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University partnership creates Trenton literacy program

University partnership creates Trenton literacy program

Leaders of the Center for African American Studies, Program in Teacher Preparation, Princeton University Preparatory Program and Student Volunteers Council have joined with the Trenton Public School District to build a custom literacy-tutoring program for the city’s struggling students.

NEWS | 12/08/2010

Open house showcases plans for continuing Firestone Library renovation

Roughly 30 undergraduates attended an informal open house held in the Trustees Reading Room of Firestone Library on Wednesday night, where library staff discussed the motivations for renovating the University’s largest library, summarized the phases of renovation and solicited feedback. Earlier that day, Firestone hosted similar open houses for faculty members and graduate students.

NEWS | 12/08/2010

Members of social life focus groups agree on pub

Two-and-a-half months after the establishment of the working group on campus social and residential life, participants in the separate focus groups organized by the working group agreed that reopening a campus pub would be a good idea, said Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69, a co-chair of the committee.

NEWS | 12/08/2010

Reality show featuring 10 students still in the works

“Ivy League,” a reality television show starring Princeton students, is set to begin shooting its pilot in February, co-director Rosana Clawson said. But the future of the show is still far from certain, with future hurdles including filming, producing, teaming with a network and receiving University approval.

NEWS | 12/08/2010

PHH Corporation executive Bell covers effect of young people on realm of business

A generation raised on digital technology has fundamentally different business expectations, argued Jeff Bell in a lecture Wednesday evening at East Pyne 245. Bell, a senior vice president and chief information officer for PHH Corporation, delivered his speech, titled “Digital Natives at the Wheel: The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Worker,” as part of Business Today’s seminar series.

NEWS | 12/08/2010

Borough Council targets local concerns at meeting

Members of the Princeton Borough Council discussed concerns about the Princeton public pool and bicyclist safety at its regular meeting Tuesday night.

NEWS | 12/07/2010

Smith recalls motivations as artist, honors Mapplethorpe

Patti Smith, the legendary singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, discussed her motivations as an artist and her long and close relationship with controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe before a capacity audience in McCosh 50 on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 12/07/2010

Looking beyond hummus

Ask most Princeton students on campus about Sabra hummus and they will probably roll their eyes. Minor media firestorms and student apathy aside, though, there are students on campus who cared very deeply about the outcome of the Sabra hummus debate. And, with the final vote of 1,014 against the referendum and 699 in favor, in many ways, both sides seem to think they won.

NEWS | 12/07/2010

Close calls: Losing by a hair

In most of the races in this fall’s USG elections, challengers received two to three times fewer votes than winners. But some students missed election for USG positions by only a few votes.

NEWS | 12/07/2010

The missing 4 percent

Tens of thousands of high school students apply to Princeton each year and are the focus of countless media reports and dinner-table conversations. But much less attention is paid to the 4 percent of Princeton undergraduates — roughly 50 students per class — who do not graduate within six years. Many of them arrived at the University only to find that the Princeton experience they imagined did not exist, and ultimately, they decided to leave. Students who transfered cited an overarching culture of competition, along with more specific concerns such as the lack of academic support for athletes and the difficulty of training for a career in the arts.

NEWS | 12/07/2010

Faculty approves name change to Program in the Study of Women and Gender

The faculty unanimously approved a proposal to change the name of the Program in the Study of Women and Gender to the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies during its monthly faculty meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 12/06/2010

Six-year-old author writes book inspired by Princeton

A search for “Princeton University” on Amazon.com returns more than 20,000 books. But only one is written by a 6-year-old.Zach Malott’s latest book, written with help from his father, Michael Malott, was released Saturday. “Let’s Explore Princeton,” published in November through the self-publication company CreateSpace, shares the experience of a Princeton visit from a child’s point of view.

NEWS | 12/06/2010

Atelier course hosts human flocking performance

Students walking through the Rockefeller College common room Monday night were greeted with an unfamiliar scene: A flash mob of roughly 40 students, accompanied by live rhythmic drumming and recorded music, swirled and swarmed around the room for 20 minutes.

NEWS | 12/06/2010

Art website started at Princeton Pitch event

Two years ago, Carter Cleveland ’09 sketched his first plan for a website to match young people with art, as Pandora Radio does with music. Now, his idea has evolved into a million-dollar start-up company, Art.sy, which will match fine art with collectors.

NEWS | 12/06/2010

Alcohol, sex on agenda at workshop

A culture of hookups and drinking for the sake of drinking increases the occurance of inebriated sexual encounters in Princeton’s social scene, many students concluded at a workshop organized by the Alcohol Coalition Committee.

NEWS | 12/05/2010

Asian American Students Association faces challenges in hosting inaugural Ivy League gathering

Late last spring, the Asian-American Students Association decided to host a conference for Asian American undergraduates at Ivy League schools during the 2010-11 academic year.“Because Asian-Americans make up a good portion of the population, we felt that it was a good time to raise more awareness,” said Laiyin Li ’12, co-president of AASA. “American studies and African-American studies already existed, but Asian-American studies weren’t going through with the administration. There were more Asian-American courses than before, but progress is still not evident.”

NEWS | 12/05/2010

Shi ’11 wins Sachs Scholarship

Veronica Shi ’11, a classics major from West Covina, Calif., is this year’s recipient of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of the University’s most prestigious awards for Princeton undergraduates. Shi plans to use the funding to enroll in a two-year master’s program in Greek and Latin Languages and Literature.

NEWS | 12/05/2010

USG considers online course initiative, Taste of Prospect

The USG is considering a proposal to make recordings of large, introductory lectures like ECO 100: Introduction to Microeconomics available online to University students and the general public, U-Councilor Alex Pretko ′12 explained at the USG Senate meeting held in Frist 309 on Sunday night.

NEWS | 12/05/2010

Ettman ’13 wins race for USG vice-president

Catherine Ettman ’13 was elected USG vice president in its runoff election, garnering 1,123 votes to the 551 received by Austin Hollimon ’12, the USG announced in an e-mail to the student body Friday afternoon. The results come after an earlier attempt by Hollimon to withdraw his candidacy, though he later reversed the move.

NEWS | 12/05/2010

TEDx conference features alumni, leaders in social entrepreneurship

Tom Szaky ’05 has two words for students considering embarking on their own social entrepreneurship ventures: “Just begin.”Szaky, co-founder and chcief executive of Terracycle, was one of the featured speakers at the University’s first TEDx conference, dubbed TEDxPrincetonU, held Friday in two separate sessions at the Frist Film/Performance Theatre.

NEWS | 12/05/2010

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