Tower Club is the most expensive eating club on the Street, with annual membership fees totaling $8,260 this year, according to figures provided by members of all 10 eating clubs to The Daily Princetonian.
The value of the University’s endowment fell 22.7 percent in the last fiscal year, and administrators will be laying off staff members this year, President Tilghman announced in an e-mail to the University community on Tuesday.
Eight undergraduates will serve on the 18-member task force established to review relationships between the University and the eating clubs.
The University raised a total of $210.4 million during the fiscal year that ended on June 30, compared to $234.7 million in the previous fiscal year, Vice President for Development Justin Harmon ’78 said in an e-mail on Tuesday.
Frist Campus Center’s Cafe Vivian began operating on a reduced schedule this fall as part of a series of changes being implemented by Dining Services to preserve core services and reduce the need for layoffs, Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said in an e-mail.
As the University endeavors to cut spending across all academic and administrative units by an average of about 7.5 percent by the end of the next fiscal year, the University is also requiring Public Safety to take cost-saving measures, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ’96 said in an e-mail to The Daily Princetonian.
Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel distributed a letter to the faculty outlining student concerns about the implementation of the grade deflation policy.
The nine-foot headless guardians of McCormick Hall have vanished. The collection of statues by 79-year-old Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz was taken down this summer.
Anita McLean has been appointed director of Counseling and Psychological Services in University Health Services, succeeding John Kolligian, who was named executive director of University Health Services in February.
Dear Members of the Faculty, As Princeton undergraduates, we are committed to holding ourselves to the highest academic standards.
Many alumni would probably say that Princeton became a part of them in one way or another. In the case of Bob Massie ’78, who received a new liver in July with the help of a few classmates, this metaphor could be interpreted a bit more literally.
Airport travelers save little time by using conveyor belts and are often outpaced by those who avoid them, according to a study by former University locomotion researcher Manoj Srinivasan.
Burglars entered several students’ rooms in the Main Inn of Forbes College late Tuesday morning, taking laptop computers, other electronic equipment and cash, according to a campus safety alert sent to the University community on Tuesday.
A team of researchers from Princeton and Rice University have developed a new method for identifying nitric oxide, a gas and air pollutant. In the past, scientists have struggled to accurately measure nitric oxide levels in the air, but the new discoveries show promise in detecting the gas.
Terrace club is entering a new era, club president Alex Brady ’10 told members in an Aug. 24 e-mail. Recalling the Enlightenment belief that “we are constantly striving toward a more perfect future,” Brady said, “I must believe in this one. We have always known that Terrace is the future ... Well, friends, the future is now.”
Less than two weeks after 50 students received the free Kindle DX e-readers, many of them said they were dissatisfied and uncomfortable with the devices.
Fifty-eight undergraduates have applied to join the Task Force on the Relationships Between the University and the Eating Clubs.
Two University students were arrested and a third was issued a special complaint summons for disorderly conduct at Lawnparties on Sunday.
Last November, while her peers were requesting teacher recommendations and finessing application essays, Erin Mills ’13 already knew she was going to college — and how much she wouldn’t be paying.
One of the new dormitories in the new Butler College will be named Bogle Hall for founder and retired CEO of the Vanguard Group John Bogle ’51, President Tilghman announced at the dedication ceremony for the renovated Butler on Thursday.
