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Fitness pass system increases workout freedom

Fitness pass system increases workout freedom

Students or gym members who want to take fitness classes at Dillon Gym this semester can take advantage of a new system designed to make attendance more flexible and allow greater diversity in workouts.Individuals interested in Yoga, Pilates and Wellness; Group Fitness or Spinning programs can now buy punch cards for 12, 24 or 36 classes in one of those three categories.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

Chung GS ’78 discusses Korean economy

Former Seoul National University president and celebrated economist Un-Chan Chung GS ?78 outlined South Korea?s transformation from one of the world?s poorest countries to an economic powerhouse in a lecture Monday evening in Aaron Burr Hall.?In 1957, Korea?s per-capita national income was less than $100, comparable to that of the poorest countries in the world today,? Chung said, noting that ?barely two generations later, with a population of 49 million and a per-capita GDP that tops $20,000, [South] Korea has raised itself to the other end of the spectrum.?South Korea marks its 60th anniversary this year as ?a republic that has pursued the values of modern democracy and a market economy,? Chung said.Chung retraced South Korea?s economic history, beginning with the 1945 withdrawal of Japanese troops from the peninsula.

NEWS | 09/22/2008

University band harassed by cadets at Citadel

The University band (PUB) faced physical abuse, harassment and taunting on Saturday while accompanying the football team to its away game against The Citadel, a military college in Charleston, S.C.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

Carter: Sustainability program 'timely'

Students interested in understanding the energy problems of today and solving the energy problems of tomorrow are trying a brand-new certificate program in sustainable energy.An integrated and multidisciplinary approach to environmental awareness and sustainability, the program has a strong focus on science and engineering.Mechanical and aerospace engineering (MAE) professor Yiguang Ju, the sustainability program?s new director, said in an interview that the certificate program aims ?to have our students know that the energy problem cannot be solved from only a technological perspective, but with [the perspectives of both] science and engineering combined.?While peer institutions like MIT are involved in energy seminars open to student participation, Ju said that Princeton is ?probably the first to create a certificate program.? He added that the program already has active students.The program?s faculty is composed of professors in disciplines ranging from MAE to geosciences, chemistry, civil and environmental engineering, and public policy.Ju stressed the importance of scholarship surrounding sustainability, noting that the program?s faculty ?think that energy is one of the biggest issues affecting our economy and technological growth, and also the environment.??It?s not a united strength,? Ju said of the University?s current sustainability research.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

Worker disputes threaten N.J. papers

Two of New Jersey?s most prominent newspapers ? The Star-Ledger and The Times of Trenton ? will be forced to sell or close by early January if management cannot successfully negotiate with unions and non-union employees by Oct.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

Shuttle program sees low ridership

As the University-funded Free B jitney pilot program comes to a close, officials involved with the program say it has had mixed success, mainly because of its low ridership.The Free B was established last spring with the goal of reducing rush-hour traffic in Princeton Borough by providing free public transit throughout the downtown area and the Dinky Station.

NEWS | 09/21/2008

USG plans to revamp Point, register voters

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NEWS | 09/21/2008

Local alumni association starts anew

For alumni who have not truly left the Orange Bubble, keeping in touch with each other and their alma mater usually isn?t too difficult.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

Rabbi joins University as spiritual guide

Rabbi David Wolkenfeld and his wife Sara, who will spend this year at the University as part of the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC), aim to support Jewish learning on a non-denominational campus through weekly courses and informal interaction with students.?Being a religious student of any religion at a modern university is something that can be tremendously challenging and tremendously rewarding, and there are opportunities to grow ... as one is getting a college education,? David said.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

A sweet spot in town

A New Yorker with a proclivity toward cupcakes will probably swear by Magnolia Bakery and Crumbs. A Princetonian with that particular type of sweet tooth might now swear by the House of Cupcakes, newly open for business at 30 Witherspoon St.Behind the zebra-print partition and lime-green walls are ovens hard at work, baking nearly 30 different varieties of cupcakes from ?Coconut Snowball? to ?Brooklyn Black Out.?The House of Cupcakes, which opened in late August, already has a steady base of customers.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

Discovery may lower drug costs

Deep in the bowels of Frick Lab a light bulb went on above the head of postdoctoral researcher David Nicewicz of chemistry professor David MacMillan?s group.

NEWS | 09/18/2008

Former CIA administrator talks technology

Correction appended

NEWS | 09/18/2008

Councilmen: Do not move the Dinky

Four hundred and sixty feet may not be a long walk for most college students. The furor of Princeton residents over the proposed relocation of the Dinky Station, however, may force the University to substantially redraw its current plans for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.At an open house at the Arts Council of Princeton last night to discuss plans for new University neighborhood, residents and Borough Council members rose to express their vehement opposition to the move.?You are saying that this is a development for the community, but I am going to say that this is really a development that is happening to the community,? Borough Councilman Andrew Koontz told Neil Kittredge, an architect for Beyer, Blinder, Belle, the architectural firm hired by the University to lay out the new site.?There are plenty of expendable University buildings down there that have no artistic value and can go [to make room for the development],? Koontz argued.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

Princeton not as green as Harvard, Yale

Princeton lagged behind both Harvard and Yale in a new Princeton Review survey ranking colleges and universities based on their environmental impact.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

Borough officer faces felony charges

Sgt. Kenneth Riley, a 17-year veteran of the Princeton Borough Police Department and former Borough Police Officer of the Year, was indicted on six felony counts by the Mercer County Prosecutor?s Office last Friday.The charges brought against him are two counts of third-degree computer criminal activity, two counts of third-degree unlawful access and disclosure of computer data, and two counts of second-degree official misconduct.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

University takes hit as Lehman Brothers sinks

This week, as the shock wave from the Wall Street meltdown reverberated worldwide, the University took a direct hit.University Controller Kenneth Molinaro told Bloomberg News on Wednesday that interest rates on some of the bonds issued by Princeton have more than quadrupled in the last week, costing the University about $8,000 per day.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

Architects present model of U.'s arts and transit neighborhood

Architects and University administrators presented detailed plans last night for transforming the southwest portion of campus into the Arts and Transit Neighborhood envisioned in the Campus Plan.At an open house held at the Arts Council of Princeton, a team of architects ? accompanied by University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ?69, creative writing professor and director of the Lewis Center for the Arts Paul Muldoon and Director of Community and Regional Affairs Kristin Appelget ? walked observers through a forest of poster boards illustrating the substantial development slated for the area south of McCarter Theatre.The centerpiece of the plan is a 130,000-square-foot arts complex that will comprise three connected buildings facing a fountain.

NEWS | 09/17/2008

Crime around campus

Green HallSept. 11, 11:46 p.m.A DPS staff member reported being stopped by a student about an individual urinating in a bush outside the building.

NEWS | 09/16/2008

Top marks fall across programs

The total percentage of undergraduate A?s fell from 40.6 percent between 2004 to 2007 to 40.4 percent between 2005 and 2008 as the University?s controversial grading policy inches closer to its target.Between 2001 and 2004, the three years before the implementation of the grading policy, A?s comprised 47 percent of the grades in undergraduate courses.In a statement during the faculty meeting Monday afternoon, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel announced the progress of the four programs ? engineering, social sciences, natural sciences and humanities ? in bringing down the number of A?s distributed.Malkiel could not be reached for comment Tuesday.According to a University statement, ?[i]n humanities departments, A?s accounted for 45.5 percent of the grades in undergraduate courses in 2005-08, down from 55.6 percent in 2001-04.

NEWS | 09/16/2008

Students invest in local produce

The Princeton Farmers? Market, held Tuesday for the first time this year, is adding a new service to help bring organic food from local vendors directly to students? dorm rooms: box shares that are delivered weekly to the local market for pickup by students and other community members.Students who buy a box share for the fall season are purchasing ?shares in the bounty of the farm,? said Sherry Dudas, one of the owners of Honey Brook Organic farm, which grows herbs and vegetables and is one of the suppliers for the Farmers? Market.She explained that because the box share entitles the purchaser to part of the season?s harvest, the customer ?assumes some of the risk of farming,? noting that the contents of each week?s box will vary depending on the harvest.

NEWS | 09/16/2008

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