The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will set aside ideology and focus on scientifically grounded policy under her leadership, Lisa Jackson GS ?86 said Wednesday at her confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C.
USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 attempted Wednesday to indirectly pressure elections manager Sophie Jin ?11 to cancel a scheduled February revote for USG vice president, several USG members said in interviews Thursday.
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By C.B. Stearns, Princetonian Mortgage Broker Following significant endowment losses in 2008, the University will be investing in a joint venture with Somali pirates, Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO) president Andrew Golden said in an interview Friday.
By EZ Rider, Princetonian Staff Voyeur The University announced last week that it will make changes to the campus transportation system to accommodate students? most urgent and personal travel needs.
Editor's note: Though the rest of the articles currently on this site are part of The Daily Princetonian's annual joke issue, this article is a factual breaking news update.A formal investigation into the integrity of the December USG vice presidential election has resulted in the need for a revote.
Borough institutes pre-emptive arrest policyThe Princeton Borough Police will now arrest students on their way out to the Street in an effort to reduce liquor-law violations, Borough Councilman Roger Martindell said at the Borough Council meeting Tuesday night.?We know that every person who goes to Prospect Avenue without exception is underage and will be illegally served alcohol,? Martindell explained.
Students will no longer face the possibility of a 9 a.m. exam the day after Dean?s Date, following discussions between USG academics chair Ben Lund ?10 and University Registrar Polly Griffin.Lund met with Griffin in April 2008 to discuss the idea, he explained in an e-mail.?The fact that Dean?s Date is at 5 p.m.
The College Board announced Thursday that it will suspend the five-year-old Advanced Placement (AP) course and exam in Italian Language and Culture after this May, citing lack of funds to continue offering the program.Last April, the College Board announced that it would only continue to offer the program if supporters could raise enough outside funding.?The valiant effort to raise the needed funds was confounded by the unforeseen challenge of the current economic situation,? College Board president Gaston Caperton said in a statement.The College Board, however, is not against the AP Italian program in principle.?If at some future date the funding partnerships needed to support an AP Italian program arise, the College Board will consider renewing work to develop and offer the AP Italian course and exam,? according to the statement.Supporters of the program were expecting the government of the Italian Republic to help provide the $1.5 million the College Board said it needed to continue operating the program.
Two months after the launch of the USG?s ?Which do you want more?? (WDYWM) project, the USG has publicized the sorted and compiled data, which shows that lower textbook prices top the list of issues important to students.The WDYWM survey, accessible at point.princeton.edu/fun, was launched Nov.
As sophomores consider their eating options for the coming year, the University has launched a new Independent Student Guide (ISG) to give interested students the resources necessary to decide if ?going independent? is for them.The new ISG was the work of the Freshman-Sophomore Council of the USG, with help from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) and the Student Design Agency (SDA). A previous version of the ISG had been in existence since 2003 but had not been updated since 2006, and the Independent Student Union, which has traditionally been in charge of revising the website, is no longer in existence.?There is current interest in reviving the Independent Student Union,? said Devon Wessman-Smerdon ?05, the ODUS administrator who worked with the USG to create the new webpage.The revised webpage provides resources for grocery shopping, a list of local restaurants, advice and recipes for cooking, and information about local transportation options to get to shopping centers.
Students in search of caffeine at 4 a.m. can no longer turn to the U-Store to get their fix. Due to financial strain, the U-Store has been forced to cut five hours from its previous 24/7 operation schedule.
Former assistant secretary of defense, national intelligence council chairman and Kennedy School of Government Dean Joseph Nye ?58, famous for his theory of ?soft power,? will be President-elect Barack Obama?s pick for U.S.
U.S. Senator Christopher ?Kit? Bond ?60 will not run for re-election in 2010, the 69-year-old senator said Thursday in an address before the Missouri General Assembly.Bond, who was elected governor of Missouri when he was 33 years old, explained that his decision to retire from the Senate had to do with his age.?In 1972, I became Missouri?s youngest governor.
Marc Harris, an inmate who escaped from a Montgomery Township facility Tuesday morning was caught early Thursday in Vineland, roughly 80 miles south of Princeton.?The Department of Corrections? Fugitive Unit are the ones who apprehended him,? New Jersey Department of Corrections spokesman Matthew Schuman said.
President-elect Barack Obama announced Thursday afternoon that he has selected William Lynn GS ?82 for deputy secretary of defense, the second-highest-ranking official in the Department of Defense behind Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.Lynn, who received his bachelor?s degree from Dartmouth and law degree from Cornell before earning an MPA from the Wilson School, formerly served as Pentagon chief financial officer and comptroller in the Clinton administration and is currently senior vice president of government operations and strategy at major American defense contractor Raytheon Company.Obama also announced other Department of Defense picks, including Robert Hale for comptroller, Michele Flournoy for undersecretary of defense for policy and Jeh Charles Johnson for general counsel.?I am confident that these distinguished individuals have the expertise and commitment needed to help me implement a sustainable national security strategy that combats 21st century threats and keeps the American people safe,? Obama said in a statement.Lynn has earned numerous Department of Defense medals for distinguished public service, including the Joint Distinguished Civilian Service Award and the 2000 Distinguished Federal Leadership Award for his work in improving defense accounting practices.
