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Recession hits Labyrinth Books

Recession hits Labyrinth Books

Textbook sales at Labyrinth Books have dropped 13 percent this fall in light of the economic downturn, said Dorothea von Moltke, the bookstore’s co-owner. One reason for lower revenue is that “about 80 fewer classes than last fall are using any books at all,” she explained. But Labyrinth, only a few years into its lease on Nassau St., must also grapple with a systemic change to its industry that has shuttered bookstores across the country: the rise of online textbook sources.

NEWS | 10/07/2009

Lewdness incident is year’s fifth

Students reported seeing a shirtless middle-aged white male expose his genitals outside Charter Club on Monday evening, according to a campus safety alert issued by e-mail to the University community on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Finance is focus for town hall meeting

At the town hall meeting on Tuesday, the third held this calendar year, several audience members took advantage of the chance to ask questions of University administrators, focusing on the budget cuts and the necessary layoffs that will result.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Humanities sequence an academic ‘rollercoaster’

The University has offered its intensive Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture course, known to students and faculty as the humanities sequence or “HUM,” to freshmen and sophomores since 2003. The sequence consists of four classes that split equally between two semesters and fulfill four distribution requirements while giving students a thorough grounding in Western intellectual traditions.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Number of flu-like cases reaches 260

There have been a total of 260 cases of influenza-like illness on campus, University Health Services Executive Director John Kolligian said at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Campus Club gets little weekend action

At Campus Club for most of last Saturday night — from 10:30 p.m. until 2 a.m. — there was one thing missing: students. Except for the two baristas who gave out free water to the 25 or so people that wandered in at various times and usually left a few minutes later, Campus Club was empty.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Job market better for seniors than last year

Job prospects for members of the Class of 2010 may be sunnier than those of members of the Class of 2009, as the economic climate begins to show some signs of stabilizing.

NEWS | 10/06/2009

Kemper '02 stars on ‘The Office’

Nothing was going right for Ellie Kemper ’02. She was doing a one-person comedy show, and every joke she told was falling flat.

NEWS | 10/05/2009

Local hotels raise room prices during Commencement

As members of the Class of 2010 and their families begin planning for this year’s Commencement weekend, many local hotels are raising their prices more steeply than they have in past years to compensate for a loss of profits during the economic downturn.

NEWS | 10/05/2009

Nine Tigers make Forbes richest 400 list

Nine Princeton alumni are among the 400 wealthiest Americans, according to the Forbes magazine rankings released last week.

NEWS | 10/05/2009

University to institute further cuts

Currently facing a 23.7 percent decline in endowment value and projected $170 million budget cuts over two years, the University plans to continue making campus-wide and department-specific cost reductions.

NEWS | 10/05/2009

Orange Key tours gloss over life on the Street

From Firestone Plaza to Prospect Garden, Holder Hall and Blair Arch, Orange Key tour groups of prospective students and parents traverse campus several times per day, hitting many of the University’s most important landmarks, with one exception: the Street.

NEWS | 10/05/2009

Clubs take 54 during fall Bicker

Fall Bicker concluded this past Friday with a total of 54 new members being accepted into Cap & Gown, Ivy and Tower clubs.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

A (cheap) taste of Nassau

While many Princeton students spent last Saturday’s brunch chowing down at their local dining hall or eating club, David Gibbs ’10 and Eric Schlossberg ’10 were dining at Lahiere’s. Instead of omelets and oatmeal, they sated their appetites with pappardelle pasta with roasted duck, cremini mushrooms and dried cranberries.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

Lifeline legislation to grant immunity to some underage drinkers

Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation on Oct. 1 that grants immunity in some cases to intoxicated minors in need of medical attention and to students who call for help on their behalf. The University’s policy is slightly different, however.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

Public Safety revises emergency response time

The University has altered its emergency notification system to send out alerts sooner since the March 7 gun scare, representatives from the Department of Public Safety said at the USG meeting on Sunday night. On March 7, Steven Shonts ’12 triggered a Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System (PTENS) alert by carrying a permanently disabled AK-47 across campus. Deputy Director of Public Safety Charles Davall said at the meeting that the 76-minute delay between the first report of a weapon sighting and the activation of the alert system was too long.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

Reading between the characters

Almost every relationship I’ve ever been in started with a flurry of text messages.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

University liquor referrals outpace Harvard, Yale

In 2008, Princeton reported more judicial referrals for liquor law violations than either Harvard or Yale despite reporting the fewest arrests for liquor law violations.

NEWS | 10/04/2009

Only seven can read his poker face

Many graduates heading out of FitzRandolph Gate become consultants, investment bankers, lawyers, doctors or professors, but Matt Hawrilenko ’04 chose a more unconventional career: professional poker player.

NEWS | 10/01/2009

Arrests for alcohol, drug use rise

On-campus arrests for drug abuse and liquor law violations increased to a total of 25 in 2008 from two in 2007 and none in 2006, according to the 2009 Annual Security Report. The report, which lists no cases of criminal homicide, robbery or illegal possession of weapons on campus in 2008, also shows an increase in the number of forcible sex offenses and arson.

NEWS | 10/01/2009

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