A quick scroll through the list of events at the Center for Jewish Life reveals one event that is slightly out of the ordinary: Israeli Cafe and Hookah Night, Tuesday, 10 p.m.
Though a quick perusal of pop culture might lead you to believe otherwise, tattoos are clearly no longer the the latest craze ? if tattooing were that hip, University students would be first in the chair.The tattooed few here at the University, however, are not just casual tattoo fans.
The lands along Alexander Road and Harrison Street will likely be the sites of future academic and research facilities, University officials recently told members of the Princeton Regional Planning Board.The announcement, made last Wednesday, marked a shift from the University's previous longterm expansion strategy, which called for the development of a parallel campus on the West Windsor lands between Lake Carnegie and Route 1."We've become increasingly focused on the longterm importance of trying to make sure that the basic academic and educational buildings remain on this side of [Lake Carnegie]," said Bob Durkee '69, University vice president and secretary.The revised strategy is aimed at containing all academic facilities and undergraduate dorms within a 10-minute walk of Frist Campus Center, he said."I don't think this is going to be very dramatic," Durkee said.
As students choose next semester's courses, they will once again have at their fingertips the advice of the Undergraduate Student Government's Student Course Guide, an online resource that is now a staple of the University's course selection process."I think that the Student Course Guide is an invaluable resource that helps students to choose their courses," Shoum Chakravarti '05, USG academics chair and editor of the SCG, said in an email.
As University geosciences professor Daniel Sigman was growing up in southern California, he considered structure to be an entirely man-made phenomenon.
The month of April is a hectic time for seniors, who are in the midst of completing their theses ? the Princeton rite of passage.
A dozen gerbils is an unlikely collection to find anywhere, let alone in a University dorm room. But one junior ? we'll call him 'Jim' ? has assempled just this cast of characters in a cage in his suite's common room.Jim's gerbil colony started when he bought two of the tiny rodens from a pet store this winter, he said.Then, as gerbils will, the pair began to multiply, resulting in the twelve animals he currently cares for.According to the University's "Rights, Rules and Responsibilities" handbook, "Only fish may be kept in dormitory rooms, and tanks are not to exceed 10 gallons."The gerbil-owning junior is not alone in his decision to violate the rules and own a pet.
To many Princeton students, the prospect of majoring in math, chemistry, physics or molecular biology is a daunting one.
At 3 p.m. Friday afternoon, the last draw groups of the Class of 2006 were receiving the disappointing news that there were no more on-campus rooms available.Because the Housing Department recently adopted a policy guaranteeing housing for all enrolled undergraduates, the students without assigned rooms were placed on a wait-list.
On the second floor of Prospect House six years ago, nine faculty members sat at a dinner table with former Admission Dean Fred Hargadon and complained.They thought he was admitting too many athletes, but too few artists and academics.
Rick Clark '04 received first place and a $1,000 prize in the first annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS) on Saturday for his study on the fluid dynamics of manta rays.Following a keynote address from emeritus chemistry professor Edward Taylor, the finalists ? including Clark ? presented their projects and fielded questions from a panel of judges.Erica Gralla '04 and Naomi Chow '04 received second place and a $500 award for their study of low-earth orbit satellite designs.Mihai Parparita '04 earned the $300 third prize for his research on static and dynamic image stylization.Adler Perotte '04 explored a neural network model to describe components of memory, earning fourth place and a $250 award.Rounding out the finalists, Matt Satriano '05 earned fifth place and a $200 prize for proving special properties of doubly infinite sequences.On March 31, judges awarded six additional prizes: four $100 honorable mentions and two $150 interdisciplinary awards.Clark praised those involved in the symposium.
Students from the University's chapter of Water Watch traveled throughout Princeton Borough yesterday to educate residents about how to protect water quality and dispose of hazardous waste.
Foreign music, different dance forms and food from nations around the globe greeted visitors Saturday afternoon at the 30th annual International Festival in Dillon gym.
Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye admitted 1,631 of 13,690 applicants to the Class of 2008, her first class since assuming her new job last summer."The admitted students have superb leadership and personal qualities, and possess talents and achievements in areas such as dance, theater, music, athletics, art, politics, debate and community service," Rapelye said in a news release.At 11.9 percent, the overall acceptance rate is 2 percent higher than the rate for the Class of 2007 ? a difference that can be accounted for in the decrease in the number of applicants.In early March, Rapelye said that though the number of applicants to the Class of 2008 was down this year compared to the previous year, the number of "academic 1's" ? students who received the highest possible rank on the admission office's scale that rates the academic quality of candidates ? had increased while the number of weaker candidates had decreased.A total of 1,050 letters were sent on Thursday to students admitted under the University's regular decision plan ? only 8.8 percent of the 11,875 students who applied under regular decision.
While the Law School Admission Test is one of the anxiety-provoking exams many University upperclassmen prepare for and worry about, they have to go elsewhere to actually take it.
The University is now $10 million closer to funding the construction of Whitman College thanks to a gift in that amount from four benefactors.
In the crowded and poster-filled lobby of Schultz Laboratory on Wednesday, 33 students displayed science and engineering research projects as part of the University's first full-scale Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS)."The URS is designed to dramatically impact science and engineering education at Princeton," the symposium's chair and founder Jordan Amadio '05 said.Organized solely by students, the URS debuted as a pilot project last May with the aim of enhancing cross-disciplinary dialogue in science and engineering fields.This year's event ? supported by the University's Council on Science and Technology as well as science and engineering departments ? also hopes to promote awareness of innovative campus research while giving students insight on careers in science, technology and medicine, Amadio said.And the syposium's centerpiece is a competition to pick the best undergraduate research project.
Though "the numbers vary from year to year," University Registrar Joseph Greenberg said, 75 students withdrew voluntarily last year, while 35 were required to for academic or disciplinary reasons.The decision to withdraw "include[d] a wide range of circumstances," Associate Dean of the College Richard Williams said.
Despite pledging to add funding for sexual assault examinations to the "highest needs and priorities" agenda of the 2004-2005 budget, the University has decided not to provide funding to perform rape examinations.University Health Services declined to ask for the kits.
The white earphones are unmistakable. They dangle from the person passing you on your way to class, the one exercising on the adjacent elliptical machine, and that kid studying behind you in Cafe Vivian.Princeton students, it seems, have embraced the iPod, a compact portable unit for downloading, storing and listening to music.
