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Daniels '71 spurs talk of potential bid for presidency

Daniels '71 spurs talk of potential bid for presidency

Mitch Daniels ’71, the popular Indiana governor who handily won reelection in 2008, has sparked speculation that he may run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, with recent comments that backtracked from earlier claims that he was not considering a run.

NEWS | 03/04/2010

Students protest budget cuts, tuition hikes across nation

Students, professors and unions across 32 states organized protests and rallies on Thursday in response to recent budget cuts in public university systems.

NEWS | 03/04/2010

Fraternity hosts alcohol workshop

Though members of Sigma Chi frequently get together on Thursday evenings, they usually don’t meet at the Princeton Public Library.But last night, roughly 18 Princeton students — all Sigma Chi members — gathered for an alcohol education event known as the CHOICES program, which aims to educate students about the risks associated with excessive alcohol use through group discussions and self-reflection.

NEWS | 03/04/2010

Most back Van Jones' hiring

When he arrives on campus to teach next fall, former White House adviser Van Jones will be greeted by students and faculty generally supportive of his appointment.

NEWS | 03/04/2010

Buried in blueprints, sans accreditation

Architecture majors at most universities with specialized programs receive a Bachelor of Architecture degree (B.Arch.). Princeton students in the School of Architecture, however, receive a Bachelor of Arts degree (A.B.). Unlike other universities’, Princeton’s architecture school is unaccredited. While many architecture programs concentrate on building regulations and construction, Princeton takes the unconventional approach of focusing on both liberal arts and architectural curricula.

NEWS | 03/04/2010

New financial index predicts slower growth

A team of academics and Wall Street economists — including Peter Hooper ’69 of Deutsche Bank and economics professor Mark Watson — have developed a new financial index which they unveiled at the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum conference in New York City on Feb. 26.The new index reveals that the economic recovery might not be as strong as some financial indicators suggest.

NEWS | 03/03/2010

Rabner talks constitution, foreclosures

As chief justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, Stuart Rabner ’82 is normally a member of the audience as attorneys argue their cases in front of him. But on Wednesday afternoon, he was doing the talking when he delivered a lecture, called “The New Jersey Supreme Court: A Perspective from the Bench,” in Dodds Auditorium.

NEWS | 03/03/2010

ACC focuses on safety

More than two years after it was first created, the Alcohol Coalition Committee’s (ACC) mission — to address high risk drinking on campus — is the same. Director of Campus Life Initiatives Amy Campbell, the ACC co-chair, said, “High-risk drinking crosses all boundaries ... It doesn’t matter whether you’re a member of an eating club or participate in a fraternity or sorority or are in a residential college ... It’s a particular behavior we’re focused on.”

NEWS | 03/03/2010

Column: The world in your hands

Crushed under a pile of rubble and bleeding from wounds to his head and legs, American filmmaker Dan Woolley writhed in an agonizing daze. It had all happened so fast: a massive tremor, followed by an explosion that brought down the concrete walls around him. Mr. Woolley had been shooting a video about poverty in Haiti when the earthquake struck. And for the 65 hours before being found and rescued, he survived with the help of an unlikely medical aid — his iPhone.

NEWS | 03/03/2010

Death row inmate talks race, U.S. prisons

For 15 minutes on Wednesday evening, a crowd of 150 people gathered in Labyrinth Books to listen to a phone call. Mumia Abu-Jamal, an inmate on Pennsylvania’s death row, spoke on the phone with African-American studies and religion professor Cornel West GS ‘80 and sociology professor Patricia Fernandez-Kelly.

NEWS | 03/03/2010

Acting out environmentalism

Students flipping through the course catalog this year may have wondered what a course cross-listed in Atelier, environmental science and theater entailed. An interdisciplinary course in environmental theater, ATL/THR/ENV 496: Environmental Documentary and Music Theater combines the scientific methods of the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) with the artistic approach of the Lewis Center for the Arts.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

News & Notes: Berkeley students protest tuition hikes

Riots and protests at the University of California, Berkeley, have erupted both on and off campus this week, according to U.S. News & World Report and The Daily Californian, the school’s student newspaper.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

Juniors leave eating clubs for independent option

Hank Song ’11 participated in Charter Club’s initiations last February like any other new member. But while most sophomores celebrated alongside old friends and new acquaintances, he settled in for a shorter stint on the Street. Song, who said he always planned to leave Charter after a year, is one of several juniors who will leave their eating clubs to become independent as seniors.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

Futurity.org addresses decline in university research coverage

In early 2009, University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 met with communications representatives from a handful of universities in Washington, D.C. The meeting’s purpose was to discuss the sharp decline in coverage of University-based research following steep newsroom cutbacks in science and research reporting.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

News & Notes: Penn recruits gay students

Penn plans to launch a new recruitment effort focusing on gay and lesbian applicants, according to a report in The Huffington Post. In doing so, Penn hopes to make the school appear more welcoming to LGBT students.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

Chile earthquake affects students

For Princeton students with close connections to those affected, the aftershocks of the recent earthquake in Chile continue days later.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

News & Notes: Caro ’57 wins National Humanities Medal

On Thursday, Feb. 25, President Obama presented Robert Caro ’57, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and biographer, with a 2009 National Humanities Medal. Caro was awarded the medal “for capturing the subtle machinations of political influence in America,” according to a statement issued by the National Endowment of the Humanities.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

$10,000 worth of belongings stolen from Pyne Hall

Between 10 a.m. and 1:08 p.m., someone went into a student’s unlocked room in Pyne Hall and stole two computers, an “expensive” watch and gaming equipment, Public Safety Deputy Director Charles Davall said Wednesday afternoon.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

Teenagers arrested for thefts

Borough Police charged four local teenagers last week in the theft of students’ laptops and iPods from Tiger Inn, Terrace Club and Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 03/02/2010

Retirement incentive program offers bonus to faculty

Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin outlined a new retirement incentive program at the monthly faculty meeting on Monday afternoon. The program will offer professors a bonus equal to at least one-and-a-half times their annual salary if they agree to transition to half-time teaching upon reaching age 65 and retire completely by age 68.

NEWS | 03/01/2010

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