Anthony Costanzo '04, a countertenor, was selected last Sunday as one of the four winners of the 2009 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Much of the honor of an A-plus is the supposed difficulty of obtaining it, partly due to the requirement instituted in 2000 that professors submit a brief statement of justification. In spite of the policy revision, however, the distribution of the grade is not standardized, so some students and administrators question its significance.
The Nassau Weekly and the student radio station WPRB have finalized their merger after more than six months of negotiations.
The Princeton University Press has seen a 7 to 8 percent decline in revenue from a year ago as a result of the economic downturn, director Peter Dougherty told The Daily Princetonian on Wednesday. Dougherty noted that the University Press is lucky: Many peer institutions have seen a 15 to 25 percent reduction.
A talk, titled “The Physics of Poetry” and organized by the Whitman College Council, provided a forum for students to hear Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon discuss the parallels between his art and seemingly unrelated fields.
Murray-Dodge Hall, home to the University’s Office of Religious Life (ORL), is beginning to be “too small to house Princeton’s religious community,” said Mariam Rahmani ’10, president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA). “Religious life has outgrown it."
The technological brainchild of a team that includes several Princeton computer science researchers has drawn recognition as a revolutionary way to expand internet access around the world. HashCache, an efficient data storage system, was featured as one of the top 10 emerging technologies of the year in Technology Review, a scientific magazine published by MIT.
Greening the Street brings together representatives from each eating club to exchange ideas about how clubs can incorporate sustainable practices into their operations.
The substance-free housing contract states, “No alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco products or incense may be in a room designated as substance-free.” The reality of substance-free housing, however, is more complicated, students said.
As their classmates approach crunch-time for their senior theses, Thomas Chen ’09 and James Coan ’09 look to crunch some numbers unrelated to their independent work: survey results measuring student opinion. Coan and Chen said they are trying to contribute meaningful data to the campus dialogue as co-chairs of the USG’s new Analysis of Princetonian Attitude Committee (APAC).
Utensil-rich residential college serveries present students with a prime opportunity to pinch the odd fork or spoon to round out their dorm supplies. This trend, however, places a financial burden on Dining Services to compensate for the thefts.
Some members of the Class of 2013 will begin their Princeton careers abroad. The University's bridge year program, which will debut next fall, will send a group of five students to each of four different countries. Though other universities encourage their students to take a gap year before matriculating, Princeton is unique in offering a bridge year program to its incoming freshmen, said John Luria, the director of the pilot program.
Though global warming may not boil the oceans dry, a new study suggests that even small increases in temperature may have more catastrophic effects than researchers previously believed.
Julia ’11 said that after months of disagreeing with her roommate about how often her roommate’s boyfriend should sleep over, Julia chose to room next year with someone she thought would be easier to live with. Christine ’11 said that she plans to room next year with someone she has known since freshman year after room draw problems led to her being randomly placed with roommates for her sophomore year.
Many students are encountering difficulties connecting their iPhones and iPod touch devices to the University’s wireless network, according to the website of the Office of Information Technology (OIT).
Getting paid to help with a professor’s cutting-edge research is a rare opportunity for undergraduates, but some students say that all it requires is a little initiative.
Disabled students like Hornbuckle make up less than 2 percent of the student body, compared to about 3 to 4 percent at other Ivy League universities. But this figure may reflect only those students who seek accommodation.
Though the cadets involved in the 23-member Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program at Princeton said they appreciated the close-knit group, several said they sometimes feel distant from other members of the University community, many of whom, they noted, find their commitment to the military surprising. The variety of opportunities available to Princeton undergraduates, many students’ lack of familiarity with the military and the legacy of the Vietnam War are some of the main reasons Princeton ROTC has remained small, cadets said.
Jonathan Brosterman ’06, Evan Coopersmith ’06 and Nitin Walia ’06 came together to form BCW Group LLC, a quantitative finance group, which has had much success since its founding in 2008 despite the poor economy.
Wilson School professor Alan Krueger is expected to be chosen as assistant treasury secretary for economic policy.
