News

Terrace may open doors to graduate students

Terrace may open doors to graduate students

Terrace Club is considering accepting graduate students as full members beginning this sign-in period. The move would be a break from the policies of the other nine eating clubs, though it would fall in line with a policy Terrace abandoned earlier this decade.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

University offers funds for professors to revise class style, syllabi

While teaching ECO 101: Introduction to Macroeconomics, economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said that she focused on the decline in housing prices in spring 2008, recessions and the role the financial sector plays in the real economy in fall 2008, and what the Federal Reserve does to fight recessions in spring 2009.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

University introduces certificate in Values and Public Life

This fall, the Center for Human Values launched a new certificate program in Values and Public Life, accepting 24 out of 30 applicants into the inaugural class.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

Burford ’12: Life after whistle-blowing

When John Burford ’12 pledged the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in 2008, he, like so many other freshmen, was seeking to redefine his identity. “I just wanted to see what it felt like to be a part of that crowd, to be part of the cool kids, the party people,” he said.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

Yale announces fund for New Haven students to attend college in state

Yale University will provide up to $4 million a year to fund the college education of New Haven, Conn., public school students under a new scholarship initiative that was announced jointly by Yale president Richard Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. on Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Orszag ’91 speaks on health care law

Peter Orszag ’91, who served as budget director for the first 18 months of Barack Obama’s presidency, spoke Wednesday afternoon to a standing-room-only crowd about the strengths and weaknesses of the health care reform legislation that he played a central role in devising.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Committee on women leadership reports changing views on gender

Female students gravitate toward different types of leadership positions than men, rather than avoiding leadership positions altogether, according to preliminary survey and focus group research presented by the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership at a lunch discussion Wednesday.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Garden behind Frist provides herbs for Dining Services

Frist Campus Center gained a modest addition this summer: an herb garden on its south patio. The garden was planted at the beginning of the summer and provides herbs for Frist dining services. The University created the garden after dining staff expressed interest in incorporating fresh herbs into food served at Frist, sustainability manager Shana Weber said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

University will offer jazz studies certificate next year

The music department will launch a new jazz studies certificate next fall, offering undergraduates a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of jazz.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Morning bomb threat clears Palmer Square

Palmer Square was evacuated Wednesday morning after a man called the Princeton Borough Police Department at 6:13 a.m. saying “some people had gone too far” and indicated that a bomb had been planted near new luxury condominiums there.The police issued an all clear around 1:30 p.m. after 13 police K-9 units conducted a four-hour search but found nothing, Borough Police Chief David Dudeck said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.In response to the threat, police evacuated shops, offices and condominiums near Palmer Square. Paul Robeson Place and Hulfish Street were closed off by officers, yellow police tape and barricades.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Top court denies Cottage’s bid for tax-exempt status

Cottage Club’s nine-year battle for tax-exempt status came to an end when the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear its appeal on Nov. 4.“I’m delighted,” Borough attorney Michael Herbert said of the decision. “I think that Cottage, along with the other eating clubs, receive services from the Borough and should pay their fair share.”

NEWS | 11/09/2010

After Rutgers suicide, University policy remains unchanged

In the weeks since the suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, members of the University community have fought to combat bullying and homophobia on campus and on the national level. The University has not yet made any formal revisions to its policies, but it has addressed the incident in other ways.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Putnam Collection sculpture restored

A campus fixture is receiving a much-needed face-lift. The 11-foot sculpture “Oval with Points,” located north of West College, is undergoing restorations scheduled to be completed this week.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

National Organization for Marriage spends $600K to unseat pro-gay marriage judges

The Princeton-based National Organization for Marriage supported efforts to unseat three Iowa State Supreme Court justices in last week’s midterm elections. In a 2009 ruling, the justices voted to overturn a 1998 law specifying that marriage must be between a man and woman.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Family on the faculty

As the author of such celebrated novels as “Middlesex” and “The Virgin Suicides,” creative writing professor Jeffrey Eugenides is an intimidating figure for many students.But Thatcher Foster ’14 sees him quite differently.“He and I are bros,” Foster said. “It’s kind of cool.”Foster, the son of art and archaeology professor Hal Foster, started college with many similarly close relationships, having spent time with faculty and staff for most of his childhood.

NEWS | 11/08/2010

Faculty approves ending 2 courses at meeting

The University faculty approved the removal of two chemical and biological engineering courses from the curriculum at its monthly meeting Monday. About 25 faculty members attended the meeting, during which the faculty also approved a report by Registrar Polly Griffin detailing the University’s fall semester opening enrollment and delivered a memorial resolution commemorating Robert Tucker, emeritus professor of politics, who died at the age of 92 in July.

NEWS | 11/08/2010

Running ahead of thousands

Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot. This was the solid thumping sound echoing throughout New York City on Sunday morning as thousands of racers in the ING New York City Marathon wove their way through the city’s five boroughs.Peter Bartlett ’09 was not running just to finish, which he did. And he was not running just to win a $500 bet from a coworker, which he did, too.The 23-year-old finished the race in a blistering 2 hours, 30 minutes, 5 seconds, running the 26.2 miles at an average pace of 5 minutes, 44 seconds per mile. In his first marathon, the New York City resident placed 44th in a field of 45,000.

NEWS | 11/08/2010

Walsh ’06 launches website for local reusable item exchange

Ryan Walsh ’06 hoped to remain frugal and environmentally conscious as he furnished his apartment in Connecticut shortly after graduation. Instead, he found his efforts frustrated. Walsh attempted to join the local chapter of Freecycle, a national nonprofit organization that allows members to receive free furniture and appliances from other members who choose to give away used items rather than discard them. For reasons unknown to Walsh, however, his application was rejected.“I’m not sure why they reject anyone ... and why reviewing ‘applications’ takes them weeks,” Walsh said in an e-mail. “It seemed crazy to me that there wasn’t a convenient way for people to participate in the ‘local reusing’ movement right away, very easily.”

NEWS | 11/08/2010

Presidential award goes to professors

President Barack Obama awarded electrical engineering professor Andrew Houck ’00 and physics professor Joshua Shaevitz the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the U.S. government’s highest honor for young researchers, on Friday.Houck was nominated for the award by the Department of Defense, while Shaevitz’s name was put forward by the National Science Foundation in recognition of his work in both physics and genomics. Houck joined the University faculty in 2008, while Shaevitz joined in 2007.

NEWS | 11/08/2010

USG sponsors free classes for students at Dillon Gymnasium

The USG will sponsor free group fitness and spinning classes at Dillon Gymnasium four days a week through the end of the semester, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced in an e-mail to the student body Sunday night. Two classes — Body Attack and Body Pump — will each be offered twice a week, while spinning will be offered Monday through Thursday evenings. The first classes were held Monday.

NEWS | 11/08/2010

Most Popular