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

News & Notes: Bassler nominated to National Science Board

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Super Mash Bros. will headline school-wide ball

Luc Cohen

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

In Forbes, an ‘advocate of fruits and vegetables’

Anjali Menon

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Humanists find a home without a ‘religious aspect’

Sohee Khim

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Students seek to combat sex trafficking

Sohee Khim

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Ma ’15 wins 2015 class presidency in runoff

Luc Cohen

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.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Economist Mankiw '80 discusses financial problems facing nation

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.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Women in science: The gender divide remains

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.’ ”

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Parody heightens campaign tensions

The Borough mayoral candidates are facing off over a disco challenge. At a meeting of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization on Oct. 16, Democratic candidate Yina Moore ’79 sang a parody of the 1978 Gloria Gaynor song “I Will Survive” with some of the lyrics altered to refer to Princeton Borough and to her Republican competitor Jill Jachera.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Man exposing self reported near campus

A man reportedly exposed himself to two female students Thursday night while they were running in the West Windsor fields, the Department of Public Safety announced in a campus-wide email.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

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