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Barnard ’09, Chen ’09 win Pyne Prize

Barnard ’09, Chen ’09 win Pyne Prize

Two sociology concentrators, Alex Barnard ’09 and Andy Chen ’09, have been awarded the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize. While the winners are usually announced at the University luncheon on Alumni Day, the two winners confirmed their selection late Thursday evening but declined to comment.

NEWS | 02/19/2009

Reports of stolen bikes up this year

So far this academic year, 72 bicycles have been reported stolen, according to records obtained from Public Safety on Wednesday. This represents a dramatic increase in the number of thefts, as only 50 bicycles were reported stolen during the 2007-08 academic year.

NEWS | 02/18/2009

Five SINSI scholars announced

Five members of the Class of 2010 have won Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative fellowships, enabling them to pursue Master in Public Affairs degrees at the Wilson School and work in the federal government, the University announced Wednesday evening.

NEWS | 02/18/2009

Facebook reverts to old privacy policy

Students with scandalous information on their facebook.com profiles have cause for relief after Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday evening that the site would not be instituting changes to its terms of service.

NEWS | 02/18/2009

Ghosts of Princeton's past

During the First Great Awakening, Jonathan Edwards’ disquieting sermons about sinners in the hands of an angry God drove nervous American colonists to their churches. Today, some believe that Edwards’ spirit haunts Princeton Cemetery. Located at the intersection of Witherspoon and Wiggins streets and overseen by the Nassau Presbyterian Church, the cemetery serves as the final resting place for some of the most important and pivotal figures in the history of the University and of the nation.

NEWS | 02/18/2009

Sophomores left hungry for RCA interaction

It can be easy to forget that RCAs also work with students who are not freshmen. Since the advent of the four-year residential college system, RCAs now serve members of every class year. Non-freshmen zees must be proactive to benefit from interactions with RCAs, some students say.

NEWS | 02/18/2009

Nonprofit opportunities dwindle as demand rises

As summer internships in the finance sector continue to disappear, opportunities for Princeton students hoping to work in civic service are also dwindling.

NEWS | 02/17/2009

Faculty with Facebook wary of friending students

Though most students worry about family members or future employers viewing their Facebook profiles, they may soon have concerns about Princeton faculty on Facebook as well. An increasing number of instructors at the University are signing up for Facebook profiles.

NEWS | 02/17/2009

Borough police to lose two officers

The Borough Police will suffer a net loss of two officers due to recent turmoil in the department, Borough Councilman Robert Martindell said after the Borough Council meeting Tuesday.

NEWS | 02/17/2009

Firestone renovations irk thesis-writing seniors

The noise from renovations on the B level of Firestone Library has disrupted some seniors working on their theses. The demolition work, which takes place from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day, began on an eastern section of the B level on Jan. 24 and is scheduled to last through Feb. 23, according to a statement on the University library system’s website. The renovations will continue until June, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ’96 said.

NEWS | 02/17/2009

Roverdogs sate 3 a.m. hunger

Last month, Jim Forkel, a trained chef, operated his small red hot-dog stand Roverdogs, which was usually parked between Tower and Cannon clubs. So far, Roverdogs has only been open for two nights. Still, in these two nights alone, Forkel estimated that he sold around 500 hot dogs.

NEWS | 02/17/2009

Thirty apply to run for Young Alumni Trustee position

Thirty members of the senior class submitted petitions Monday night to run in the annual election for young alumni trustee, a four-year position held by recent graduates on the University Board of Trustees. The Class of 2009 YAT will serve on the 40-member board from July 1, 2009, to July 1, 2013. For the candidates who handed in petitions with the required 50 signatures yesterday, campaigning is strictly prohibited.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Penn sees three cases of bacterial meningitis

Penn officials reported an outbreak of three confirmed and two suspected cases of bacterial meningitis last week. The students affected were members of fraternities and sororities and atheletes on the men’s and women’s fencing teams.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

The Class of 2009 candidates for YAT, currently pending certification

The Class of 2009 candidates for YAT, currently pending certification, are:

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Advanced standing comes with financial benefits, social drawbacks

Though many students come to Princeton with enough credits to graduate early, very few choose to take advantage of an option that can provide financial benefits and unique experiences, often because they are afraid of the social repercussions, students said.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Physicist finds new method for quantum Hall effect

Research conducted by physics professor Zahid Hasan — in collaboration with researchers from Penn, UC Berkeley and institutions in Germany and Switzerland — may bring quantum computers one step closer to some lucky student’s dorm room.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Fishman ’78 recommended for U.S. Attorney post

New Jersey’s Democratic senators, Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, recommended to President Obama on Friday that he appoint Paul Fishman ’78 as the next U.S. Attorney for New Jersey.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Graham named Ombuds Officer

Diedrich Graham has been named Ombuds Officer, the University announced Monday. Graham, who has served as Associate Ombudsman since February 2008, is filling the vacancy left by Camilo Azcarate’s departure in October to become manager of mediation services at the World Bank.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Results of new online course evaluations released

Grumbling about courses may be a time-honored dining hall pastime, but 88 percent of student respondents said their fall 2008 courses were excellent, very good or good, according to the student course evaluation results from the fall semester that were made available online Feb. 11.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

Men view half-naked women as objects, study finds

Some men may view scantily clad women as objects rather than as people, a recent study found. The research, conducted by Princeton psychology professor Susan Fiske, Mina Cikara GS and Stanford psychology professor Jennifer Eberhardt GS, was performed on 21 undergraduate male students at the University who identified themselves as heterosexual.

NEWS | 02/16/2009

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