Just two of the 20 PACE Center volunteers in New Hampshire are campaigning for Republicans. Both, Bryan Gergen '08 and Chris Nenno '08, are campaigning for Arizona Sen.
Francisco Nava '09 said his falsification of threatening emails to prominent campus conservatives and subsequent assault on himself stemmed from a belief that his actions would draw attention to the pro-chastity cause, attendees at a Monday-evening meeting said early Tuesday morning.
Update: Francisco Nava '09 has since admitted that he sent the threat e-mails received by Anscombe members, including Nava himself, and Professor George that are described in this article.
One autumn night half a century ago, a young assistant classics professor went for a drive that would change the course of his — and Princeton's — future.
The Tigressions perform during "A Cappella Holiday Arch" in 1879 Arch last night. Eight groups participated in the joint concert.
The racial diversity of University graduate students is below the national average, according to statistics released this month by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS).The report, which examined changes in graduate enrollment from 1996 to 2006, showed that 1.3 percent of graduate students enrolled at Princeton this semester are African American and 1.5 percent are Hispanic.
Manchester, N.H., 9:30 p.m. ?? They're due at work by 4:45 a.m., but tonight five Princeton undergrads made their way to Hillary Clinton's final rally before polls open in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary tomorrow morning. Read more of this post.Check out more coverage from New Hampshire at The Red, Orange and Blue.
Though the instability in Iraq has monopolized worldwide attention, NATO's ongoing operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan require continued international support, Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry said in a lecture yesterday.In his talk, "NATO: Afghanistan, Kosovo, and the Alliance's Future," Eikenberry ? the deputy chairman of the NATO Military Committee and former commander of U.S.
These photographs are a collection of artistic responses by the Princeton University community to the question: What Is Family?
Political liberals are rarely antiabortion, but writer Mary Meehan argued to a small audience in Frist Campus Center last night that they should be.Meehan, a senior editor of the opinion quarterly Human Life Review, emphasized that there are shared values between liberals and the antiabortion movement in "Why Liberals Should Defend the Unborn," a lecture sponsored by Princeton Pro-Life and the USG projects board.Meehan listed a number of reasons why liberals should cast aside their belief in abortion rights: Liberals believe in defending the helpless and discriminated against, are generally opposed to violence and believe in human equality.
Look out Starbucks and Small World, there's a new drink joint in town, and it's not afraid of the cold.Students tired of deciding between caffeine vendors while walking on Nassau Street need look no further than the purple and yellow walls of the new Booster Juice for a different sort of pick-me-up."We like to be bright, wake you up a little bit," said Michael Pulaski, who owns the new juice and smoothie bar located on Nassau Street a few doors down from CVS.Business has been steady since the shop's grand opening on Nov.
The University will expand its international summer program locations to include Krakow, Poland, and Istanbul, Turkey, as part of an ongoing push to "internationalize" the University and increase its global reach.The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) launched its summer abroad seminar program last year with a seminar in Hanoi, Vietnam, and is currently recruiting students to participate in the two new locations.PIIRS Director and sociology professor Katherine Newman said the program always planned to expand, especially after last year's successful test-run.
Tucker Willsie '11 is on a mission to create a greener vehicle.Willsie is working with a team of students and professors from MIT to design and race a fourto six-passenger vehicle that consumes 95 percent less energy than current vehicles.
Students and "self-learners" across the globe can now access many of Yale's educational offerings through a program launched Tuesday called "Open Yale," which will offer courses online and free to the public.The initiative ? which is being piloted this year ? offers access to video and audio-only lectures, searchable transcripts, problem sets and other materials for seven of the university's most popular courses, program director and Yale art history and classics professor Diana Kleiner said.The resources made available by Yale are extremely accessible, Kleiner said, and are available in multiple bandwidths to accommodate a variety of computers.
Borough Councilmember Roger Martindell accused the Council of withholding information during a meeting last night, continuing his crusade for the release of sealed minutes from a closed session that was held in August.The Council also scrutinized a proposal for managing stormwater runoff, discussed the danger that rock salt poses to Princeton's trees and approved the October police report.Martindell has repeatedly asked the Council to release the minutes from its secret meeting, which took place Aug.
A scholar may have ambitions for a Ph.D., but the nitty-gritty requirements of attaining that degree can halt the progress of even the most diligent scholars.Doctoral programs should reevaluate their dissertation and foreign language requirements, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching said in a set of recommendations for nationwide reforms.The full report, to be released early next year, includes suggestions such as revamping faculty-student advising relationships, broadening fields of study and changing graduation requirements.
A bill reducing New Jersey's most severe criminal sentence from the death penalty to life in prison without parole was passed by the State Senate in a 21-16 vote on Monday.The move to abolish capital punishment in New Jersey was approved by the General Assembly's Law and Public Safety Committee early Monday before the Senate vote and has received strong support from Democratic Gov.
On a quest for self-discovery in India last summer, Andy Chen '09 fended off a transvestite with his Princeton umbrella, learned to transfer water from one nostril to the other, had burning-hot medicated oil poured across his forehead, joined in a mass water-vomiting session and met a caveman.Describing his subcontinental experiences at a talk titled "Om Shantih: Yogic Spirituality in India," Chen discussed the theory of yoga as art and the cultural anomalies he came across in India.He presented selections from a photo blog he created during his travels, which were funded by the Martin A.
Controversial former White House adviser Karl Rove spoke with a select number of students during an off-the-record dinner session in Whitman College yesterday that was not publicized to the University community.Members of Whitman Master and economics professor Harvey Rosen's freshman seminar, "Taxes," and students who had previously attended dinner lectures in Whitman were invited, though none were told the identity of the special guest in advance.
