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

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

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

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

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

Campus publications face cash crunch during recession

Many student publications around campus have been forced to adapt to the current economic environment as ad revenue falls and some University funding becomes more scarce.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

Six undergraduates receive global health research grant

While many undergraduates will spend the next few months feverishly searching for summer internships and jobs, the six newly announced Adel Mahmoud Global Health Scholars know exactly how their summers will be spent.

NEWS | 02/10/2009

Computer error causes Charter to accept too many

After the first round of sign-ins, a number of students who were admitted to Charter Club either were moved to the waitlist or signed in to their second-choice clubs after a technical glitch caused Charter to enroll too many new members.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Eisgruber '83: Full U. economic recovery will take years

Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 calls the University’s budget cuts in response to the economic crisis the “new normal,” and outlines the administration’s plan for financial recovery.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Budget cuts delay neuroscience building

The University’s plans to expand its neuroscience program have taken a hit in the current economic environment with the November 2008 announcement that construction of the program’s new building will be postponed by at least a year.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Whitman '77 begins bid for California governor

Retired eBay CEO and former University trustee Meg Whitman ’77 filed forms Monday to officially explore a run for California governor.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

West GS '80 inspires inmates

“I’m here to talk about courage this morning, the courage to wrestle with yourself,” African-American studies and religion professor Cornel West GS ’80 told a solemn crowd of more than 700 inmates at the medium-security Garden State Correctional Facility auditorium in Bordentown, N.J., on Monday morning.

NEWS | 02/09/2009

Class of 2012 president resigns to take off spring semester

Former Class of 2012 president Ashton Miller ’12 confirmed yesterday that he is taking the rest of the academic year off, adding that he plans to return as a freshman in September 2009. Former Class of 2012 vice president Lindy Li ’12 is set to replace him as freshman class president for the rest of the year.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Early morning extinguisher escapade awakens Scully

Students in Scully Hall were forced to leave their dorms early Saturday morning due to a falsely triggered fire alarm. A fire extinguisher discharged clouds resembling smoke that heightened the resulting confusion, students said.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

Thirteen go to hospital post-Bicker

Sixteen University students required alcohol-related transports to McCosh Health Center or the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) this past weekend. Of them, 13 were admitted to UMCP. The bicker clubs picked up their new members Friday, and several clubs held initiation activities Saturday evening. Officials said the number of alcohol-related Public Safety transportations was higher than it has been in past years for the weekend of bicker-club pickups and initiations.

NEWS | 02/08/2009

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