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International Relations Council president resigns amid election controversy

International Relations Council president resigns amid election controversy

Former International Relations Council (IRC) president Rachel Jackson ’11 resigned last Thursday, explaining in an e-mail to the group that she felt she could no longer effectively serve as president without exacerbating “the tensions and polarization in [the IRC].” Kyle Trombley ’11, the former IRC vice president, will serve as president, and Maya Le Gall ’11 will serve as vice president.

NEWS | 02/15/2009

Tigers on the prowl

Charlotte ’10 and Henry ’11 represent opposite ends of a relationship spectrum that several undergraduates said spanned the two extremes of Princeton’s dating culture, in which students are involved in serious, long-term relationships, engage in serial hookups with strangers or are simply single.

NEWS | 02/15/2009

Student groups struggle to secure trip funding

Travel has always been an attractive aspect of membership in many campus extracurricular organizations. But as the economic downturn continues to affect every segment of the Princeton community, many of these organizations are struggling to make ends meet.

NEWS | 02/15/2009

Maurer killed in Buffalo plane crash

Lorin Maurer, the athletic friends manager for the Department of Athletics and the Office of Development at the University, was on her way to her boyfriend’s brother’s wedding when her plane crashed in a Buffalo suburb six miles from the city’s airport.

NEWS | 02/15/2009

Signer '95 launches bid for Virginia lieutenant governorship

Since graduating from Princeton in 1995, Signer has served as a political strategist or policy adviser to a governor, a congressman and two presidential candidates. But now the politics concentrator is throwing his own hat into the political ring, launching a bid to become Virginia’s next lieutenant governor.

NEWS | 02/15/2009

Search for WWS dean begins

Sociology professor Douglas Massey GS '78 will chair the recently formed committee charged with finding a replacement for Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 as dean of the Wilson School, President Tilghman announced in an e-mail to Wilson School faculty, students and staff Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 02/12/2009

Nosenchuck: Infomercials thrive during recession

As many companies are struggling to turn profits in the current economic downturn, infomercials are flourishing. The counterintuitive success of infomercials is directly correlated to a decrease in the price of media time, according to mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Dan Nosenchuck, who teaches a class on entrepreneurial engineering.

NEWS | 02/12/2009

Chemist Kauzmann GS '40 dies at 92

Former chemistry professor Walter Kauzmann GS ’40, an academic whose groundbreaking work offered deep insights into protein folding, died in his sleep on Jan. 27. He was 92.

NEWS | 02/12/2009

Post-Bicker transports for drunk students reached decade-high level

Public Safety officers transported 16 intoxicated students to McCosh Health Center and the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) this past weekend, marking a dramatic spike over the number of transports during Bicker pickup weekends from 1999 to 2008. During this decade, 6.8 students each year on average were transported for alcohol-related incidents.

NEWS | 02/12/2009

Former Fannie Mae VP Wilkinson '84 criticizes government takeover

Wilkinson was an executive vice president and general counsel of Fannie Mae, the nation’s largest mortgage buyer. She resigned shortly after the federal takeover of the firm in September 2008. While there was widespread support for the U.S. Treasury’s decision to place Fannie Mae and another mortgage giant, Freddie Mac, under a government conservatorship, Wilkinson said she thought the move was wrong.

NEWS | 02/12/2009

University selects architect for sustainability center

As the University adapts its expansion efforts to the current economic environment, plans for the new Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment are proceeding on schedule: The University announced Wednesday that it has chosen Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects to design the new center.

NEWS | 02/11/2009

Nassoons join Ben Folds onstage at McCarter

The audience would have to do without the low D, rocker Ben Folds announced after he broke a string of the grand piano at McCarter Theatre on Wednesday night during the opening concert of his current tour. Fans did not appear to notice, dancing in the aisles and chanting the lyrics of his best-known tunes.

NEWS | 02/11/2009

Scammer sought to defraud potential math tutors

Public Safety is currently investigating an attempted fraud involving staff and undergraduates in the math department, University officials confirmed Wednesday.

NEWS | 02/11/2009

Pursuing higher education in more ways than one

Princeton is helping people pursue higher education in more ways than one.

NEWS | 02/11/2009

'CrushFinder' goes global

Got a secret crush this Valentine’s Day? For the past two years, the USG’s “CrushFinder” has helped shy University lovebirds find each other. But what if your crush isn’t a Princeton student? This year, you’re in luck: CrushFinder is going global.

NEWS | 02/11/2009

Roses are red, condoms are clear

This Valentine’s Day, some students will receive candy, some will receive flowers, and some will receive condoms. The Student Global AIDS Campaign is selling Valentine’s Day condoms and candy that comes with an SGAC message on STD prevention and AIDS ribbons.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

J.D. Salinger trove lies unpublished in Firestone

Firestone’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections houses a hidden trove of unpublished short stories, letters and drafts written by the reclusive Salinger. The collection includes stories featuring the characters from the author’s most famous work "Catcher in the Rye."

NEWS | 02/10/2009

U.S. House approves National Campus Safety Center

Last Tuesday, the U.S. House passed H.R. 748, a bill that creates a National Center for Campus Public Safety in Washington, D.C. Pending Senate approval and a presidential signature, the new department would be administered by the Community Oriented Policing Services program within the Justice Department.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

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