Earl Miner, a popular emeritus professor of English and Japanese literature, died on April 17 at the age of 77 after an extended illness.
In an almost 2 to 1 decision, the faculty voted Monday to approve the anti-grade inflation proposals released earlier this month by the Committee on Examinations and Standing.
Computer science professor Andrew Appel introduced a resolution at Monday's faculty meeting crticizing Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan's decision to confiscate nearly 400 Newman's Day shirts from a student dorm room Friday."Censorship of speech is repugnant to academic values," the resolution stated.
After the faculty overwhelmingly voted to keep Monday's vote on the grade inflation proposal public, Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin approached a 'Prince' photographer and told him to "destroy" photos of the faculty voting.
Public Safety officers entered a 1901 Hall room on Friday and confiscated nearly 400 Newman's Day shirts, University officials and students who were there said.Following the instructions of Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, two Public Safety officers entered the room around 3 p.m.
The empty storefront at 140 Nassau St. will soon be transformed by a swirl of bold colors, bright lights, vibrant music and vintage '70s TV shows.Ricky's Candy, Cones and Chaos, an ice cream and candy shop, is scheduled to open the second or third week of June, in the location formally occupied by Sam Goody, owner Rick Barber said.Barber and business partner Charles Alario are still waiting for the final building permits.Barber, who formerly worked in merchandising at FAO Schwarz, said the store will be highly animated.
Dillon Gym echoed with the sounds of hip-hop and bouncing basketballs all Saturday night as 22 teams battled it out in Princeton's first Annual 3-on-3 Charity Streetball Tournament.The event, organized by the Black Men's Awareness Group (BMAG), featured a freestyle contest, three-point shootout, slam dunk contest, live disc jockey and free refreshments.
The Honor Committee on Sunday voted in a unanimous 9-0 decision to add a clause to the Honor Code Constitution that would give the body more discretion when ruling on student cases."In short the amendment would codify and thus require future Honor Committees to determine whether a student should have reasonably understood what he was doing was wrong," Honor Committee Chairman Eli Goldsmith '04 said.The Honor Code Constitution currently stipulates that on a first offense the committee can either suspend a student, or when there are extenuating circumstances put him on probation.The proposed amendment would define a student's unintentional violation of the Honor Code as an extenuating circumstance."As chairman, I've used the [extenuating circumstances] language before, but this change is to ensure that future committees will have to take intent into account," he said.Students who did not know they were violating the code could be sentenced to probation rather than mandatory suspension.
When Cornel West GS '80 left Harvard University to come to Princeton in April 2002, Matthew Briones was faced with a difficult decision.
In a 4:30 p.m. meeting today in Nassau Hall, the set of anti-grade inflation proposals released two weeks ago by the Committee on Examinations and Standing will come before a vote of the faculty.
Organizers for the second annual Princeton Colloquium on Public and International Affairs have had to rework plans for today's colloquium after Maj.
Imagine a brand new library with a wireless network, comfy chairs, over 100 public access computers, a collection of stuffed animals, a café by Chez Alice, floor to ceiling glass windows and two working fireplaces.
Full professors at Princeton are the third highest-paid professors in the country and the second highest-paid in the Ivy League, according to a new report published last week by the American Association of University Professors.The University's 457 full professors earned an average annual salary of $145,600 ? about 8 percent less than professors at Harvard, the highest paying school, and roughly 7 percent less than professors at the Rockefeller University, a graduate and research institution in New York City and the second-highest paying.Associate professors at Princeton earned an average of $92,400; assistant professors $70,900 and instructors $56,400.
A new memo from computer science professor Edward Felten claims the ability of a University grade to differentiate student work has only decreased 11 percent over the last 30 years, contradicting one of the arguments used to justify the recently released grade inflation proposals.The memo should be released to the faculty today and was emailed to Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel on Thursday.Malkiel, one of the primary authors of the proposals, has supported the proposals partly on the grounds that grade inflation at the University has devalued grades and decreased their ability to show meaningful differences between students' academic performances.For the memo, Felten analyzed data from Malkiel's 2003 faculty memo, "Truth in Grading: Proposals and Questions.""This study is evidence against the claim that grade inflation has made a huge difference in the grading system," Felten said.
Princeton offers its rich educational opportunities not only to students and faculty but also to University employees and qualified New Jersey residents through the Continuing Education Program.Established in 1973, the program serves those preparing for professional or graduate school, pursuing advanced training in their fields or simply seeking personal enrichment."The program is a wonderful benefit to both the University and community," said Pamela Hersh, director of the Office of Community and State Affairs.Continuing education students are fully integrated into their courses ? participating in classes, precepts, labs, workshops and studios and completing all course assignments. A unique experienceRita Saltz, senior policy adviser to OIT, enrolled in a course on contemporary drama through the program.Saltz took the class because of "a lifelong love of theater and interest in production," she said.As a University employee participating in the program, Saltz enjoyed lectures by Michael Cadden, a senior lecturer and director of the Program in Theater and Dance.
Public Safety officers entered a 1901 Hall room on Friday and confiscated 400 Newman's Day shirts, University officials and students who were there said.Director of Public Safety Steven Healy said in an interview today that Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan instructed two Public Safety officers to enter the room around 3 p.m.
Jody Lanard missed Chinese 102 class last week. Her excuse? She was testifying before the U.S. Senate on the cover-up of lead content in D.C.-area drinking water.Lanard is a psychiatrist who, with her husband Peter Sandman '67, helped invent the field of risk communication.
