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No change to club member selection process this year

No change to club member selection process this year

Changes to the eating clubs’ member selection process will be deferred for one year, the University announced Tuesday morning. While the clubs generally supported the minor modifications, concern over lack of support from two clubs as well as the short amount of time between the announcement and the beginning of this year’s member selection process led to the delay.

NEWS | 01/10/2011

UNC passes resolution to increase transparency in grade reporting

Though many students feel that Princeton stands alone with its grade deflation policy, other colleges and universities have begun to talk seriously about similar plans.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

State-level politicians enter Dinky controversy

The University’s plan to move the Dinky station further south on campus and away from the town’s center as part of its proposed arts and transit neighborhood is beginning to draw attention from state-level politicians. Recent comments from Princeton residents James Simpson, the state transportation commissioner, and Reed Gusciora, the state General Assembly’s deputy majority leader, have taken the controversy surrounding the Dinky to a new level.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

U. plans review of SHARE

Following the departure of the program’s director, Suraiya Baluch, last October, University Health Services will conduct a review of Sexual Harrassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

Early entrepreneurship

The summer before his freshman year of high school, Tim Hwang ’14 went on a trip to Guatemala that was organized by his local church. The trip inspired him to get together with a group of friends and collect clothes for the homeless. Little did he know that his project would become one of the largest student-run non-profit organizations in the country.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

Yaroshefsky ’12: Still looking forward, 1 year later

Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 will be the first two-term USG president in 14 years. He said he faced major obstacles after winning the USG presidency last year as a sophomore, but as he prepares for his second term he takes that experience in stride.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

Jackson GS ’86 to lead new EPA emission regulation efforts

Lisa Jackson GS ’86, the first African-American Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is leading the EPA’s first steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions as part of the Obama administration’s agenda to combat climate change. The EPA has announced regulations over new power plants and refineries in the past week and will announce regulations for existing facilities within the next year.

NEWS | 01/09/2011

Zeller GS, 27, dies in hospital

Bill Zeller, a fifth-year graduate student in the computer science department, died Wednesday night at age 27 as a result of injuries from a suicide attempt.Zeller was found in his University apartment by Public Safety officers at about 6 a.m. Sunday, shortly after he attempted to take his own life. Brain damage due to oxygen deprivation left Zeller in a coma at University Medical Center at Princeton until the evening of Jan. 5, when he was removed from life support.

NEWS | 01/06/2011

Keller, University's first tenured female professor, dies at 83

Suzanne Keller, Princeton’s first female tenured faculty member and an emeritus sociology professor, died of a stroke Dec. 9 at age 83.

NEWS | 01/06/2011

Lockout charges delayed until September

Students locked out of their rooms after hours will not face lockout charges next semester, Deputy Director of Housing Melissa Plaskonos said. Though the University had planned to implement a $30 fee for students calling Public Safety to unlock their rooms beginning in the spring semester, the change has been deferred until September.

NEWS | 01/06/2011

State task force calls University ‘jewel in the crown’ of higher education

New Jersey should seriously consider reorganizing, refunding and rethinking the state’s system of higher education, according to recommendations by the New Jersey Higher Education Task Force released Tuesday.

NEWS | 01/06/2011

Durkee ’69: 8 clubs open to alternative system

The eating clubs will soon decide whether to adopt an alternative member selection process, based on recommendations issued last May by the Task Force on Relationships between the University and the Eating Clubs, University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 said.

NEWS | 01/06/2011

News & Notes: DREAM Act fails in Senate

Extensive lobbying by President Barack Obama proved insufficient for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act to overcome a filibuster in the Senate. The DREAM Act would allow young immigrants who do not have legal status to become permanent residents after two years of college or military service.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

U. to give $500K to Township in new agreement

Following a yearlong negotiation, the University will make a voluntary $500,000 contribution to Princeton Township this year, Township Mayor Chad Goerner announced at the Township Committee’s annual reorganization meeting on Jan. 2.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

New Jersey will lose 13th seat in next Congress

New Jersey is set to lose one of its 13 seats in the House of Representatives, according to preliminary results released by the U.S. Census Bureau, setting off a political brawl over how the state’s districts will be redrawn.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

Policy on ROTC unchanged after repeal of don't ask, don't tell

The University does not anticipate making any significant changes to its formal relationship with the ROTC program in light of the end of the U.S. military’s don’t ask, don’t tell policy.On Dec. 22, President Barack Obama signed a bill that ended the military’s ban on openly gay men and women serving in the armed forces. The 17-year-old policy, which applied to ROTC programs, prevented the military from asking about a soldier’s sexual orientation.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

News & Notes: Pahlavi ’88, son of late Shah of Iran, takes own life

Alireza Pahlavi ’88, the youngest son of the late Shah of Iran, took his own life in his Boston home early Tuesday morning, according to a statement by his brother. He was 44.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

Graduate student taken to hospital after apparent suicide attempt

A graduate student in the computer science department apparently attempted to take his own life over the weekend, and he is currently a patient at the University Medical Center at Princeton.The student, whose name is being withheld to protect his privacy, posted a 4,000-word note online in which he spoke of intense emotional distress and explained his intentions.

NEWS | 01/04/2011

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