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A critic’s critics: On black churches

A critic’s critics: On black churches

For students who grew up in communities where religious life revolves around black churches, coming to Princeton meant leaving a central feature of their lives behind. “Being from the South, in an environment in which blacks are the majority, my worship style — my cultural context in general — I feel is definitely underrepresented on campus,” Jonathan Ford ’12 explained.

NEWS | 04/21/2010

West GS ’80 speaks at workers’ rights panel

African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 participated in a workers’ rights panel held Tuesday afternoon in McCosh 50. At the panel, West said that “We are here to unequivocally and enthusiastically affirm the dignity of every member of the Princeton community.” Yet most of the panel discussion, organized by the student group Princeton for Workers’ Rights, focused not on the University’s workers, but rather on those at HEI Hotels and Resorts.

NEWS | 04/20/2010

American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects nine professors as fellows

Nine University faculty members were among the 229 fellows elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on Monday.

NEWS | 04/20/2010

U. taxes to Borough, Township expected to decrease

The University’s property tax payments to Princeton Borough and Princeton Township are expected to decrease in 2011. Borough Councilman David Goldfarb estimated that, assuming budgets hold constant for the next year, the University will pay $260,000 less in annual property taxes to the Borough and $191,000 less to the Township.

NEWS | 04/20/2010

Crittenden GS ’05 named associate dean of undergraduate students

Whitman College Director of Studies Cole Crittenden GS ’05 will replace Hilary Herbold GS ’97 as associate dean of undergraduate students for the upcoming academic year, Whitman College Master Harvey Rosen announced during the Whitman Workers’ Appreciation Party dinner on Tuesday. Crittenden was selected following an internal search.

NEWS | 04/20/2010

The politician and the press pass: profiling Spitzer ’81

In his new book “Rough Justice: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer,” which was released on Tuesday, Peter Elkind ’80 profiles Eliot Spitzer ’81.

NEWS | 04/20/2010

Fire prompts evacuation of Dod Hall

A small fire on the second floor of Dod Hall drew a significant response from University and town emergency officials on Monday evening. Roughly 35 people were evacuated when a smoke alarm was triggered around 5:50 p.m. by a fire in a trash can.

NEWS | 04/19/2010

Drawing through the decades

Few artists make it to The New Yorker, but Henry Martin ’48 did nearly one better and started his career there.Sixty years later, the prolific cartoonist has donated nearly 700 original drawings to the University, adding to a collection of Martin originals that already numbered in the thousands.

NEWS | 04/19/2010

‘Speed-faithing’ shows diversity of campus religious traditions

Hazony and 13 other students tried to explain their religious beliefs “on one foot” to about 50 students who gathered in Murray-Dodge Hall for “Speed-Faithing” on Monday afternoon. The students delivered presentations as brief as two minutes long on nine different religious traditions, ranging from Sikhism to secular humanism. The event, hosted by the Religious Life Council as part of Religion Week, lasted roughly 90 minutes and offered students a chance to learn about others’ religions in an informal setting.

NEWS | 04/19/2010

Guggenheim awarded to 9 professors

Nine University faculty members were named 2010 Guggenheim Fellows, the most from any university this year, according to a statement released last week by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

NEWS | 04/19/2010

Lander ’78 explained biggest secrets of the Human Genome Project

Eric Lander ’78, a principal leader of the Human Genome Project, described the genetic mapping process, as well as developments that have occurred since the project’s completion, to a packed crowd in McCosh 50 on Monday night.

NEWS | 04/19/2010

A new relaxation

Almost a year ago, Lauren Imparato ’02 quit her job in fixed-income emerging market sales at Morgan Stanley, following a recent promotion, to start the New York City-based yoga studio I.AM.YOU.

NEWS | 04/18/2010

Romer covers unemployment

Christina Romer, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, identified a severe shortfall in aggregate demand as the primary cause of the nation’s exceptionally high unemployment rate in her opening keynote address of the 2010 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs.

NEWS | 04/18/2010

Corzine speaks on 'social contract'

Former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine suggested five key steps to revitalizing America’s social contract after the economic crisis in his closing keynote address for the 2010 Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs.

NEWS | 04/18/2010

USG delayed in implementing referendum on recommendations

With spring USG elections set to begin today, the USG had not yet complied as of midnight with the terms of a referendum passed last year requiring candidates to announce, “as a part of the official process of formally declaring one’s candidacy,” whether they will sign a pledge stating that they will not ask University administrators for recommendation letters.

NEWS | 04/18/2010

Sub-free and the Street

In the summer before her freshman year, Rachel Blum ’11 received an envelope from the University. Buried among papers discussing health insurance and the Honor Code was the housing request form, which poses the first among many choices that students face about how they want to structure their social lives — whether or not they want to live in a substance-free dorm room.

NEWS | 04/18/2010

Pride Alliance distributes flags to eating clubs

Cap & Gown Club, Cloister Inn, Colonial Club, Quadrangle Club, Terrace Club and Tower Club are all displaying rainbow flags outside in honor of LGBT Pride Week, which runs April 11–17.

NEWS | 04/15/2010

Number of fall courses holds steady

The university will offer roughly the same number of courses next semester as it did last fall, Registrar Polly Griffin said. The University offered only 706 courses last semester, compared to the 738 courses offered this spring.

NEWS | 04/15/2010

Students today, teachers tomorrow

For students like Adam Hesterberg ’11, the senior thesis — the culmination of four years of study at the University — will mark the beginning, rather than the end, of their academic careers.

NEWS | 04/15/2010

USG spring elections candidates spike

The number of candidates for the USG spring elections has nearly doubled after the filing deadline for three open positions was extended from Monday to Wednesday. Five candidates are running for Class of 2012 treasurer and for Class of 2013 vice president, and the number of candidates for the 10 U-Councilor openings jumped from nine to 22.

NEWS | 04/15/2010

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