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EPA: Carbon dioxide is dangerous to public

EPA: Carbon dioxide is dangerous to public

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Lisa Jackson GS ’86, has classified several greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, as dangerous to public health for the first time in its 39-year history. The agency’s announcement on Friday was met with criticism from both business lobbying groups and anti-global warming advocates.

NEWS | 04/20/2009

News & Notes: Muldoon to host poetry festival next week

Princeton poets bemoaning the loss of the Geraldine R. Dodge poetry festival, which has taken place in even-numbered years since 1986 in New Jersey’s Waterloo Village, may find solace in the University’s own Poetry Festival, which will take place for the first time next Monday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 28. The festival will be held at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

NEWS | 04/20/2009

Students react to USG referendum

Just one day after the USG Senate voted unanimously to support a referendum that would contribute the USG social budget to Annual Giving, several students voiced opposition, saying it would only minimally help the the $56 million goal. But other students and administrators said the referendum would show students are willing to do their part.

NEWS | 04/20/2009

U.N. Secretary-General urges 'global multilateralism'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon spoke of the urgent need for multilateral approaches to solving global issues in a lecture at a packed McCarter Theatre last Friday. Calling 2009 a “make or break” year, Ban explained that in this age of globalization it is more important than ever for countries to come together to solve international problems.

NEWS | 04/19/2009

USG supports canceling fall Lawnparties concert

The USG Senate voted unanimously on Sunday night to ask the student body to cancel the USG fall Lawnparties concert and contribute the USG’s social budget to the University’s Annual Giving campaign.

NEWS | 04/19/2009

When Castro came to campus

Fifty years ago today, when Edward Shaw ’58 met Fidel Castro at Princeton, the Cuban leader seemed like a “good friend of the American way.” With rumpled fatigues, a warm handshake and a thick cigar clamped between his teeth, the man who would go on to become a notorious dictator actually made Shaw believe there might be hope for what was then a politically ravaged Cuba.

NEWS | 04/19/2009

Students report cases of lewdness, harassment

One case of sexual assault and two cases of harassment were reported by three female students to the Department of Public Safety last weekend.

NEWS | 04/19/2009

Four cases of whooping cough spark health warning

University Health Services has notified the student body of four confirmed on-campus cases of pertussis, the highly contagious infection also known as whooping cough. “In the past two weeks, four students have been identified with symptoms of pertussis, which is a respiratory illness that starts like a cold and develops into a severe cough within one to two weeks,” UHS associate director Janet Finnie ’84 said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 04/19/2009

Emerald Initiative fights marijuana use penalties

A new proposal called the Emerald Initiative is challenging campuses across the country to reduce penalties for students caught using marijuana. President Tilghman said in an e-mail that she had “heard nothing” about the petition and therefore had “no opinion whatsoever” about signing it.

NEWS | 04/16/2009

Harvard will slash budget by $220 million

Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) will cut $220 million from its budget over the next two years, FAS dean Michael Smith announced this week. Administrators will cut 19 percent from the university’s budget as they prepare for a projected 30 percent loss in the value of the school’s endowment, which was valued at $36.9 billion in June 2008.

NEWS | 04/16/2009

Alumni, professors working for Obama reveal income sources

Several University alumni and professors appointed to serve in President Obama’s administration have divulged personal financial details in a series of recently released tax returns.

NEWS | 04/16/2009

Trustee nomination of Castaneda ’73 angers alum

The recent nomination of New York University politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies professor Jorge Castaneda ’73 to the University Board of Trustees has sparked some controversy among alumni.Castaneda has been accused of working with Cuban intelligence during his service with the Mexican government in the late 1970s and early 1980s, though he has repeatedly denied the reports, calling them “categorically false” in a 2008 interview with the Los Angeles Times.

NEWS | 04/16/2009

Israeli Supreme Court president talks human rights

Israeli Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch lectured about the importance of protecting human rights in an age of terror to a packed Dodds Auditorium on Thursday evening. Beinisch said that Israel is constantly struggling with the balance between ensuring security and protecting human rights, noting that the judicial branch’s primary duty is guaranteeing the security of Israelis.

NEWS | 04/16/2009

Entrepreneurs juggle school with business

With fewer jobs available for graduating seniors, some students are looking to create their own. “I think that it’s the best time to start [a company],” said Carter Cleveland ’09.

NEWS | 04/15/2009

Gender gap persists in sciences

When Joan Girgus arrived for her first day as a psychology professor at the University in 1977, she immediately became an “object of curiosity” for her colleagues. She was only Princeton's eighth female tenured professor.

NEWS | 04/15/2009

Study: Eliminating SAT increases diversity

Eliminating standardized test scores as a factor in the college admissions process would lead to more racially and socioeconomically diverse undergraduate populations, according to a recent study by two University researchers, sociology professor Thomas Espenshade GS ’72 and Office of Population Research statistical programmer Chang Chun.

NEWS | 04/15/2009

Excess food totals 600 tons yearly

In a typical day, 500 to 600 students dump their food waste into the trash cans in Rocky-Mathey dining hall. Over the course of a year, these bins accumulate 600 to 700 tons of excess food, Director of Building Services Jon Baer said.

NEWS | 04/15/2009

Graduate students angered by transit cuts

The University’s announcement last Thursday that it was reducing services of the TigerTransit system has been met with criticism from many graduate students who regularly depend on the shuttle service.

NEWS | 04/15/2009

Alum leads '24' on FOX as carbon-neutral TV show

Every week, Jack Bauer’s high-octane stunts on the action-packed show “24” blow viewers’ minds as well as massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. But last month, the show’s producers, including executive producer Howard Gordon ’84, announced that the production of this year’s season finale was carbon-neutral.

NEWS | 04/14/2009

NOM starts $1.5 million ad campaign

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), co-founded in 2007 by politics professor Robert George and based on Nassau Street, has launched a $1.5 million ad campaign in several states to energize opponents of same-sex marriage.

NEWS | 04/14/2009

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