Director of Parking and Transportation Kim Jackson introduced the TigerTransit system, which will begin service on Jan.
After failing to permanently shut down the eating clubs, Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, took on the easier task of lobbying for world peace in his journey from Princeton to the presidency.Barksdale Maynard ?88, a visiting lecturer in architecture who wrote a book about Wilson?s time at Princeton, spoke to a group of students in Wilcox dining hall Tuesday night about Wilson?s battle against the eating clubs and how his Princeton experience affected his politics and future presidency.?It?s a 25-year love-hate relationship,? Maynard said of Wilson?s time at Princeton.
Universities should strive to create more diverse student populations, former University President William Bowen GS ?58 said as he accepted the 12th Jose Vasconcelos World Award of Education from the World Cultural Council on Tuesday afternoon in Richardson Auditorium.Bowen, who served as president of the University from 1972 to 1988 and oversaw the beginning of co-education, was the first American to receive the prize.
The University?s Financial Aid Office estimates a $3 to $4 million increase in financial aid requests from students so far this year, but the University will fully meet every student?s needs, according to a University statement released Tuesday.This signifies a 3 to 5 percent increase in financial aid needs from the 2007-08 academic year, when the University awarded $82 million in need-based scholarships.President Tilghman announced at a faculty meeting last Monday that the increase in financial aid demand would be $2.8 million, but Tuesday?s statement indicates that figure has been revised upward.
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The University may not be able to increase its employee salary pool and funding for graduate students to keep up with rising costs, and it may have to delay construction projects in the wake of the weakened economy, University officials announced at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) on Monday.In the meantime, the University is preparing to launch a revamped shuttle system and revise its parking policies, and it will continue to meet increases in undergraduate financial aid requests.?These are hard times, obviously, and in hard times, no institution, including this one, can be entirely insulated,? Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 explained, adding that the University faces ?no special exposure? to the economic troubles.Eisgruber said that the effects of the declining economy will be most felt in postponed construction projects and the salary pool, but he acknowledged that other aspects of campus life may be impacted.
Students trying to walk through the north entrance doors of Frist Campus Center during peak hours Monday may have encountered some obstacles, as the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) held a series of three demonstrations to protest the establishment of military checkpoints on roads in the West Bank and along its border.?Armed? with plastic weapons, PCP members Theo Beers ?09 and Yael Berda GS played the parts of Israeli soldiers, blocking the central entrance to simulate the checkpoints on many roads essential to everyday travel in the region.All students who tried to enter the building during the demonstrations were asked to show their proxes to pass.
Raj Vinnakota ?93 and Claire Max GS ?72 have been selected to receive two major alumni awards, the University announced on Monday.Vinnakota, the co-founder of the SEED School in Washington, D.C., the nation?s first urban boarding school for students from underserved communities, will receive the Woodrow Wilson Award, which is presented every year to an undergraduate alumnus or alumna whose career embodies the University?s unofficial motto, ?Princeton in the Nation?s Service.?Max, an astrophysicist who has made important contributions in the field of adaptive optics, will be awarded the Madison Medal, which is awarded each year to a graduate alumnus or alumna for a distinguished career, advancing the cause of graduate education or achieving an outstanding record of public service.
You didn?t need an Indonesian passport to get into Saturday night?s ?Passport to Indonesia,? which featured Indonesian food and songs, such as the Bengawan Solo, the Merak Dance (Dance of the Peacock) and Piring Dance (Saucer Dance).Paula Chow, the director of the Davis International Center, and Trie Edi Mulyani, the consul general of the Indonesian embassy in New York, both spoke to an audience of about 100 students and faculty members.The event was sponsored partly by Permias Princeton, a new Indonesian student group.
As the election of the first African-American president dominated headlines worldwide, Congressman-elect Jared Polis ?96 (D-Colo.) is making history in his own way.
One does not need a meal plan to get into Whitman Dining Hall anymore, just a pair of wings, and small brown birds have been exploiting this loophole of late.Silvia Valdivia, a Food Services worker, first noticed an avian guest on Sunday.
The current generation of young Americans has marginalized race?s influence in politics, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Saturday night in the keynote speech for the Wilson School?s Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) symposium.He cited the election of President-elect Barack Obama as the latest and clearest example of a country moving toward racial equality.?We showed we were capable of becoming a more perfect union ? one where the Constitution that once defined Obama as three-fifths of a man now allowed him to capture three-fifths of the electorate,? Villaraigosa said.?On Tuesday, the American people chose hope over cynicism,? he added.The selection of Villaraigosa, the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since 1872, as a speaker at the symposium was part of its mission to ?explore what it means to be a leader of color in these exciting times,? according to SAOC?s website.After praising America?s newly elected president, Villaraigosa shared his personal story, which began in East Los Angeles and culminated in the mayorship of America?s second most populous city.Outlining the challenges he faced growing up, including temporarily dropping out of high school, Villaraigosa explained how he overcame the setbacks of poverty and graduated from UCLA and the People?s College of Law.Though he said that his path was a difficult one, Villaraigosa noted that the work of minority leaders before him helped pave the way.?I?m here on the shoulders of others, here on shoulders of Martin Luther King, Jr., Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks,? he said.
The chancel of the University Chapel was transformed into a Hindu temple Saturday night, with candle-filled bowls and gold statues lining its steps, as more than 200 University and community members removed their shoes to participate in Diwali, the Hindu festival of light.This year?s celebration, held for the first time in the University Chapel, was the brainchild of Coordinator for Hindu Life Vineet Chander, selected last summer to fill the newly created position, and of members of the Princeton Hindu Satsangam (PHS), a student group focused on promoting awareness of Hinduism on campus.Sponsored by the Office of Religious Life and the Hindu Life Program, the event included dance performances, singing, speeches, a lamp-lighting ritual and readings from sacred texts.
Butterfly wings are unexpectedly powerful. In addition to altering the atmosphere enough to change the course of a tornado, butterfly wings can also provide crucial information in the development of cancer-treating drugs, emeritus chemistry professor Edward Taylor explained in the keynote address at the Princeton Research Symposium (PRS) held Saturday at the Friend Center.
Nearly 200 people gathered Sunday morning next to the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) for the first Princeton CJL Charity Run/Walk.
Kanye West as a ballet composer? Tchaikovsky must be rolling in his grave.That is just a taste of the blend of styles present in the fall semester eXpressions show, fittingly titled ?Kaleidoscope.? The show is a melange of dances from jazz to lyrical to the Robot.The variety was one of many impressive aspects of the show.
Flooding caused by a burst water pipe has temporarily closed the Cottage Club dining room, club members confirmed Thursday evening.The members, who were granted anonymity because they are not permitted to speak for the club, said they believe the burst occurred in the early morning hours on Thursday, and officers announced the incident to the club in an e-mail later that day.
Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer ?81 (D) will not face charges in the prostitution scandal that led to his resignation last spring, according to a statement made today by Michael Garcia, U.S.
