The USG announced the appointment of Anna Almore '08 as the new U-Council member at a Senate meeting on Sunday.Almore was chosen from 60 applicants to fill the position formerly held by Dylan Stamer '06.
About 25 University students, faculty and local residents gathered outside Frist Campus Center Thursday to protest what they called the inhumane treatment of prisoners by the U.S.
Clarification appendedEarlier this week, recently released documents drew attention for showing that, in a 1985 job application, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72 wrote that he is "particularly proud" of his work on cases arguing that "racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."Now, opponents to his nomination are using another piece of information from those documents to suggest he is far outside the mainstream in his political and social views: Near the end of his "Personal Qualifications Statement" for a high-level job in Ronald Reagan's Justice Department, Alito wrote that he was "a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton University, a conservative alumni group."Interviews with several alumni who were students in the 1970s paint a picture of Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) as a far-right organization funded by conservative alumni committed to turning back the clock on coeducation at the University.The group, which published a magazine in which students wrote nostalgically about the days before coeducation, was frowned upon by Nassau Hall.
Religion professor Cornel West GS '80 and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek discussed the concept of belief before a packed audience in McCosh 50 on Thursday night.The lecture was titled "The Ignorance of Chicken, or, Who Believes What Today."Zizek began the lecture by arguing that "nobody really believes today," most notably religious fundamentalists and atheists."It is as if to really believe you have to put up an atheist front," Zizek said.
The number of applicants for the University's binding early decision program rose nine percent over the previous year's figure with the Class of 2010, amounting to the second-largest early decision applicant numbers since the Class of 2001, the Communications Office said today.The 2,230 applications received thus far by the Admission Office, however, fall short of rivals Harvard and Yale's figures and a recent Princeton high of 2,350 early decision applications for the Class of 2007.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye did not return requests seeking comment.Yale saw a 3.4 percent increase in the number of applicants received to its non-binding early action program, rising to 4,065 from last year's 3,933, according to figures from Friday's Yale Daily News.
About 25 University students, faculty and local residents gathered outside Frist Campus Center Thursday to protest what they called the inhumane treatment of prisoners by the U.S.
Clarification appendedEarlier this week, recently released documents drew attention for showing that, in a 1985 job application, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito '72 wrote that he is "particularly proud" of his work on cases arguing that "racial and ethnic quotas should not be allowed and that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion."Now, opponents to his nomination are using another piece of information from those documents to suggest he is far outside the mainstream in his political and social views: Near the end of his "Personal Qualifications Statement" for a high-level job in Ronald Reagan's Justice Department, Alito wrote that he was "a member of the Concerned Alumni of Princeton University, a conservative alumni group."Interviews with several alumni who were students in the 1970s paint a picture of Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) as a far-right organization funded by conservative alumni committed to turning back the clock on coeducation at the University.The group, which published a magazine in which students wrote nostalgically about the days before coeducation, was frowned upon by Nassau Hall.
Rapper Vanilla Ice is set to perform at Colonial Club on Dean's Date, Jan. 17, club officers announced at dinner Thursday night.Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, is best known for his 1990 hit single "Ice Ice Baby" and for starring in VH1's reality show, "The Surreal Life."Colonial officer Jessica Stahl '06 said that she was "ridiculously excited" as soon as she heard about the show and "wanted something that would galvanize the entire campus."Stahl added that even if people weren't excited about the music, they could "just be excited about the experience"
Rapper Vanilla Ice is set to perform at Colonial Club on Dean's Date, Jan. 17, club officers announced at dinner Thursday night.Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle, is best known for his 1990 hit single "Ice Ice Baby" and for starring in VH1's reality show, "The Surreal Life."Colonial officer Jessica Stahl '06 said that she was "ridiculously excited" as soon as she heard about the show and "wanted something that would galvanize the entire campus."Stahl added that even if people weren't excited about the music, they could "just be excited about the experience"
The number of applicants for the University's binding early decision program rose nine percent over the previous year's figure with the Class of 2010, amounting to the second-largest early decision applicant numbers since the Class of 2001, the Communications Office said today.The 2,230 applications received thus far by the Admission Office, however, fall short of rivals Harvard and Yale's figures and a recent Princeton high of 2,350 early decision applications for the Class of 2007.Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye did not return requests seeking comment.Yale saw a 3.4 percent increase in the number of applicants received to its non-binding early action program, rising to 4,065 from last year's 3,933, according to figures from Friday's Yale Daily News.
Katrina vanden Heuvel '82 recently became the only female editor and publisher of a political weekly in the country.
Katrina vanden Heuvel '82 recently became the only female editor and publisher of a political weekly in the country.
Religion professor Cornel West GS '80 and Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek discussed the concept of belief before a packed audience in McCosh 50 on Thursday night.The lecture was titled "The Ignorance of Chicken, or, Who Believes What Today."Zizek began the lecture by arguing that "nobody really believes today," most notably religious fundamentalists and atheists."It is as if to really believe you have to put up an atheist front," Zizek said.
Maggie Gallagher, president of the Institute for Marriage and Public Policy and a coauthor of "The Case for Marriage," argued in a lecture Wednesday that legalizing same-sex marriages would result in the overall degeneration of society."Gay marriage is not some sideline issue," Gallagher said.
Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.
Computer science professor Edward Felten and graduate student Alex Halderman '03 discovered a glitch on the Sony BMG website on Monday, at a time when the music giant is recalling millions of CDs that put users' computers at risk.This is only the latest in a series of problems for Sony BMG that Halderman called "the Sony soap opera." Felten and Halderman have been detailing the progression of events on Felten's blog, freedom-to-tinker.com.As a method of protecting against the illegal copying of music, Sony BMG placed hidden copyright protection software on many of its CDs.
In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.
Two University students were struck by vehicles in the span of about thirty minutes while crossing Washington Road on Wednesday evening during a period of heavy rainfall.Both students ? Phillip Kang '06 and Shirley Li '08 ? were taken to the University Medical Center at Princeton and released following treatment.The drivers, a 75-year-old Monmouth Junction resident and a 39-year-old Skillman resident, were charged with failure to yield to pedestrian at crosswalk.Kang was struck at 6:25 p.m.
In a move to encourage diversity among higher education faculty and staff, 28 New Jersey colleges introduced a joint employment database this week.The New Jersey Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), spearheaded by Princeton and Rutgers and accessible at www.njherc.org, provides listings of academic, administrative, staff and executive positions.
Defense analyst Richard Perle GS '68 criticized the postwar U.S. occupation of Iraq and expressed full confidence in Ahmad Chalabi, Iraq's controversial deputy prime minister, in an extemporaneous speech in Whig Hall Wednesday afternoon.Perle, who chaired the bipartisan Defense Policy Board during the period leading up to the Iraq war, said he continues to trust Chalabi, who has been accused of supplying the United States with false intelligence prior to the war and of providing secret U.S.
