Sheila Nall knew police officers were searching her secluded Princeton neighborhood for a fugitive one day last March. But she didn’t know that the wanted man had apparently spent the night hiding out in her garage.
Luchi Mmegwa was elected Class of 2014 president after last week’s runoff voting, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced in an e-mail to the freshman class Friday evening. Michael Moses and Sophia Deng were elected vice president and treasurer, respectively.
Mediterranean salads featuring calamari and scungilli, made-to-order gyros, and smoothies are among this year’s additions to residential college dining menus. Along with a greater variety of options, a chain of personnel shifts has shaken up chef placements, while more dining halls have gone trayless.
Griff Harsh ’09, the son of Princeton donor and California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman ’77, was accused of sexual assault while at the University, the gossip website Gawker reported on Friday.
When Wilson School professor Uwe Reinhardt had his first son, he received a visit from an insurance salesman attempting to sell him a questionable life insurance policy designed to yield a higher commission.
Makara Nkhereanye ’93 and identical twin brother Tsele face up to 10-and-a-half years behind bars for running a $2 million investment scam.
Michael Medeiros and Luke Massa sit down to discuss Massa's column on challenging homophobia on campus.
Students in the thick of midterms may want to take note of a recent study that empirically demonstrates what they may already know: Alcohol consumption before and during final exam period is detrimental to students’ performance. The effect is particularly significant for the highest-performing students, according to the study, which was released by the National Bureau of Economic Research in September.
For Pixar animation artist Sanjay Patel, finding a cross between his Hindu upbringing and love of art was an accident 30 years in the making. The product of his discovery is a modern, illustrated retelling of the ancient Hindu story “Ramayana.”
A new report on the historical significance of Princeton Battlefield has given added ammunition to opponents of a plan by the Institute for Advanced Study to build housing on the site.
Young adults were a key constituency in the 2008 presidential election but seem to have lost their enthusiasm, according to results from a study by Harvard’s Institute of Politics released Thursday.
Luchi Mmegwa was elected Class of 2014 president following runoff elections earlier this week, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced in an e-mail to the Class of 2014 on Friday evening.
When Joshua Vandiver GS met Henry Velandia, his future husband, in 2006, he never imagined that he would be fighting to save him from deportation less than four years later.
Before launching zandigo.com, founders Jeremy Johnson, Joseph Perla ’11 and Breanden Benneschott ’11 were shopping for a tent at a Boston sporting goods store. The four planned to sleep in a park while crashing a Harvard conference for admission officers, to whom they planned to pitch a website that allowed admission officers to access the profiles of high school students for a small fee.
Though students may still be bitter that the University placed second in this year’s U.S. News & World Report ranking of the top U.S. universities, Princeton barely eked into the top 100 on another ranking, placing behind institutions ranging from Bates College to College of the Holy Cross.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer ’81 is back in the spotlight. The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Harvard Club of New York City had rejected Spitzer’s application for membership.
Tiger Inn, Charter Club, Terrace Club and Cap & Gown Club all underwent renovations over the summer, from reupholstering to salvaging taprooms, which club presidents said they hoped would offer members benefits for years to come. While Terrace’s renovations are complete, projected end dates for construction at the other three clubs range from this December to next September.
Two years after winning a $100 million settlement from the University, the family of deceased donors Charles Robertson ’26 and his wife Marie has launched a new effort to prepare graduate students for work in government, partnering with public policy programs at four universities. The heirs’ new organization, the Robertson Foundation for Government, announced this month that the 11 students who will win its first scholarships were chosen from the University of Maryland, Syracuse University, Tufts University and the University of California, San Diego.
University Health Services administered 4,976 flu vaccinations through its annual FluFest clinic. The number of vaccines administered this year is comparable to figures from previous years.
After years of relying on a patchwork of services, international students and scholars now have a central office dedicated to their needs. Over the summer, the Davis International Center moved to a new home on Alexander Street.
