The number of cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections has increased by more than 90 percent over the last decade, according to recent research led by University scholars.
Brian Edwards ’11 has dropped out of the race for USG president, endorsing candidate Michael Yaroshefsky ’12.
Three years ago, Joyce Rechtschaffen ’75 was perusing the Washington, D.C., publication Roll Call when she saw a want ad posted by the University for a new director of government affairs. Recalling having interviewed Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 when she was a reporter for The Daily Princetonian, Rechtschaffen wrote Durkee a note asking if he remembered her and requesting to interview for the job.
Last Friday, a group of 145 Orthodox, Roman Catholic and evangelical Christian leaders released a declaration — written by politics professor Robert George — stating that they will not abide by laws that require their institutions to take part in abortions or to acknowledge same-sex marriages.
As the number of international undergraduates at Princeton continues to rise, more and more foreign students — including several Chinese citizens like Lingzi Gui ’10 and Zhihan Ma ’11 — are applying to the University, though they face lower acceptance rates than American students and many logistical hurdles in the process.
Yujhan Claros ’10 was raised as a Jehovah’s Witness in what he said was a “really religious” community. “Latino culture is very demanding,” he explained. “The male and female roles are very defined, and women are very much subjugated to men.”
For the second straight year, the USG vice president will not enter the race for president, students learned Monday when the candidates for USG elections were announced. Current USG vice president Michael Weinberg ’11 is not a presidential contender, though the sitting USG vice president has won roughly half of the past 13 presidential elections, according to data provided by Weinberg.
A group of 20 economists, including three University professors, sent a letter to the White House last week outlining the economic benefits of passing health care legislation, just as the Senate begins debate on its health care bill in Washington.
In the past decade, Princeton had a total of 13 American Rhodes Scholars, compared to 35 from Harvard, 21 from Yale, 15 from Stanford and 14 from the United States Military Academy.
The University saved roughly $300,000 by implementing a new move-in policy this summer.
Peter Bogucki, associate dean for undergraduate affairs in the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), said in an e-mail that “of the 268 students who began in the Class of 2012 in September 2008, 45 students — or 17 percent — have left to join the A.B. program.”
Four students will face off in the race for USG president next month, according to information posted on the USG's website Monday afternoon. There are two contestants in the vice presidential race, while the candidates for treasurer, academics chair and ULC chair are all running unopposed.
Henry Barmeier ’10, a Wilson School major earning certificates in environmental studies and Spanish, is the University's sole Rhodes Scholarship recipient for 2010. There are five winners from Harvard, two from Yale and one each from Brown, Columbia and Princeton.
“Good evening, elitists,” John Oliver said in greeting to a raucous audience in Richardson Auditorium on Saturday night.Oliver noted that his performances at colleges were not usually in front of a marble mosaic backdrop, and he even ridiculed the medieval font of the exit signs. Dubbing the audience “Sarah Palin’s worst nightmare,” he joked that Princeton students were too comfortable eating their arugula and brie to worry about pressing national issues like job security and the economy.
Around midnight on Friday, a male student in a Lawnparties-worthy sundress — complemented by a string of pearls, a headband and a beard — practiced his handstand in a small room in Terrace Club, revealing black spandex beneath his dress.
The University and its members don’t adequately recognize the seriousness of sexual crimes, Princeton students and victims of recent sexual assaults told a crowd of roughly 25 students gathered outside 1879 Arch on Friday evening.
The U-Store, which recently extended its hours of operation to 4 a.m., reported a net loss of $133,829 for the fiscal year ending in June.
Princeton in the nation’s Service” may be the University’s unofficial motto, but the widespread enthusiasm for service among Princetonians does not extend to state law enforcement. Alumni participation in this profession has been sparse, with only a handful of active police officers listed on TigerNet, Princeton’s alumni database.
When Sierra Schelegle ’11 checked her student bill this fall, she was surprised to find a $640 charge for “painted walls.” She was confused, since no such charge had been included in her fire inspection notice.Schelegle is one of several undergraduates who expressed confusion about the University's rules against students painting their dorm rooms, though administrators insist there has been no change in policy.
University Health Services saw a lower than expected student turnout at the Nov. 16 H1N1 vaccine clinic, administering only 860 vaccines of the available 2,000. “We are concerned that eligible students are not taking advantage of the opportunity to be vaccinated for H1N1 flu,” UHS Executive Director John Kolligian said.
