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Panelists urge closing of racial gap in education

Panelists urge closing of racial gap in education

Education reform must consider the student perspective in order to be successful, panelists agreed in a discussion on quality education, “We the People,” held in McCormick 101 on Tuesday afternoon. Robert Moses and African American studies professor Imani Perry, authors of the book “Quality of Education as a Constitutional Right,” were joined by Lauren Veasey of the Young People’s Project, an education reform organization.

NEWS | 10/19/2010

Blair Tower clock suffered fall, no one hurt

On a campus filled with distinctive architecture, few buildings are as closely associated with Old Nassau as Blair Tower. Its archway hosts a cappella concerts, its cascading staircase appears in the film “Across the Universe,” and its famous cast-iron clock looms over the courtyard below.

NEWS | 10/19/2010

Ivy Insiders hires use application experience to help high schoolers

For many Princeton students, the SAT is a distant, unpleasant memory. But Andy Kaier ’12 sees the test as a business. Kaier is one of several students who have channeled their experience as successful Ivy League applicants into jobs in the college testing and admission consulting industry.

NEWS | 10/19/2010

Charity races on campus much more common this year

For people like community member David Dorfman, running 5-kilometer races isn’t just about getting exercise or contributing to charity. Dorfman, who was diagnosed with lymphoma several years ago, said that for him and other people with serious illnesses, the races are a “visible sign of doing something” to fight their diseases. With that mindset, Dorfman finished his fourth 5K on campus this semester on Sunday at the Save a Child’s Heart race, which was sponsored by the Center for Jewish Life.

NEWS | 10/18/2010

Panel debates ethical issues of abortion controversy at conference

More than 40 leading speakers and 400 participants gathered to reflect on, reexamine and debate the controversies surrounding abortion at the “Open Hearts, Open Minds and Fair Minded Words” conference sponsored by the University Center for Human Values last weekend.

NEWS | 10/18/2010

Study: Gene’s location determines influence on trait variation

Biologists have long attempted to pinpoint why some traits exhibit greater variation than others. While they have known that traits essential for survival are less variable than traits like hair color, which have little to no effect on fitness, new research has demonstrated the importance of another factor: gene location.

NEWS | 10/18/2010

P-Votes registers 311 voters

As voter registration deadlines for the 2010 midterm election pass in states around the country, students must make a seemingly straightforward but impactful decision about where they want their votes to count.

NEWS | 10/18/2010

Free movies sell out this year

Several dozen students lined up to get tickets at the Princeton Garden Theatre more than an hour before a free screening of “The Social Network” started at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday.

NEWS | 10/18/2010

Graduate students meet at conference to discuss academic, quality of life issues

On Saturday afternoon, a group of roughly 30 graduate students — representing the graduate student governments of all eight Ivy League universities and Massachusetts Institute of Technology — met in Robertson Hall to discuss important issues currently facing graduate students. Dressed in business casual attire, the students spent the weekend participating in seminars and social events as part of this year’s Ivy Summit.

NEWS | 10/17/2010

Krueger will depart Treasury to retain tenure

Wilson School professor Alan Krueger will step down from his post as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy next month and return to the University. Krueger, who was nominated to the post in March 2009, is the latest of several economic officials in President Barack Obama’s administration to announce their resignations.

NEWS | 10/17/2010

Panelists discuss solutions to education achievement gap

At a panel titled “Education as the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time” on Friday afternoon, speakers aimed to raise awareness of the achievement gap between students of different classes and races in American secondary education. The panel, which was moderated by President Shirley Tilghman, was sponsored by Students For Education Reform, Teach for America and the USG.

NEWS | 10/17/2010

Krueger will depart Treasury to retain tenure

Wilson School professor Alan Krueger will step down from his post as assistant secretary of the Treasury for economic policy next month and return to the University. Krueger, who was nominated to the post in March 2009, is the latest of several economic officials in President Barack Obama’s administration to announce their resignations.

NEWS | 10/15/2010

Township police chief, accused of theft, awaits hearing

Two weeks after he was removed as chief of the Princeton Township Police Department, Mark Emann said his biggest challenge has been “being away from my police department.”“It’s been difficult to say the least ... I really can’t comment much more than that,” Emann said.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Day restriction lifted from Alcohol Initiative funding

President Shirley Tilghman has lifted a restriction requiring the Alcohol Initiative to sponsor events only on Thursday and Saturday nights. Students can now solicit grants from the Alcohol Initiative fund with more flexibility.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Aspire fundraising campaign reaches $1.26 billion

The University’s five-year Aspire capital campaign has raised a total of $1.26 billion or 72 percent of its $1.75 billion goal. This was as of Sept. 20, several months past the halfway mark of the campaign, which is scheduled to end June 2012.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Researchers load Pac-Man onto voting machine

When voters visit polling places on Nov. 2, they likely won’t realize that the machines that will count their votes could run at least one video game.Over the summer, computer science graduate student Ariel Feldman and Alex Halderman GS ’09 reprogrammed a Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen voting machine to play the arcade classic Pac-Man in honor of the game’s 30th anniversary. The process took just three afternoons.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Holt, Sipprelle highlight contrasts as election approaches

When Rep. Rush Holt and Scott Sipprelle took the stage in a Rider University auditorium Thursday, it marked the first official debate of the main contenders for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district. But the physicist-turned-lawmaker and Wall Street banker-turned-entrepreneur have been crossing paths on the airwaves and campaign trail for months in what is the most competitive race since 2002, when redistricting made Holt’s district more solidly Democratic. University students have also played a role in the race, from registering to vote to actively campaigning for their candidates.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Endowment return rate at 14.7 percent

After its endowment investments lost 23.5 percent during the 2009 fiscal year, the University posted a return of 14.7 percent in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2010, the University announced on Friday. The endowment closed the fiscal year valued at $14.4 billion.“The strong performance of the endowment contributes significantly to the financial health of the University in what remains a difficult economic climate,” Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said in the University statement.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Freshman class president race advances to run-off

The races for the Class of 2014 president, vice president and treasurer will proceed to runoff elections today, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 and USG elections manager Tony Xiao ’12 announced in an e-mail to the freshman class on Friday.

NEWS | 10/14/2010

Experts speak on possible future of Chinese legal system

The rule of law in China is very much a work in progress, speakers said during “Rule of Law Development in China,” a panel attended by roughly 35 audience members in Robertson 016 on Wednesday. A mixture of academics and professionals discussed the progress that has been made in creating and enforcing universal laws in China, as well as many of the challenges that lie ahead.

NEWS | 10/13/2010

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