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.
For eight hours on Thursday, students walking by the north lawn outside Frist Campus Center were greeted by a 16-foot wall made of wood and Styrofoam — a symbolic representation of the wall dividing the West Bank, which has sparked extensive disagreement and conflict.
Every year, the graduating class invites a star speaker to give a speech on Class Day, the day before Commencement. In recent years, seniors have learned who will address them before turning in their theses. But the identity of this year’s guest still remains a mystery.
On a warm Thursday night, Jeff Kreisler ’95 managed to elicit near-constant laughter from a crowd of roughly 60 people in McCosh 10 during an event dubbed “Comedy Against Evil,” sponsored by the College Democrats.
Instead of completing their science and technology distribution requirement with beakers and scales, 14 freshmen are disassembling and overhauling a 50-year-old motorcycle in FRS 108: Art and Science of Motorcycle Design.
