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Firms lure students with extravagance

Firms lure students with extravagance

Correction appendedAfter months of dressing up in suits and ties, making their way to New York or the Nassau Inn and trying to impress panels of interviewers with their technical and social skills, juniors applying for summer internships in finance and consulting can now reap the benefits of their work: elaborate "sell days" to convince them to accept the job."They paid for two nights at a fancy hotel in New York," Neel Gehani '07 said of the most lavish pitch aimed at him."They rented out a museum and had a cocktail party, and then rented out the VIP room in a nightclub in SoHo." The company later sent him chocolates in the mail."It was extravagant and completely unnecessary," Gehani said.And, for him, ineffective.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Full text of USG resolution endorsing Ivy Council resolution on postseason football ban

Be it resolved that the USG endorses the "Resolution to End Ivy League ban on Football Postseason" as proposed by Jordan Jones, Harvard '07 as follows: Resolution to End Ivy League ban on Football Postseason Jordan Jones (Harvard '07)Whereas the Ivy Council is the appropriate forum to act as the unified voice of students across the Ivy League; andWhereas there is a remarkable consensus from students across the Ivy League against the ban on football postseason play; andWhereas there is a remarkable consensus from football players across the Ivy League against the ban on football postseason play; andWhereas coaches and athletic directors across the Ivy League are against the ban on football postseason play:Comments by Brown head coach Phil Estes: "I don't think the ban on postseason play is fair.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Full text of USG resolution endorsing Ivy Council resolution on postseason football ban

Be it resolved that the USG endorses the "Resolution to End Ivy League ban on Football Postseason" as proposed by Jordan Jones, Harvard '07 as follows: Resolution to End Ivy League ban on Football Postseason Jordan Jones (Harvard '07)Whereas the Ivy Council is the appropriate forum to act as the unified voice of students across the Ivy League; andWhereas there is a remarkable consensus from students across the Ivy League against the ban on football postseason play; andWhereas there is a remarkable consensus from football players across the Ivy League against the ban on football postseason play; andWhereas coaches and athletic directors across the Ivy League are against the ban on football postseason play:Comments by Brown head coach Phil Estes: "I don't think the ban on postseason play is fair.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Dan Barry GS '80 voted off 'Survivor'

Dan Barry GS '80's tribe has spoken.Barry, a former astronaut and current robotics designer, was voted off "Survivor: Panama ? Exile Island" on Thursday night's episode after an unusual series of events thwarted his strategic alliance.Though his other three male allies were responsible for his departure, they said they had grown to admire Barry and were sad to see him go."I never thought I'd even meet an astronaut, never mind live with one," Nick Stanbury, member of the La Mina tribe, said during Thursday's episode.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Lenahan faults Public Safety on Facebook

USG president Alex Lenahan '07 responded last night to reports that Public Safety officers have used facebook.com in their investigations, saying that the practice will only hurt relations between students and the department."My opinion is that it's only something that will create animosity between students and Public Safety," Lenahan told the USG Senate last night, adding that he might send a personal letter to Public Safety director Steven Healy explaining his position.Meanwhile, students across the University have taken steps to prevent Public Safety officers from accessing their online profiles.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Frist '74 wins poll over GOP 2008 rivals

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist '74 (R-Tenn.) received the most support among 2008 Republican presidential hopefuls in a straw poll conducted by the Southern Republican Leadership Conference over the weekend.Frist received 37 percent of the votes, while Massachusetts Gov.

NEWS | 03/12/2006

Wilson School takes 58 percent of applicants

The Wilson School accepted 90 sophomores Wednesday, less than a month after 156 students submitted their applications for the only selective major on campus."I was walking through the courtyard when my buddies who knew they got in yelled to ask if I checked my mailbox," John Curtis '08 said.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Last call at The Annex

After more than 70 years as a fixture on Nassau Street, the orange-and-black draped doors of The Annex restaurant are now closed.The subterranean restaurant and bar, its walls lined with dark wood paneling and paintings of Tigers, had served students, faculty and the community since the early 1930s."It was different.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Alumni lead billion-dollar drive

President Tilghman has named the three alumni who will lead the University's upcoming capital fundraising campaign.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

West and Glaude offer 'Covenant'

Religion professors Cornel West GS '80 and Eddie Glaude GS '97 recently launched a national curriculum on African-American history in the hopes of encouraging political engagement among African-Americans nationwide.The 15-week course, called the "Covenant Curriculum: A Study of Black Democratic Action," provides a syllabus with materials ranging from historical documents to film, novels and poetry.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

The doctor is in

Sex therapist and visiting professor Dr. Ruth Westheimer (l.) joins Jonah Perlin '07 in favoring hamentaschen over latkes, as part of an annual debate over the beloved Jewish foods.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

West and Glaude offer 'Covenant'

Religion professors Cornel West GS '80 and Eddie Glaude GS '97 recently launched a national curriculum on African-American history in the hopes of encouraging political engagement among African-Americans nationwide.The 15-week course, called the "Covenant Curriculum: A Study of Black Democratic Action," provides a syllabus with materials ranging from historical documents to film, novels and poetry.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Wilson School takes 58 percent of applicants

The Wilson School accepted 90 sophomores Wednesday, less than a month after 156 students submitted their applications for the only selective major on campus."I was walking through the courtyard when my buddies who knew they got in yelled to ask if I checked my mailbox," John Curtis '08 said.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

The doctor is in

Sex therapist and visiting professor Dr. Ruth Westheimer (l.) joins Jonah Perlin '07 in favoring hamentaschen over latkes, as part of an annual debate over the beloved Jewish foods.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Last call at The Annex

After more than 70 years as a fixture on Nassau Street, the orange-and-black draped doors of The Annex restaurant are now closed.The subterranean restaurant and bar, its walls lined with dark wood paneling and paintings of Tigers, had served students, faculty and the community since the early 1930s."It was different.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Alumni lead billion-dollar drive

President Tilghman has named the three alumni who will lead the University's upcoming capital fundraising campaign.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Scanning problem leads to 4,000 SAT scores lowered incorrectly

Four thousand high school students who took the SAT in October received low scores on the test incorrectly because of a problem with scanning machines, the company that administers the test said Wednesday.The College Board has now contacted the students, a few of whom received scores that were lowered by as much as 400 points.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Scanning problem leads to 4,000 SAT scores lowered incorrectly

Four thousand high school students who took the SAT in October received low scores on the test incorrectly because of a problem with scanning machines, the company that administers the test said Wednesday.The College Board has now contacted the students, a few of whom received scores that were lowered by as much as 400 points.

NEWS | 03/09/2006

Public Safety admits use of Facebook

Students may wish to think twice before posting pictures on facebook.com, as it now appears that Public Safety is using the popular social networking site to track potentially illicit activities.The Daily Princetonian has learned of two incidents in which Public Safety appears to have consulted Facebook before approaching students about information posted on the site.Public Safety Deputy Director Charles Davall, who denied that his department uses the site last month, admitted that one of these incidents was true but would not comment on the other.

NEWS | 03/08/2006

Back in black (and orange)

It doesn't have to be Halloween for this campus to be awash in orange and black: almost every student has a Princeton hoodie, t-shirt or scarf to their name.

NEWS | 03/08/2006

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