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Professors knighted by Italian government

Professors knighted by Italian government

The Italian government knighted professors Pietro Frassica and Gaetana Marrone-Puglia of the French and Italian department, the University announced on Monday.In a ceremony last month held at Prospect House, Frassica and Marrone-Puglia were granted the title of “Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic” by Italian consul Andrea Barbaria.

NEWS | 04/05/2010

Census head speaks about methodology

Americans living in neighborhoods with poor census return rates had better watch out. Armed with signs, bullhorns and the sirens of local fire trucks, 250 of the Census Bureau’s local partner groups across the United States will begin the “March to the Mailbox” this Saturday. The march is an effort to urge residents of neighborhoods with low response rates to send in their forms, Robert Groves, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, said in a lecture on Monday.

NEWS | 04/05/2010

Study finds textbooks often go unused

One in seven times, students never use a textbook purchased for a class, according to a new study published by social learning company Koofers, Inc. “We were surprised at how high this number is,” Koofers CEO Glynn LoPresti said in a statement. “If textbooks go unused this frequently, that’s something students really deserve to know.”

NEWS | 04/05/2010

Off-campus summer housing offers convenience, lower cost

For Yevgeniy Leypunskiy ’11, the end of finals period will not signal a trip home. Instead, he will stay on campus for the summer to conduct independent work for his senior thesis. “I’m a chemistry major, and almost all of us stay on campus the summer before senior year,” Leypunskiy said.Unlike during the school year, when staying on campus means living in a dorm, a substantial contingent of students like Leypunskiy chooses to live off campus, citing cost and convenience.

NEWS | 04/05/2010

Students baptized on Easter Sunday in Dillon Pool

When Ben Farkas ’10 lowered himself into Dillon Pool on Sunday morning, it was not to swim laps, but rather to embrace Christianity through baptism.Along with Farkas, Natalie Kim ’12, Jinju Pottenger ’10, Victoria Tan ’11 and Carola Hernandez-Cappas ’11 also submerged themselves in the waters of Dillon Pool for the annual baptismal celebration on Easter Sunday, sponsored by Manna Christian Fellowship, Princeton Evangelical Fellowship and Princeton Faith and Action.

NEWS | 04/04/2010

Man drowns in Delaware & Raritan Canal while canoeing

A 26-year-old Plainsboro resident drowned in the Delaware & Raritan Canal on Sunday afternoon after his canoe capsized directly south of campus.

NEWS | 04/04/2010

Green toilets contribute to sustainability efforts

More than two years and 1,400 green handles later, dual-flush toilets have been installed in an estimated 95 percent of residence halls, facilities department administrators said.The toilets, which use 1.6 gallons of water when their handles are pushed down but only 1.1 gallons when pushed up, were first installed in Feinberg and Edwards halls in 2008.

NEWS | 04/04/2010

Looking forward to a post-thesis life

While some students spent Sunday afternoon outside enjoying the long-anticipated spring weather, many seniors were stuck in the depths of Firestone Library, frantically adding the final pages to their theses. For most seniors, departmental deadlines are quickly approaching, with theses for history and English concentrators due on Tuesday.

NEWS | 04/04/2010

USG reexamines grade deflation

USG vice president Sam Dorison ’11 presented the USG’s new grade deflation initiative, intended to study the impact of the University’s grading policy on students’ ability to secure summer internships and full-time jobs, at the USG Senate meeting on Sunday night.

NEWS | 04/04/2010

Students march in D.C. to support DREAM Act

In the wake of recent attention surrounding immigration reform laws, students at Princeton united to form DREAM Team, an organization dedicated to building support for immigration reform at the University. The group takes its name from the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act, a bill currently before Congress that would enable children of illegal immigrants to earn permanent residency, provided that they earn a bachelor’s degree or serve in the armed forces for two years.

NEWS | 04/01/2010

U. admits record-low 8.18 percent of applicants to Class of 2014

The University has admitted a record-low 8.18 percent of the 26,247 applicants to the Class of 2014, making this year’s admission process the most selective in University history. Only 2,148 students were offered admission, as the University experienced a 19.5 percent increase in applicants from the 21,963 students who applied for the Class of 2013.

NEWS | 04/01/2010

New course scheduling tool launched

University students now have access to what USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 called “the Swiss Army Knife of course-selection tools.” The Integrated Course Engine, or ICE 2.0, which was launched on Wednesday, allows users to access multiple sources of information related to class scheduling all on the same webpage.

NEWS | 04/01/2010

Student-produced opera 'Rosaleen' will debut this weekend

Though her thesis is due in just four days, Alexis Rodda ’10 isn’t spending much time in her carrel in Firestone Library. Instead, the English major is working onstage at Richardson Auditorium, preparing to perform in an opera that she wrote and directed, and that is unrelated to her senior thesis.

NEWS | 04/01/2010

NJ Transit plans cut to rush-hour train service

New Jersey Transit has proposed cutting a weekday northbound train on the Northeast Corridor line that passes through Princeton Junction at 5:41 p.m. and collects passengers that take the 5:24 p.m. Dinky train from Princeton to Princeton Junction. The rush-hour train is one of four passing through Princeton Junction that is slated to be cut in May or June as part of a reduction in the state’s public transportation costs, following final approval later this month.

NEWS | 04/01/2010

Time-out, Princeton

According to estimates provided by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, roughly 80 to 100 students voluntarily withdraw from the University each year for psychological difficulties or conditions requiring intensive off-campus treatment. Students cited a variety of reasons for taking time off from the University, such as mental stress linked to academics, substance abuse, physical health problems and deep-seated psychological issues. They noted that academic and social pressure on campus significantly impacted their decisions and also led to a certain degree of stigma upon their return to campus.

NEWS | 03/31/2010

Students make music with video game controllers

With a joystick in each hand, Hayk Martirosyan ’13 looks like he is ready to play a video game when tinkering with his new invention. But he is actually playing an electronic instrument that he created as a midterm project with classmate Flannery Cunningham ’13, who also made an instrument for the assignment.

NEWS | 03/31/2010

After Cornell suicides, University emphasizes counseling resources

The apparent suicides of three Cornell undergraduates within one month have prompted discussion among Princeton students and health officials about the University’s own measures to address student mental-health issues.

NEWS | 03/31/2010

Sipprelle looks to unseat Holt in November election

Rep. Rush Holt — a Democrat who represents New Jersey’s 12th congressional district, which includes Princeton Borough and Princeton Township — will come up for reelection in November in what what is shaping up to be a difficult election cycle for Democrats nationwide. Though Holt won his 2008 election by 27 percentage points, the Republican Party’s likely challenger, Scott Sipprelle — who lives in Princeton Borough and set up his campaign headquarters on Alexander Road — poses a greater threat to take Holt’s seat than recent opponents, political analysts said.

NEWS | 03/31/2010

PWR plans April Fools' Day protest

Today, April Fools’ Day, members of Princeton for Workers’ Rights plan to protest the University’s alleged continued investment in HEI Hotels and Resorts by presenting President Shirley Tilghman with thank you cards every hour that commend her, the University Board of Trustees and PRINCO — the Princeton University Investment Company, which manages the University’s endowment — on their attention to ethics and divestment from HEI.

NEWS | 03/31/2010

Karp ’10 awarded Hertz Foundation fellowship

Mechanical and aerospace engineering major David Karp ’10 has been awarded a $250,000 graduate fellowship from the Fannie and John Hertz Foundation to fund up to five years of doctoral study. The “no-strings-attached” fellowship, awarded to undergraduate and first-year graduate students studying engineering or the applied sciences, can be used to fund graduate study at one of roughly 50 schools deemed “tenable” by the Hertz Foundation. Karp, who learned that he won the fellowship on Monday night, said he plans to use the funding to attend Stanford after spending a year studying in Britain.

NEWS | 03/30/2010

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