The command options on Thefacebook.com are familiar enough to the average Princeton student.
It's 2:30 a.m., and the campus is quiet. Joe Godino rings up a customer's bill and tells him, "At the moment, I'm reading 'Gravity' by James Hartle and a book on abstract algebra by Michael Artin."As the recipient of a Ph.D.
Last Monday, the Committee on the Freshman Year Social Experience issued its final report and provided recommendations to change pre-orientation, orientation and student organizations and activities.The committee was formed last fall to examine "the ignition experience" of freshman, Dean of Undergraduate Students and chairman of the committe Kathleen Deignan said.Faculty, students and administrators joined the group to examine a typical student's first hundred days at the University, and "how we could make it better," Deignan explained.The committee was divided into three subsections to investigate pre-orientation, orientation and organizations and activities. Pre-orientationThe pre-orientation subcommittee examined the University's information delivery system.While students complained about "the overload of information that they receive over the summer," according to the official committee report, they also expressed confusion about subjects ranging from Propect's eating clubs to fraternities and sororities.As a result, the committee recommended the University "find ways to organize the mailings [and] provide the same information on a website" to ease students fears of missing important information.The committee was also surprised by the "impact of who you know before you come here," Deignan said.
Comedian Lewis Black of Daily Show fame will be "Back in Black" ? and orange ? when he comes Oct.
Like many Princeton graduates of the 1990s, Joe Sigelman '93 and Randy Altschuler '93 found jobs in the financial industry.One night in 1999, they chatted long distance as they were up late working on presentations for their clients.It was 3 a.m.
The Borough Council introduced a modified version Tuesday night of a fire alarm ordinance that seeks to reduce the number of false fire alarm calls.If passed, the ordinance will require Borough property owners with installed fire alarm systems to pay an annual $125 registration fee and a $500 penalty fee if more than four false alarms are triggered each year.The fee was increased from $300 after the Borough solicited public input as to the rates it should use.If the property charged with the penalty has fewer than four false alarms the next year, the fee would be reduced to $150.The number of false alarms in the Borough "has come down quite a bit in the last two to three years," Borough Chief Fire Inspector Bill Drake said.
On Sept. 17, the Inter-Club Council (ICC) offered the Class of 2008 a chance to dine at an assigned eating club through the new initiative, "A Taste of Prospect." Students who had signed up from Forbes College, however, were accidentally left out of the program due to an oversight.The glitch was discovered early that day when the students who had signed up from Forbes College learned they had not been added to the roster."I take responsibility for [the oversight]," J.W.
Freshman Courtney Freer sat in Tuesday's POL 210: Political Theory lecture listening as the professor steamed through her notes on Aristotle's Politics.
Among the countless letters pre-frosh receive before arrival at Princeton is the housing letter, containing one word that could possibly shape the course of their next four years on campus ? the name of their residential college.Each of the five colleges ?Butler, Forbes, Mathey, Rockefeller and Wilson ? has accumulated various stereotypes and opinions leaving freshmen to discuss the pros and cons of residential life.While most freshmen and sophomores living in the residential colleges appreciate the idea of the system, some members of the Class of 2008 feel isolated.Jorge Santana '08 of Forbes College finds it difficult to meet students from other colleges because of the separation between dormitories."It has to be a personal effort to seek out other students," he said.While students may not necessarily see all the benefits of living in such a close-knit community, the masters of each college understand the rationale for the dorm life.Elizabeth Lunbeck, master of Forbes College, has worked at Princeton since 1988.
Born in Canada and an economist by training, former University President Harold Shapiro GS '64 might seem an unlikely choice for America's Olympic organization.Yet, Shapiro has recently been appointed to one of 11 seats on the recently overhauled U.S.
Just before the first presidential debate of 2004, the atmosphere in the Frist Campus Center multipurpose room and the first floor TV lounge resembled the quiet anticipation preceding a championship game.
Over 100 people are crowded into a committee room of the N.J. State House, sitting in rows of wooden chairs, standing in the back and even lining the hallways.
After nearly six inches of rain fell Tuesday night as the remnants of Hurricane Jeanne doused campus, the University began Wednesday to clean up.Unsuspecting students found themselves drenched in a matter of seconds as heavy rain fell at sporadic intervals."I came out of lecture at 2:30 p.m when it just started . . . In the minute [I walked] from Frist to [my dorm], my clothes were soaked completely through," Brian Muegge '05 said.Even the best-prepared students could not avoid the standing water and runoff on campus.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported a 30-year historical average of 3.32 inches of September rainfall for the Trenton area.
When students take a course with a great professor, word will always get out.Whether through the Student Course Guide's reviews, a professor's popularity or word of mouth, some courses which began with modest enrollments may double or even triple in size.One such course is COS 109: Computers in Our World.
Imagine, for a moment, explaining to a six-year-old boy ? his name is Danny ? what it means to be the provost of Princeton University.You explain that it's "sort of like being the vice president of the University.""So, what do you do?" he asks."Well, I help the president," you reply after a pause, trying to keep things simple as possible.Danny looks at you, wide-eyed and smiling.
A student ? who refused to be named, so we will call him Peter '05 ? knows there are no shortcuts to the top.Last week he climbed the new ellipse dormitory.
Explaining Thanksgiving Day to foreigners can be tricky business. For Julia Philip '06, the problem was finding the correct props."I was trying to find a picture of a pilgrim, and I couldn't," she said smiling.
At 9:45 p.m. one night last week, Christine Galib '08 went to Frist Campus Center to satisfy a late-night food craving.
With one trip to the U-Store, one walk through the aisles and one swipe of his credit card, Alex Lenahan '07 purchased his books for this semester.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Naomi Leonard '85 was named a 2004 MacArthur Fellow for her work on constructing underwater gliders that survey the ocean.A MacArthur Fellowship, commonly referred to as the "genius award," includes a $500,000 "no strings attached" grant for five years.Leonard's work, focused primarily on how to program the gliders to efficiently survey the ocean, was funded by the Office of Naval Research.The vehicles can be used both to predict the weather and in a military context."We could understand what an environment is like quickly and determine if it is safe for people," Leonard said.
