Considering the inauspicious legacy of the Student Course Guide, it wouldn't have taken too much for the new one to impress me.
Juniors Tamara Broderick, Jonathan Charlesworth, Lester Mackey and Julie Wu were selected as winners of the 2006 Goldwater Scholarship on the basis of their academic merit in math, science or engineering.This is the fourth straight year that all four nominees from Princeton ? the maximum any University can nominate ? were named winners.
Considering the inauspicious legacy of the Student Course Guide, it wouldn't have taken too much for the new one to impress me.
Juniors Tamara Broderick, Jonathan Charlesworth, Lester Mackey and Julie Wu were selected as winners of the 2006 Goldwater Scholarship on the basis of their academic merit in math, science or engineering.This is the fourth straight year that all four nominees from Princeton ? the maximum any University can nominate ? were named winners.
Three firms have been chosen to redesign the interior of the campus dining halls as part of the University's effort to enhance the residential college experience before the opening of four-year colleges.Michael Graves & Associates, Sheila Bridges Design and Mesher Shing will redesign the dining halls in Butler-Wilson, Whitman and Rockefeller-Mathey, respectively.
Weather pals, saying the conditions this past week were anything short of outstanding is like saying beef jerky is not delicious ? sure, you can say it, but it is well beyond your powers to add or detract from its inherent untruth.Unfortunately, just in time for April, that warm weather is going to be banished to the Island of Misfit Toys, where it can keep yesterday's lost hour company.Actually, I've always thought the time change provides a creative opportunity for standing up a date: just tell the target of your diss, "Sure, I'll go out with you!
Princeton was rated the second-best university for Latinos in the March 2006 issue of Hispanic Magazine, though many students said that the actual presence of Hispanics on campus is much weaker than the rankings indicate.The magazine's annual ranking of the top 25 colleges and universities for Latinos places Princeton a notch below Harvard, which received the number one ranking, but above Amherst and Yale, which came in third and fourth, respectively.In February, the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education ranked the University third in attracting African-American students and professors.The percentage enrollment of Latino students, the percentage of Hispanic faculty and the Hispanic cultural opportunities on campus were among the factors taken into account.
Resolution of the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Recommending Financial Aid Reform for Dining and Social Options Provided by Princeton's Eating ClubsWhereas, this body recognizes that social options for all undergraduates and dining options for upperclassmen are uniquely limited in the Princeton context;Whereas, this body believes that every student should be free to choose among all existing social and dining options available in the greater Princeton University community;Whereas, we find it a basic principle of equality that choices among existing social and dining options at Princeton should not be principally motivated by financial concerns;Whereas, by failing to account for the additional cost associated with most Eating Club dining options, the current financial aid system for undergraduates demonstrating need at Princeton University necessarily makes the choice between existing alternatives principally motivated by financial concerns;Whereas, this body fears further social fragmentation of the Princeton undergraduate student body with the advent of the four-year college system if the current financial aid system is not reformed;Whereas, this body is uniquely positioned to convey the opinions of students on this pressing matter to the appropriate Princeton University administrators;The Following are Hereby Resolved,1.
Resolution of the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Recommending Financial Aid Reform for Dining and Social Options Provided by Princeton's Eating ClubsWhereas, this body recognizes that social options for all undergraduates and dining options for upperclassmen are uniquely limited in the Princeton context;Whereas, this body believes that every student should be free to choose among all existing social and dining options available in the greater Princeton University community;Whereas, we find it a basic principle of equality that choices among existing social and dining options at Princeton should not be principally motivated by financial concerns;Whereas, by failing to account for the additional cost associated with most Eating Club dining options, the current financial aid system for undergraduates demonstrating need at Princeton University necessarily makes the choice between existing alternatives principally motivated by financial concerns;Whereas, this body fears further social fragmentation of the Princeton undergraduate student body with the advent of the four-year college system if the current financial aid system is not reformed;Whereas, this body is uniquely positioned to convey the opinions of students on this pressing matter to the appropriate Princeton University administrators;The Following are Hereby Resolved,1.
For the people of Medellin, Mexico, we redefined the phrase "los spring breakers." Instead of sipping on piña coladas at the trendiest five-star hotel, 10 Princeton students donned work gloves over spring break and laid hundreds of bricks to construct a kindergarten.We traveled to the town of 4,000 as part of the Cruz Blanca Initiative (CBI), a nonprofit group of Princeton students founded seven years ago and dedicated to promoting self-sustainable development and facilitating cross-cultural exchange in the state of Veracruz.On our first day, we approached a vacant dirt site that would become a school.
A contestant in the "Mr. Engineering" competition shows off his creative costume for onlookers.
A contestant in the "Mr. Engineering" competition shows off his creative costume for onlookers.
Harvard, Stanford and Penn have in recent months announced financial aid initiatives aimed at making college more affordable for low-income families.
The Center for Trash Cultural Encounters, in association with the Program in Mixological Studies presents La Vida Loca: Understanding Life in the Pre-Willennial Era, a colloquium featuring scholarship, discussion panels, and light refreshments.
Polly Winfrey Griffin, the current registrar of Dartmouth College, has been named Princeton's new registrar.
Polly Winfrey Griffin, the current registrar of Dartmouth College, has been named Princeton's new registrar.
Officials from the housing department and residents of the Lawrence Apartments met on Tuesday night to discuss the ongoing construction occurring near the graduate housing complex, but some questions were left unanswered.Earlier this month, seven graduate students who live in the Lawrence 13 building sent the housing department a letter of complaint about the noise level outside their apartments.Since October, Springdale Golf Course, which runs adjacent to campus, has been expanding its southern end.Students complained that the loud construction often began at 6 a.m.
In April 2004, Whig-Clio hosted a forum at which Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel answered questions from an anxious student body about the proposed grading policy.
Raks Odalisque, the student Middle-Eastern dance troupe, performs their annual spring show, "Unveiled," in Frist Campus Center on Thursday.
Officials from the housing department and residents of the Lawrence Apartments met on Tuesday night to discuss the ongoing construction occurring near the graduate housing complex, but some questions were left unanswered.Earlier this month, seven graduate students who live in the Lawrence 13 building sent the housing department a letter of complaint about the noise level outside their apartments.Since October, Springdale Golf Course, which runs adjacent to campus, has been expanding its southern end.Students complained that the loud construction often began at 6 a.m.
