Taking a break for a game of catch, Neil White '09 (l.) and Yao Wang '09 enjoy the long-awaited warm spring weather on Alexander Beach.
The University is in the process of evaluating on-campus recreation facilities and has hired a planning and management firm to generate ideas for adapting current facilities and building new projects.The survey comes on the heels of the 2004 report of the Task Force for Health and Well-Being, which pointed out weaknesses in the health and fitness programs on campus, as well as the inadequacy of Dillon Gym and other recreational athletic facilities.Tim Miller, a vice president at Brailsford & Dunlavey, the firm working on the project, said it was hired to do a one-day brainstorming session on wellness and recreation last fall, and it was decided that "further study on what students, faculty and staff see as top priorities" was necessary before beginning to plan major renovations to Dillon.The Office of Campus Life sent an online survey to a random selection of the Princeton population in mid-February and distributed printed surveys to people in the survey sample who do not typically use email, Vice President of Campus Life Janet Dickerson said.
An alumna who fell from the University Chapel's bell tower five years ago reached a $350,000 settlement last week with the two contractors who were renovating the tower at the time.Though the University had originally been named a defendant in the lawsuit, the judge presiding over the case granted Princeton's motion to have itself dismissed from the case, citing charitable immunity laws, University officials said.Alexandra Shaw '03 was climbing a spiral staircase and ladder inside the chapel's north turret the night of Dec.
When the University leadership decided it was time to combat the problem of grade inflation, it faced a fundamental problem: nobody wanted to take the leap first.
The University is in the process of evaluating on-campus recreation facilities and has hired a planning and management firm to generate ideas for adapting current facilities and building new projects.The survey comes on the heels of the 2004 report of the Task Force for Health and Well-Being, which pointed out weaknesses in the health and fitness programs on campus, as well as the inadequacy of Dillon Gym and other recreational athletic facilities.Tim Miller, a vice president at Brailsford & Dunlavey, the firm working on the project, said it was hired to do a one-day brainstorming session on wellness and recreation last fall, and it was decided that "further study on what students, faculty and staff see as top priorities" was necessary before beginning to plan major renovations to Dillon.The Office of Campus Life sent an online survey to a random selection of the Princeton population in mid-February and distributed printed surveys to people in the survey sample who do not typically use email, Vice President of Campus Life Janet Dickerson said.
Taking a break for a game of catch, Neil White '09 (l.) and Yao Wang '09 enjoy the long-awaited warm spring weather on Alexander Beach.
President Bush named White House budget director Joshua Bolten '76 his new chief of staff after Andrew Card, the current chief, announced his resignation.At a brief Oval Office ceremony this morning, Bush described Bolten, who earlier served as deputy chief of staff, as a "creative policy thinker" and a man with "broad experience.""He's an expert on the budget and our economy.
U.N. Development Program Administrator Kemal Dervis GS '73 speaks Monday about global markets and networks.
Township police have arrested five local teenagers who confessed to breaking into several rooms in the new wing of Forbes and stealing electronics and alcohol.The burglary was part of a string of thefts that took place during midterms week and over spring break, driving several students to sleep in friends' rooms as an additional safety measure.
Township police have arrested five local teenagers who confessed to breaking into several rooms in the new wing of Forbes and stealing electronics and alcohol.The burglary was part of a string of thefts that took place during midterms week and over spring break, driving several students to sleep in friends' rooms as an additional safety measure.
Scully Hall was vandalized over spring break, the third time in the past four weeks that the dorm has been the target of criminal mischief.The incidents have sparked an investigation by Public Safety, as well as a call from West College for individuals with information to step forward.The first case of vandalism in Scully was reported on Feb.
President Bush named White House budget director Joshua Bolten '76 his new chief of staff after Andrew Card, the current chief, announced his resignation.At a brief Oval Office ceremony this morning, Bush described Bolten, who earlier served as deputy chief of staff, as a "creative policy thinker" and a man with "broad experience.""He's an expert on the budget and our economy.
U.N. Development Program Administrator Kemal Dervis GS '73 speaks Monday about global markets and networks.
Student-athletes, do you chafe under heinous NCAA restrictions that disallow your participation in March Madness bracket pools?
Correction appendedSoon after electrical engineering professor Ed Zschau '61 submitted final grades for his fall semester course, he wrote an email to his class explaining why he hadn't been able to give all the students the grades he thought they deserved."I think that the overall performance of your class was the best of the sixteen classes that I have had the privilege of working with over the past eight years," Zschau, who teaches ELE 491: High-Tech Entrepreneurship, said in his message.
The Harvard Corporation has chosen to divest itself of stock in China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, based on the company's connections to the government of Sudan, which is alleged to be complicit in crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide."This is the right thing to do in light of the ongoing events in Darfur," Harvard president Lawrence Summers said in a statement March 23.The decision to divest followed a recommendation from the Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, which concluded that the oil production activities of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corporation) in Sudan provided critical support to the Sudanese government, according to a press release.Harvard previously divested itself of stock in PetroChina, a Sinopec subsidiary, due to similar concerns.The Princeton University Investment Company has no investments in companies involved with Sudan, Vice President Bob Durkee '69 has said. ? Ross Liemer
The Harvard Corporation has chosen to divest itself of stock in China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, based on the company's connections to the government of Sudan, which is alleged to be complicit in crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide."This is the right thing to do in light of the ongoing events in Darfur," Harvard president Lawrence Summers said in a statement March 23.The decision to divest followed a recommendation from the Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, which concluded that the oil production activities of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corporation) in Sudan provided critical support to the Sudanese government, according to a press release.Harvard previously divested itself of stock in PetroChina, a Sinopec subsidiary, due to similar concerns.The Princeton University Investment Company has no investments in companies involved with Sudan, Vice President Bob Durkee '69 has said. ? Ross Liemer
Correction appendedAs college admission decisions loom near, it seems that parents everywhere are dreaming in orange and black.
Before arriving at the University, Steve Apple '08 had not gone to school for a single day in his entire life.A friend took Apple to his second grade classroom as part of a show-and-tell demonstration.
Before arriving at the University, Steve Apple '08 had not gone to school for a single day in his entire life.A friend took Apple to his second grade classroom as part of a show-and-tell demonstration.
