In times of war, the last thing a soldier wants to do is befriend his enemy ? unless it's his job.Arno Mayer, an emeritus history professor, had to do just that during World War II, taking care of Nazi prisoners as if they were sick friends.
President Bush nominated James Shinn '73 to the position of assistant secretary of defense for Asian and Pacific security affairs on Tuesday, according to a White House press release.Shinn, who received both his A.B.
As an economist by training and a professor by trade, Jan Svejnar GS '76 is accustomed to weighing in on issues ranging from healthcare to labor.
A superior court judge will release rulings this morning on seven motions for partial summary judgment in the Robertson family's lawsuit against the University.Though an actual trial date is still months away, this highly anticipated ruling will set the stage for the trial to begin.
Professors hoping for positive student evaluations at the end of the semester should look no further than leftovers from Halloween or the candy aisle of their local supermarket.A recent study to be published in an upcoming issue of Teaching of Psychology Journal, found that students who eat chocolate before filling out a course evaluation may give their professor a higher rating than they otherwise would.The study, entitled "Fudging the Numbers: Distributing Chocolate Influences Student Evaluations of an Undergraduate Course," was conducted by Cal State-Northridge psychology professor Robert Youmans and Benjamin Jee, a researcher at Northwestern.Their subjects were students in a lecture class that was also separated into two lab sections taught by the same teaching assistant.To conduct the experiment, Youmans pretended to be administering course evaluations on behalf of the student government.
While the majority of students at the University pursue the traditional four-year path to graduation, an increasing number are choosing to deviate from standard timelines.Though "the numbers vary from year to year," former University Registrar Joseph Greenberg GS '77 told The Daily Princetonian in 2004, 75 students withdrew voluntarily and 35 were required to withdraw for academic or disciplinary reasons in 2003.Numbers have increased each year since then as growing numbers of students decide to either step away from campus to take a break from the academic rigors of University life or to explore nonacademic opportunities and interests off campus. Get thee to a nunneryErica Greil '10 entered Princeton as a member of the Class of 2009.
Last fall, Manav Lalwani '09, a devout Hindu, was shocked to find pamphlets criticizing Hinduism and other faiths in a University dining hall.
In an alternate universe, Rosel Cherubin would be a lawyer.Cherubin, a lead janitor for Building Services, came to the United States with his parents in 1985, when he was 23.
The Borough Council touched on several matters associated with public safety at its meeting last night and discussed at length plans to create a new zoning arrangement intended to lead to residential development opportunities in the vicinity of the Merwick Care Center.A point of major discussion involved a resolution to hire two new police officers.
The United States' presence in Iraq stalled democratization that had been progressing in that country before American troops arrived, Wilson School diplomat-in-residence and former U.S.
Facebook.com has unveiled a set of new security features aimed at combating harassment, inappropriate contact and pornography.Users can now notify Facebook of abuse or inappropriate content via email or through web forms on the site and expect a response from Facebook within 24 hours.But the changes aren't voluntary.
Alumni show their devotion to Old Nassau in many ways ? donning orange-and-black outfits for Reunions, getting tiger tattoos and donating millions of dollars to their alma mater.So naming a child "Princeton" might not be all that far-fetched.
The walk from one end of campus to the other keeps getting longer as the University continues to expand.
As midterms loom this week, course selection for next semester is the last thing on most students' minds.
Members of the dance company diSiac teach a hip-hop class in the Mathey Common Room on Friday. Mathey is offering classes on different styles of dance every week.
Old NasSoul performs classics like "Man of Constant Sorrow" and "I Heard It through the Grapevine" in the 1879 Arch on Saturday night.
America's idealization of its founding fathers can be seen in everything from their portraits on U.S.
A flurry of emails, text messages and telephone calls shot across campus last Friday afternoon in a largely successful test of the University's new emergency alert process, the Princeton Telephone and Email Notification System (PTENS).The system's test improved in both scope and efficacy in its second run-through since its purchase by the University last April, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt '96 said."One of our most significant findings is the total increase in people in the system," Cliatt said.In all, 18,634 phone numbers belonging to 14,869 different community members were called during the test, which began at 1 p.m.
Take one step into Forbes College this year, and the renovations are immediately noticeable: The lounge and lobby areas have been completely redesigned.Wesley Morgan '10, who can often be found in the Forbes lobby, said that it is "not quite as cozy but definitely classier" than the old, rundown space.
Academic reforms, improvements to the Point website and the creation of a new cafe in Dillon Gym headlined the discussion at last night's USG meeting.USG academics chair Sarah Breslow '08 updated the group on how reforms to the P/D/F grading option are progressing.
