Current Class of 2010 social chair Michael Chou will compete with Phoebe Jin and incumbent Aditya Panda in next week’s election for class president, Chou announced early Thursday morning.
As eager prefrosh flood campus for Princeton Preview, many current students are preparing to take part in another Princeton tradition: Newman’s Day.
In his first nonfiction book, “Lost in the Meritocracy: The Undereducation of an Overachiever,” Walter Kirn ’83 turns a critical eye toward his undergraduate years at Princeton, arguing that elite institutions of higher education can create social divides and often focus too much on their own reputations.
When Israeli model Linor Abargil was crowned Miss World in December 1998, no one but those closest to her knew that she had been raped and nearly murdered in Milan, Italy, just six weeks earlier. “I had a sense that my rape and winning the crown had a reason,” Abargil said in her keynote speech at the Take Back the Night event hosted by Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) on Thursday evening.
Borough Police confirmed Friday afternoon that Jorge Humberto Solares Garcia has been charged with criminal sexual contact only in connection with the April 19 incident on Alexander Beach. He has not been charged in connection with the two reports of lewdness made April 18 by female students.
Colleagues: Beginning with fall term 2004-05, grades awarded at Princeton University reflect new institutional grading expectations for undergraduate courses and independent work.
In the spring semester of their sophomore year, Princeton students pursuing A.B. degrees are required to declare their majors. While most stick with their choices for the rest of their Princeton careers, some undergraduates overcome logistical hassles, complications with independent work and disappointed departmental representatives to change departments.
At a time when many college students are exploring their identities away from home, two female Princeton students who wear hijab said the traditional dress has led them to examine how their choice fits into the dominant campus culture. Wearing hijab, an Islamic practice intended to reinforce modesty, usually involves a woman covering herself completely in public, save for her face, hands and feet.
Spurred by student concerns, the USG has revised its referendum, which initially proposed that the fall USG Lawnparties budget be donated to Annual Giving.
USG concert and social funds budget itemIn lieu of a USG sponsored concert at the 2009 fall lawn parties, the USG
Facebook use correlates to lower GPAs in college students, according to the results of a recent study conducted by researchers at Ohio State University and Ohio Dominican University.
The USG recently launched an initiative to increase awareness of the University’s grading policies among employers and educational institutions, USG president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10 announced earlier this week.
As a freshman in high school, Yujhan Claros ’10, the son of Salvadorian immigrants who never attended high school, placed a voice recording expressing his desire one day to attend Princeton into a time capsule. Four years later, Claros’ hopes came true.
Current Class of 2010 president Aditya Panda and secretary Phoebe Jin will compete in next week’s election for the position of next year’s senior class president.
Cottage Club is launching an ad campaign to search for a bronze eagle that was stolen from its courtyard last month. “The eagle disappeared about a month ago and it was noticed as missing by our house manager,” Cottage president Ben Bologna ’10 said in an e-mail. “We have contacted the proper Borough and University authorities about our stolen item and are also running ads in local newspapers.”
Ninety-one percent of graduate students who applied for University housing were assigned rooms in last week’s draw for the upcoming academic year, up from 85 percent last year.
Borough Police arrested two men in connection with separate alleged incidents of criminal sexual contact on campus last weekend. Neither suspect has been charged in connection with the instances of lewdness on campus reported early Saturday morning.
Just one day after the USG Senate voted unanimously to support a referendum that would contribute the USG social budget to Annual Giving, several students voiced opposition, saying it would only minimally help the the $56 million goal. But other students and administrators said the referendum would show students are willing to do their part.
Princeton poets bemoaning the loss of the Geraldine R. Dodge poetry festival, which has taken place in even-numbered years since 1986 in New Jersey’s Waterloo Village, may find solace in the University’s own Poetry Festival, which will take place for the first time next Monday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 28. The festival will be held at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by Lisa Jackson GS ’86, has classified several greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, as dangerous to public health for the first time in its 39-year history. The agency’s announcement on Friday was met with criticism from both business lobbying groups and anti-global warming advocates.
