Presidential and vice presidential candidates for this week’s USG election debated the proper direction of student government at Frist Campus Center on Sunday.
Nick DiBerardino ’11 and Mark Jia ’10 received Rhodes Scholarships to study at Oxford, and Mohit Agrawal ’11 was awarded a Mitchell Scholarships to study at the National University of Ireland, Galway.
USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 is attempting to become the first two-term USG president in 16 years. After defeating two juniors to win last year’s election as a sophomore, Yaroshefsky is now in the ironic position of facing a sophomore in order to retain his position. Running a classic reelection campaign, Yaroshefsky’s platform builds on his present work to address issues affecting students’ academic and social lives.
Polly Korbel ’13 has set out to defeat incumbent USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, who she says has been generally effective at leading the USG. The problem, she argues, is in the institution itself — a student group that is “fundamentally flawed” due to its isolation from the broader student body it is charged with representing.
Due to a last-minute turn of events, the Sabra hummus referendum, which would ask Dining Services to provide an alternative hummus brand in retail locations, will not appear on this week’s USG elections ballot. It could instead be up for a vote next week, beginning Monday, Nov. 29, pending the submission of a new petition.
Wilson College celebrated its 50th anniversary with a nearly five-hour celebration. More than 130 alumni, past and present faculty, and current students attended the event, which included an alumni panel discussion moderated by USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, a reception and welcome toast by President Shirley Tilghman, and a dinner featuring a keynote address by English professor emeritus John Fleming GS ’63.
The University has accepted an additional $11 million from BP to support the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, adding to the $19 million it has received over the last decade through CMI’s partnership with the oil company.
Just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, Jonathan Schwartz ’14 sat by himself in a Butler College common room, writing furiously into his notebook. Hunched over with his headphones on, he was finishing his homework on a coffee table littered with papers.As with hundreds of University students who burn the midnight oil, this was not his first late-night study session — and it would not be his last either.
Many students enter college feeling academically inadequate, causing them to engage in potentially detrimental academic behavior, argued Rebecca Cox ’89 in a lecture Thursday afternoon.
While religious tolerance is the norm at the University, religious students find that their personal beliefs are sometimes at odds with the secular challenges of the classroom. However, several religious students said that having their faiths challenged in an academic context, whether in a course on Christianity or a lecture on evolution, actually enables them to reexamine — and often reaffirm — their beliefs and the important role they play in academic discourse.
The Princeton Committee on Palestine has sponsored a referendum in next week’s USG elections that asks Dining Services to sell an alternative to Sabra hummus in all its retail locations on campus.
It’s that time again — for kids and adults alike to brush up on their wizardly knowledge and prepare for the next release in the hugely popular “Harry Potter” film series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.” Even the residential colleges are caught up in the trend.
Amid renewed excitement for the “Harry Potter” fantasy novels, with the next film premiering at midnight tonight, English professor emeritus Ulrich Knoepflmacher GS ’61 delivered a talk on another tale, “Little Lord Fauntleroy,” that garnered similar fame when it was published in the 19th century.
In addition to saving human lives, a new device to detect bacteria in drugs and medical tools could save those of horseshoe crabs and birds.Detecting bacteria in drugs and medical equipment ensures that no endotoxins will trigger dangerous immune reactions in human patients. The new sensor uses chemical compounds harmlessly obtained from frog skin, forgoing the four-decade-old process of using crab blood extracted through a potentially lethal process.
Though students find that their religious beliefs are widely accepted by the University community as a whole, this idea is not always reflected within individual religious groups on campus, which may cater specifically to students who are more devout.
Fifteen days after polls closed, Republican Randy Altschuler ’93 still does not know if he will represent New York’s 1st Congressional District. That uncertainty has not stopped Altschuler, who leads Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop by several hundred votes, from heading to Washington to attend a new member training session.
President Tilghman received nearly $900,000 in compensation from the University during the 2008-09 academic year, according to the University’s most recent tax filings.
Wilson School professor Alan Krueger had never seen anything like it before: In February 2009, with the country still reeling from the biggest financial crisis in a generation, the government faced immense political pressure to pass major economic legislation.
Lahiere’s restaurant served its last meal Saturday, closing its doors after 91 years of operation on Witherspoon Street. Owners Joe and Jill Christen sold the restaurant’s building almost a month ago to investment group ML Seven Witherspoon, evoking nostalgia and disappointment from many community members who patronized the restaurant.
Artwork made of trash, including hats constructed out of used Capri Sun juice packets, were on display in the Chancellor Green rotunda as part of the Sustainability Open House held Wednesday afternoon.
