The results of the Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) survey, released Tuesday, revealed that students? experiences at the University vary with their self-reported socioeconomic class.
Students interested in becoming economics professors might want to consider Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) as a pupil, at least according to the premise of a skit titled ?I Could Be McCain?s Econ 101 Teacher? that is being staged in front of Frist Campus Center every day this week.Written by James Coan ?09 and organized by a group of students composed largely of staff from the Princeton Progressive Nation (PPN), a left-of-center campus magazine, the demonstration targets the Republican presidential nominee for what the students see as his weakness on economic policy.The comedic performance ?questions Sen.
Those waiting expectantly for Cannon Club to reopen in February 2009 can give up hope. In an interview Tuesday, Warren Crane ?62, president of the Dial Elm Cannon (DEC) Graduate Board, said that he plans for the club to open in February 2010, in time for the Class of 2012 to have the opportunity to be the first official members of Cannon since its doors closed in 1972.?We definitely want to announce that we won?t be taking any undergraduate members at the end of this semester for the spring semester of 2009,? Crane said.
For the full PDF of the COMBO survey results, click here.The results of the Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) survey, which were not made public to the University community until now, indicate that there are dramatic differences in how students of different socioeconomic backgrounds evaluate their social and academic experiences at the University.The findings have been available to the USG and the University administration for nine months but were not posted on the USG website until late Tuesday night, after having been distributed to the USG Senate and The Daily Princetonian on Monday.The survey asked respondents to identify their perceived socioeconomic level and ask questions regarding participants? social activities and quality of life.
Though Wilcox Hall?s dining facilities reopened last week, the building?s dance studio remains closed for construction, throwing the practice schedules of many campus dance troupes off track.These groups all scheduled their practice times in the studio last year before being informed of plans for the building?s renovation.The ongoing construction has therefore caused some frustration, particularly because the Wilcox studio, located directly above the dining hall, is one of the most utilized dance spaces on campus.Though it is not one of the three largest rehearsal spaces on campus, the studio was used by all dance groups to rehearse smaller pieces.?Having Wilcox closed has definitely affected the dance community as a whole,? diSiac president Perry Nagin ?09 said in an e-mail.She added that the decrease in the number of available rehearsal spaces ?puts every company in a difficult position since the space allotted to student dance groups is already so minimal that fighting for even fewer spots adds unnecessary tension.?Nagin said that the closing of the Wilcox studio has left diSiac with the following options for practice space: Dillon Gym?s group fitness room, multipurpose room and dance studio; the dance studio in Whitman College and the Hagan Dance Studio at 185 Nassau St.These spaces are shared by about 20 theater and dance companies, Nagin explained, and the free spaces in Dillon are not available until after group fitness classes are done.The dance studio in Whitman is not available until 4:30 p.m., and diSiac only has one rehearsal slot in Hagan, since the use of that space is allotted by the Program in Theater and Dance, Nagin added.Nagin said that diSiac did not use the Wilcox studio as often as other groups but that the renovation ?does affect us more ... in that the groups that used it more often are now in need of the space typically reserved for larger groups.?The closing of the Wilcox space, however, has been partially alleviated by the opening of the Whitman dance studio.?We have found [the Wilcox closing] a bit of an inconvenience, but it hasn?t been horrible,? Naacho co-president Maya Srinivasan ?10 said in an e-mail.
Though rumors have been circulating on the internet recently that noted Civil War historian and Georgetown associate professor Chandra Manning may be joining the Princeton?s history department, Manning denied these rumors in an interview with The Daily Princetonian this week.?I know that over the summer there was some internet speculation,? Manning said in an interview Monday, ?but I?m actually very happy at Georgetown, and I?m planning on staying.?Manning, who received her doctorate from Harvard in 2002, was dubbed a ?rising star in the history of the Civil War? by The Boston Globe.
Gifts and monetary transfers to women in non-marital sex relationships negatively affect the amount of money that Kenyan migrant men send home to their families, Brown sociology professor Nancy Luke said in a talk in Wallace Hall on Tuesday.Titled ?Migrants? Competing Commitments: Sexual Partners in Urban Africa and Remittances to the Rural Origin,? it was the third lecture in the Office of Population Research?s Notestein seminar series.Luke discussed her research on the tendencies of migrant men to partake in transactional sex in Kisumu, Kenya?s third-largest city.
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The elections for Class of 2012 officers have drawn an impressive group of freshmen. The candidates have already started advertising: some with websites, some with jingles, some with facebook.com groups and almost all with posters.Nine students are running for president ? the same number that ran for president in last year?s freshman-class elections. Five vie for the vice presidency, four for treasurer and three for social chair.
Emily Smith ?07 was offered a job on Wall Street after completing an internship the summer before her senior year.But she declined the high-paying job in high finance to join Teach For America (TFA) and now teaches social studies and mathematics to seventh and eighth graders in Brooklyn.?Now that I?ve gotten into education, I?m planning to do it for the rest of my career in some way, shape or form,? said Smith, an East Asian studies concentrator.Victor Wakefield ?07 said that as a junior majoring in history at Princeton, he was certain he would go to law school after graduation.But after an internship at an East Harlem middle school in the summer after his junior year piqued his interest in teaching, he applied to TFA.Wakefield, who is currently teaching language arts to sixth and seventh graders at a middle school in Gary, Ind., said he is now ?convinced that I?m going to be in education throughout my career.?Wakefield added that he knew about a dozen people who deferred their admission to law or medical school or job offers ?just to stay in the classroom.?Smith and Wakefield are just a few of the increasingly large number of Princeton students who initially intend to go straight to law school or Wall Street after graduation and are opting instead to spend at least two years with TFA.
The University announced Monday that the new operations research and financial engineering (ORFE) building will be dedicated to the late Jay Sherrerd ?52, formerly a trustee of the University and a director of the Princeton Investment Company (PRINCO).The University will not release the exact sum of the gift due to the family?s wish for privacy, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said.?There?s no one I can think of in the last 40 years who has been as dedicated and loyal to the University as Jay Sherrerd,? President Tilghman said in an interview Monday afternoon.Director of Engineering Communications Steven Schultz said that Sherrerd ?had wanted to [make the gift] before he died,? explaining that ?his children, through his estate and his family foundation, have carried out his wish.?Sherrerd has been a strong financial supporter of the University, committing time to three of the University?s previous capital campaigns.
Emily Smith ?07 was offered a job on Wall Street after completing an internship the summer before her senior year.
Never return your library books on time? The Princeton University Library is about to introduce a program that may help forgetful patrons avoid overdue fees. Within a few days, the library system will begin issuing e-mail warning notices for books five days before their due date.
Four molecular biology professors have been named recipients of awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will grant them $8 million collectively for future research.Saeed Tavazoie, Zemer Gitai, Coleen Murphy and Ileana Cristea have been recognized by the NIH for ?work deemed ?high impact? by the federal medical research agency,? according to a University statement.Molecular biology department chair Lynn Enquist said he was very proud of the professors? achievements.?It?s really an amazing experience as chair to have your faculty recognized with such competitive awards,? he said.
On Thursday evening, a professor instructed eight students to raise their voices to the Rockefeller College common room ceiling.The professor was L?Atelier head Florent Masse, and the voice projection exercise was part of the new Rocky/Mathey Actors? Studio.Masse, who is a lecturer for a French theater class and a faculty adviser at Rocky, said that the studio allows students ?to find a place [where acting] is not academic ? it is not even a production.Students interested in the freer mood of the weekly actors? studio, Masse said, should ?just come for the pleasure of acting.??There are no constraints.
Brinkley ?71 to step down as Columbia provostColumbia University provost Alan Brinkley ?71 will resign from his administrative position at the end of the academic year to return full-time to his duties as a history professor, the Columbia Spectator reported Thursday.Brinkley, a Wilson School concentrator while at Princeton, has served as provost for the past five years, presiding over the university?s academics, faculty and budget, as well as reviewing applications for tenure and selecting new deans, the Spectator said.In an e-mail to Columbia students, Brinkley cited a desire to return to research and teaching.
Can singing and dancing give a poor family in Tajikistan financial stability? The Princeton Microfinance Organization (PMO) believes so.Last weekend, nine performance groups converged to perform a show to forge a creative solution to poverty.
Fall Bicker concluded this past Friday, with a total of 55 new members being accepted into Cap & Gown, Ivy and Tower clubs.Cap accepted 21 bickerees out of more than 40, said a member of the club, whose name is being withheld because the person is not authorized to speak to the press.
As the latest turmoil on Wall Street has thrown numerous banks into a tailspin, anxiety is high for seniors who are still set on entering the field of finance after graduation.After undergoing momentous changes ? including the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch to Bank of America ? the finance industry may be loosening its grip on seniors? plans.Ankur Patel ?09, who spent his summer working in treasury and security services at JPMorgan Chase & Co., said he believes many of his peers will consider other post-graduation paths.?There is definitely a decreased interest in banking because of the lack of job security,? Patel said.
The USG will make extending library hours a priority this semester, USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 said at Sunday night?s USG meeting.U-Councilor Julia Kaplan ?11 explained that the USG has set its short-term focus on ?doing whatever needs to be done to get Firestone hours extended.?The long-term focus, she added, is to ?publicize and make attractive? various study spaces and to extend hours for those locations in general.A second priority for the USG will be working with Labyrinth Books to address student dissatisfaction with the store.?This semester, [the] USG will be focusing on working with Labyrinth to see what we can do,? Undergraduate Life chair Arthur Levy ?10 said, explaining that ?a lot of students have been complaining [about the store].?Though Levy did not specify the nature of the complaints, he said that the USG would try to ?get a dialogue going.?The USG is also looking at a project to provide more comprehensive information on course books, such as which books are absolutely required for a course and which can be bought in less expensive earlier editions, Levy said.Regarding the upcoming class officer elections, senior elections manager Braeden Kepner-Kraus ?10 said that this year nine people are running for freshman class president, five for vice president, four for treasurer, three for social chair and one for secretary.
