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Alums look back at on campus protests

Alums look back at on campus protests

On the morning of April 14, 1978, 210 University students took over two floors of Nassau Hall for 27 hours, while 300 supporters gathered outside the iconic building. The students, led by the People’s Front for the Liberation of Southern Africa, were protesting University holdings in corporations doing business in apartheid South Africa.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

Princeton students have least debt in New Jersey

Princeton students graduate with the least debt, on average, out of all college students in New Jersey, according to a recently released report on student debt nationwide.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Nader ’55 considers Senate run

Perennial presidential candidate Ralph Nader ’55 is considering running in 2010 for the Senate.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Princeton ranks among most expensive New Jersey schools

Princeton is the third most expensive private nonprofit four-year institution of higher education in New Jersey, according to recent data compiled by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Feeding the clubs

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

In the fall of her sophomore year, Sarah ’10 received an e-mail from her sorority inviting her to an unusual gathering. Instead of advertising an upcoming semiformal or tailgate, this e-mail announced one of the sorority’s annual Bicker workshops.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Dining Services undecided on Fair Trade bananas

Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said his department will seek more input before deciding whether to begin purchasing Fair Trade bananas, as recommended by a USG referendum passed last week.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Students campaign against online ‘Prince’ comments

Roughly 60 students campaigned on Monday against online comments posted on a Daily Princetonian article about the Dec. 5 fight at the Fields Center. The students spray-painted T-shirts with excerpts from some of the comments: “moves in packs,” “prone to violence” and “less deserving candidate.” Several students said they found the excerpts, which reference people involved in the fight, to be “racist” and “ignorant.”

NEWS | 12/14/2009

Stanford admits 753 in restrictive early action program

Stanford University has accepted 13.5 percent of its early applicant pool, admitting 753 applicants to its Class of 2014 out of a pool of 5,566 early applications, the university announced Monday.

NEWS | 12/14/2009

Research team aids cancer treatment

A team of Princeton researchers led by molecular biology professor Saeed Tavazoie has developed an algorithm to chart the genetic behavior of cancerous cells that will allow for more targeted cancer treatments.

NEWS | 12/14/2009

Straying from the Street

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

During his junior year, Ted Price ’10 had trouble finding time for regular meals at Ivy Club, where he was a member. He was a distance runner on the track team, and he found himself spending large sums of money on food, beyond his Ivy membership dues.

NEWS | 12/14/2009

Tilghman forms committee on female leadership

On Monday morning, President Tilghman announced the creation of a new 19-member Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership at Princeton.

NEWS | 12/14/2009

The expense of the Street

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

During her sophomore spring, Kaitlyn Hay ’10 wanted to join Charter Club, along with many of her friends. Despite the University’s financial aid programs, cost proved to be a barrier for her.

NEWS | 12/13/2009

Vote on N.J. gay marriage bill postponed

Just weeks after New York lawmakers defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, supporters of gay marriage in New Jersey are pushing to get a similar bill passed by the State Senate in time to reach Gov. Jon Corzine before he leaves office next month.

NEWS | 12/13/2009

Students build menorah of cans for formals charity drive

Inspired by the actions of Jewish chaplaincies on other campuses across the country, Princeton’s Chabad House launched the “Giving Back at Formals” initiative by collecting more than 1,000 cans to construct a menorah, which was displayed outside Quadrangle Club during Winter Formals on Saturday. The cans will be delivered to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen this week.

NEWS | 12/13/2009

Wu ’13 selected to carry Olympic flame in Calgary

Many people have watched the Olympic flame make its international journey on television, but in January, Derek Wu ’13 will actually get to carry the torch in the torch relay for the 2010 Games in Vancouver.

NEWS | 12/13/2009

Course on children’s literature draws 450

If SCORE enrollment is any indication, ENG 335: Children’s Literature is where the students will be. With an enrollment of 450 students, the course, to be taught by English professor William Gleason, is currently the largest planned for spring 2010. In addition to such classic children’s stories as Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” the lecture’s sample reading list includes J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” and Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women.”

NEWS | 12/10/2009

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