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Despite ban, rush numbers similar to those of last year

Despite ban, rush numbers similar to those of last year

Luc Cohen

The freshman rush ban, which will be implemented beginning next fall, appears to have had no effect on this year’s sorority rush, with the three Panhellenic sororities at Princeton offering a very similar number of bids as they did last year.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

News & Notes: Economics professor Krueger confirmed as CEA chairman

University economics professor Alan Krueger has been confirmed to serve as the chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. The Senate Banking Committee approved his appointment on Thursday by a voice vote, and Krueger awaits final approval by the full Senate before he can assume his new post.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

Fiscal Year 2011 sees 22 percent return

Caleb Kennedy

The University’s endowment posted a 21.9 percent return on investments for the fiscal year ending Jun. 30, 2011 — raising the total endowment figure to $17.1 billion from last year’s $14.4 billion total.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

University urges caution against burglar

Henry Rome

The Department of Public Safety is urging community members to be on the lookout for a man accused of suspicious activity at Rider University and The College of New Jersey, according to a Campus Safety Alert issued Saturday morning.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

New text system launched for groups

Patience Haggin

Through the recently developed group text messaging system SwoopTEXT.com, leaders of campus organizations have a new communication platform that allows them to conveniently send free text messages to their members.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

Loan default-rate statistics skew view of U. aid policy

Launa Greer

The University’s default rate is the highest of the country’s top 20 universities as ranked by the U.S. News and World Report, according to an analysis by news website Business Insider. The website reports that the University’s default rate tops the list at 2.2 percent, with peer institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology reporting figures near 0 percent.

NEWS | 10/06/2011

Wireless slow, unreliable across parts of campus

Catherine Ku

The University’s wireless Internet has been especially slow in some areas of campus, many students have noticed. Specifically, residents in lower areas of campus have complained of unreliable Internet connection, particularly after 8 p.m.

NEWS | 10/06/2011

News & Notes: U. places 5th in world-wide education rankings

The University placed fifth in the Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s 400 best universities for 2011-12, released on Thursday.

NEWS | 10/06/2011

Planning Board opposes Dinky move

Patience Haggin

Planning authorities in Princeton expressed opposition to the University’s planned move of the Dinky as they considered the University’s requested zoning for a new arts district.The Regional Planning Board of Princeton voted 7-2 to send the ordinances back to the Borough Council and Township Committee with some minor recommended changes. The planning board will consider the ordinances again after they are reintroduced by the governing bodies.

NEWS | 10/06/2011

Friedberg appointed adviser to Romney

Luc Cohen

Professor of Politics and International Affairs Aaron Friedberg has been appointed to former governor Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy and National Security Advisory Team, the candidate for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination announced on his campaign website. “America and our allies are facing a series of complex threats,” Romney said in a press release.

NEWS | 10/06/2011

Grandmaster explores chess combinatorics

On Wednesday night in Peyton 145, Harvard mathematics professor and chess problem-solving Grandmaster Noam Elkies presented a lecture titled “Mathematics in Chess,” hosted by the Princeton Chess Club.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

Prospect Avenue manhole cordoned off

An ongoing issue related to the University’s steam distribution system has culminated in hot plumes of steam billowing from a manhole on Prospect Avenue.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

Greek life committee members announced

Six undergraduates, two professors and three deans will constitute the committee charged with articulating the details of the ban on freshman rush for Greek organizations, the University announced on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

Brooks Brothers features University in clothing line

Despite uncertainty generated by conflicting summer reports, Princeton-themed merchandise is indeed being sold by Brooks Brothers as part of its new Collegiate Collection.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

82 receive prize for academic excellence

This year, 82 students from the freshman and sophomore classes received the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence. The students were honored at a banquet held in the Garden Room of Prospect House on Sept. 27.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

News & Notes: Steve Jobs passes away

Steve Jobs, the co-founder of and quintessential persona behind Apple Inc. passed away on Wednesday at the age of 56.Jobs stepped down from his office as chief executive of Apple on Aug. 24 following a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer and a 2009 liver transplant.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

Rosen, George recall time in politics, D.C.

Politics professor Robert George and economics professor Harvey Rosen traded anecdotes from their service in Washington D.C. at a panel discussion with 20 students in Lewis Library on Wednesday afternoon. The panel was organized by College Republicans President Brian Lipshutz ’12.

NEWS | 10/05/2011

Citizens file lawsuit over Dinky move

Patience Haggin

A group of citizens has filed a lawsuit challenging the University’s proposed move of the Dinky station. The complaint, filed on Tuesday to the Superior Court of New Jersey in Trenton, challenges the University’s right to move the station. The complaint requests that the court permanently enjoin the University from moving the station.

NEWS | 10/04/2011

Council approves U.-town memorandum

Patience Haggin

The Borough Council voted 3-2 to approve the memorandum of understanding on the Dinky on Tuesday evening. If passed by the Township Committee, the memorandum of understanding would secure the community a right-of-way easement that would allow for a potential light rail system and would also promise to contribute funds to a study of the community’s long-term transit needs and a study of the community impacts of the University’s expansion.

NEWS | 10/04/2011

Governor refutes 2012 run

Teddy Schleifer

New Jersey Governor and University ex-officio trustee Chris Christie officially ended months of relentless speculation about his presidential aspirations on Tuesday when he announced at a Trenton press conference that he would not be a Republican candidate for president in 2012.

NEWS | 10/04/2011

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