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Admins: Data suggest law, medical school admissions unaffected by deflation

Admins: Data suggest law, medical school admissions unaffected by deflation

Princeton graduates continue to be successful in gaining admission to the most selective law schools and medical schools, despite the University’s grading policy, administrators said at the Monday meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC).

NEWS | 11/16/2009

New rules check fans at tailgates

Township police officers were called Saturday to help enforce new University rules restricting tailgating before sporting events. The call came shortly after Public Safety officers broke up a “violent” fight among two freshman males, authorities said.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Tiger teachers not deterred by low pay

"Really? Do you really want to be a teacher?” This is a question Marlise Jean-Pierre ’12 and other Princetonians interested in becoming educators often face. For people who pose that question, the teaching profession’s low salary and prestige may seem incongruous with the high cost of a Princeton education.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Husband and wife awarded Kyoto Prize

Peter and Rosemary Grant, two emeritus professors in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, were awarded the 2009 Kyoto Prize in the field of Basic Sciences on Tuesday, Nov. 10. They are the first husband-and-wife team to receive the Kyoto Prize, which includes a diploma, a 20-karat-gold Kyoto Prize medal and a cash gift of 50 million yen, roughly $550,000.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Renovated Whig Hall reopens

Around 70 people gathered on Saturday at Whig Hall, home to the oldest collegiate political, literary and debating group in the country, to celebrate the formal reopening of the building, which just underwent its first major internal renovations since 1972.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Counting pennies at Princeton

Caitlin Caldwell ’12 always dreamed of becoming a doctor. So when she learned she had been accepted to Brown University’s eight-year medical program, which includes both undergraduate and graduate education, she was ecstatic. But Princeton had offered her full financial aid. Without a credit history or a loan co-signer, the $2,000 annual cost she would have to cover at Brown made her decision easy: She came to Princeton.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Public Safety handcuffs freshman at tailgate

Public Safety officers broke up a fight between two freshman males near the tailgating lot off Broadmead Road before Saturday’s football game. Neither student was arrested, but both have been referred to the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students for disciplinary action. One student, who put the other in a chokehold, was placed in handcuffs, though he was not being arrested.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Juggling girls: Princeton's sole male cheerleader

Before each kickoff, the only male member of Princeton’s cheerleading squad hoists a female cheerleader onto his shoulders, holding her aloft to celebrate the score. Few, if any, other members of the Princeton community perform this stunt, but for Trent Fuenmayor '12, it’s an integral part of life.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Ricky’s evicted from location on Nassau Street

As the University focuses on dealing internally with the economic downturn, signs of the struggle have begun to appear just outside FitzRandolph Gate. Princeton’s traditional ice-cream rivalry has taken a new turn with the eviction of Ricky’s Candy, Cones and Chaos from its Nassau Street location.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Westminster policy presents barriers for students

University students can take courses at Westminster Choir College (WCC) and at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), a Presbyterian institution unaffiliated with Princeton University, to supplement their regular University courses. But while both schools are open to Princeton students, the logistical hurdles and accreditation policies involved vastly differ.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

U. competes for place on Google Street View

Princeton is currently competing with Arizona State University, Michigan State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Stanford to become the third college campus available in Street View.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

Wilson School program cut as some faculty question layoffs

The Policy Research Institute for the Region (PRIOR) at the Wilson School will be shut down at the end of this academic year, as the University has eliminated the positions of the institute’s three staff members, along with 40 other positions across campus, effective June 30, 2010.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

The $50,000 question

The University increased its tuition and fees to $47,020 for the 2009-10 academic year, a jump from $45,695 the year before. Though the cost of attending Princeton is still under the $50,000 mark, 58 universities are already charging more than that, and the University could potentially follow suit in January, when it announces tuition and fees for the 2010-11 academic year.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

Law requires colleges to fight piracy

The University does not anticipate having to overhaul its policy on internet piracy in light of new rules published in the Federal Register on Oct. 22, University spokeswoman Emily Aronson said.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

U. prepares to vaccinate 2,000 against H1N1

The University is preparing to vaccinate up to 2,000 individuals against the H1N1 flu this Monday and has already vaccinated roughly 400 students and student dependents in the highest health priority group over the last two weeks.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

University brings back women’s self-defense program

The University is offering Rape Aggression Defense System (RAD) classes for women this semester, following a series of several incidents of lewdness that have occurred on campus in the past few months.

NEWS | 11/11/2009

ROTC enrollment rises on campus

In the crisp, cold autumn air, a group of students dressed in matching gray shirts, black shorts and physical training reflector belts dash for the stairs leading to Weaver Stadium. Despite their small numbers, their voices ring out distinctively as one united entity as they count together. “One, two, three, one! One, two, three, two!”

NEWS | 11/11/2009

Panel debates media, U.S. Supreme Court

The more people know about the U.S. Supreme Court, the less they like it, correspondents who cover the judicial body explained to a packed Robertson Hall on Wednesday. The panel discussion, which C-SPAN also broadcasted live, was moderated by sociology professor Paul Starr. “Full Court Press: The Supreme Court, the Media, and Public Understanding” included New Yorker writer and CNN contributor Jeffrey Toobin, Slate.com writer and editor Emily Bazelon, New York Times correspondent Adam Liptak and Slate.com editor and legal correspondent Dahlia Lithwick.

NEWS | 11/11/2009

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