At Princeton, seeing a professor’s name in a textbook assigned for a class is not unusual. But at other institutions, like George Mason University, professors who assign textbooks they have authored may encounter resentment.
The New Jersey Transit Board of Directors approved plans on Wednesday to raise fares and limit some services. Rail fares will increase by 25 percent as part of the new fare plan, which will take effect May 1.
The Office of Information Technology blocked roughly 25 iPads from the University’s network after the tablets caused network problems when trying to connect to the Internet, Steven Sather, OIT’s associate chief information officer and director of support services, said in an e-mail.
When Pilar Castro Kiltz ’10 needed career advice, standard campus resources like the Office of Career Services could offer her little help. Kiltz is part of a growing segment of University students who intend to pursue the performing arts professionally.
The average salary for full professors at Princeton rose a mere 0.4 percent to $181,000 this year, up from $180,300 last year, the American Association of University Professors announced in its annual report on Monday.
Even if you ace all the exams and papers, you can still fail a psychology course.As a requirement for course completion, students in many courses must participate in four hours of experimental research for each of the first two courses they take in the psychology department. Through their participation, undergraduates form the human subject pool for graduate students and faculty researchers. Undergraduate psychology majors are not allowed to use the subject pool for research because of size constraints.
A crowd of students and community members filled each seat in Friend Center 101 and spilled over to the floor on Tuesday afternoon to hear a speech by Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and 2004 presidential candidate.
On April 16, 2006, Dan-el Padilla ’06 lost his relative anonymity. In a profile in The Wall Street Journal, readers across the campus — and around the world — read about his journey from homelessness and poverty to Latin salutatorian of the University. But Padilla’s arc was not just another rags-to-riches tale. The article also revealed that Padilla had entered the country without documentation. To the country, he was now an illegal immigrant, a term Padilla is loath to use.
The death of Polish president Lech Kaczynski and other Polish leaders in a plane crash on Saturday shocked University students, alumni and faculty members. Members of the University’s Polish community expressed apprehension about the future of the country.
Roughly 25 students met in McCosh 28 for one hour on Monday night to discuss concerns about the University’s honor system as the USG prepares to introduce a referendum that, if passed, would create an Honor Committee with 12 full members. Under the current system, nine full members and three alternates sit on the committee.
The USG announced the candidates in the spring 2010 election on Monday morning. Only three races are contested in the election, in which students must elect class officers, U-Councilors and the USG social chair.
For several students, the details of the room draw process have proved confusing due to unclear information provided by the Housing Department. Lisa DePaul, associate director for student housing, said in an e-mail that the majority of feedback she receives from students is positive.
Cannon Club is still scheduled to open in spring 2011, said Mercedes Naficy-D’Angelo ’84, secretary of the Dial, Elm and Cannon club graduate board. “We’d love for that to happen, though we hoped it would happen a little sooner,” she said on Sunday.
For once, Forbes College was the place to be on a Saturday night. The residential college celebrated its 25th anniversary in style, honoring its guest, Steve Forbes ’70, with an afternoon reception that featured an ice sculpture of the Forbes shield and vast offerings of hors doeuvres and sparkling cider. A special dinner and a “Fire and Ice” semiformal followed the reception
The USG announced the candidates in the spring 2010 election on Monday morning. Only three races are contested in the election, in which students must elect class officers, U-Councilors and the USG social chair.
Out of 185 links to student group websites on the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students’ student group directory, 53 prompt error messages or blank pages. Dozens more have not been updated this year.
United States Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 is rumored to be among the top three candidates to fill Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens’s seat on the bench, following his announcement on Friday that he will retire when the court’s term ends this summer.
When Matt Ristuccia ’75 first arrived on campus, he was not passionate about Princeton. And he didn’t care much about religion. But by the time he graduated, he had fallen in love with both — along with his future wife.Now celebrating 25 years as the pastor of Westerly Road Church in Princeton Borough, Ristuccia reflected on his path to the ministry and his life since, an experience that he said has been deeply rewarding.
Pamela Paul might be opposed to porn, but she is not “anti-sex” or a “prude.” “Porn is not sex,” Paul said, but is “at root a negation of the human experience.” Drawing a comparison between Hostess cupcakes and homemade ones, she explained that because porn is “artificial,” it is “not as good” as actual sex.
Deirdre Moloney will become the director of fellowship advising, effective July 1, the University announced on Friday afternoon.
