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.
Most freshmen are intimidated on their first night out on the Street. But the initial reaction of Han-wei Kantzer ’11 was a bit more visceral. “Freshman year, I was really appalled by the Street and the concept of the Street,” Kantzer said.
As many students spent fall break relaxing at home, three undergraduates journeyed halfway across the world to Singapore, where they spent the week debating topics like euthanasia and social networking — in Mandarin.Michael Medeiros ’11, Jesse Mudrick ’12 and John Pardon ’11 ultimately defeated delegations from British, Australian and South Korean universities to win first place in the nonnative-speaker division of the 2010 International Varsity Debate. Competitors hailed from 10 different universities and competed in two divisions, one for native speakers of Mandarin and another for nonnative speakers.
Just a week and a half after carrying their local elections, recently elected members of the Princeton Borough Council and the Princeton Township Committee have proposed seeking more funding from the University to help alleviate local government budget woes.Incumbent Roger Martindell and newcomer Jo Butler, both Democrats, won seats on the Borough Council, and Democrats Liz Lempert and Lance Liverman both won reelection to the Township Committee. They all said that the University’s financial contribution would be an important issue during their terms, along with other local economic concerns, including cutting expenses from municipal budgets and this year’s property revaluation.
While campus electricity use has increased by 3.2 percent between the 2007-08 and 2009-10 academic years, overall carbon dioxide emissions have decreased by 2.5 percent over that period.
USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 is being challenged by Polly Korbel ’13 in his bid for reelection, the USG announced on its website Sunday night. Thirty-one students in total have decided to compete in this month’s student government elections.
An update on renovation plans for Firestone Library topped the agenda at Monday’s meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.“Although it has been lovingly cared for by the University ... the reality is that this building, now 60-plus years old, simply needs to be completely revamped,” University Librarian Karin Trainer said of the University’s largest academic building.University architect Ron McCoy GS ’80 joined Trainer and detailed the massive renovation slated to take place over the next 10 years. The University has established an agreement with the design firm Frederick Fisher and Partners, which will work alongside Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, the firm that has worked on the renovations since 1997.
For several hours Sunday afternoon at Campus Club, more than 200 University students ran obstacle courses, did arts and crafts, and told stories to children during a carnival at the annual Princeton Down Syndrome Conference. Around 150 people with Down syndrome from more than 100 families participated.
Around 150 students from all eight Ivy League schools gathered on campus this weekend to participate in the 11th Ivy Council Leadership Summit, titled “Advancing Leadership: Navigating the Post-Crash Climate.”In focused discussions, students, including 30 from Princeton, explored various economic, social and political problems facing the world. Speakers addressed ideas such as leadership and the American Dream.
