In her first year, new admission dean Janet Rapelye has overseen the revamping of the University's viewbook for prospective students, which now includes extensive, detailed course descriptions.
Peter Singer, the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, raised questions to make students rethink their daily ethical choices this past Tuesday in the second of a series of ethics discussions sponsored by the Office of Religious Life.Singer ? whom Wilson College assistant master Eliot Ratzman GS introduced as "the most influential intellectual in the field of ethics" ? focused the discussion on issues of ethical spending and humane treatment of animals."What is it that entitles us to treat nonhuman animals as badly as we do?" Singer asked his audience, and compared the mistreatment of animals today to the treatment of black slaves in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Singer said that though he does not label himself a staunch vegan, he chooses to live a vegan lifestyle in all possible situations.
Nearly 40 percent of upperclassmen aren't in an eating club? Surely not!It's closer to 25 percent, according to the University.
Believe it or not, electronic music can get even more experimental than Radiohead ? and that music will find a home on Princeton's campus this weekend.Listening in the Sound Kitchen, a festival celebrating the world of electronic, electro-acoustic, and computer-generated music, will run from today through Saturday and will include musical performances and panel discussions.The event ? organized by doctoral candidate Tae Hong Park and USG social chair Christoph Geiseler '04 ? will explore the social and cultural ramifications of this genre of art and will attempt to bring recognition to the music and the artists who create it, Park said.The festival features composers, musicians, scientists, scholars and music enthusiasts from all over the U.S.
Originally the title of an oration delivered by Woodrow Wilson 1879 at the University's sesquicentennial, "Princeton in the Nation's Service" speaks to Princeton's devoted patriotism.
In its second year, Princeton in Latin America hopes to build on its early success and continue to provide opportunities to seniors and graduates in Latin America.This year, PiLA aims to add three more yearlong fellowships to work in Costa Rica and Bolivia.
The University Library is considering making music available through its website in an effort to legally distribute recordings to community members.In what would be an extension of the e-reserve system, the University Library may subscribe to a service which would provide streaming audio to users, said Assistant Music Librarian Daniel Boomhower.
Both George Kennan '25 ? the diplomat whose containment strategy guided the U.S. through the Cold War ? and Yale University diplomatic historian John Lewis Gaddis are known for their tough-minded acuity in navigating the complex relationship between the U.S.
Peace in the Middle East requires the existence of Israel and Palestine as two sovereign nations, said Amos Oz, Israeli author and collaborator in the creation of the so-called Geneva Accords.Oz expressed his desire for the end of the conflict, saying he hopes "to become one day a former peace activist." The Geneva Accords, a comprehensive document detailing a model peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians, may make this hope a real possibility, he said.Constructed jointly by both Israelis and Palestinians over a period of two years without any publicity, the Geneva Accords, said Oz, represent the first time in the history of the conflict that all issues, even the most "explosive," have been addressed.
Jim Dwyer, a New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient, spoke Monday about his career as a journalist and his experiences as an embedded reporter in Iraq in the first Rockefeller College Master's dinner.Dwyer, a biology major and premed student at Fordham University, became interested in journalism through a twist of fate.
Last week several Princeton trustees and prominent alumni signed their names to an advertisement urging President Bush to "stay the course" in Iraq and the war on terrorism.The statement, which was signed by about 50 prominent individuals, was published in The New York Times and The Washington Post."We are doing this just as Americans or as individuals participating in the American process of trying to do our part and our bit in our democracy," said Dennis Keller '63, a University trustee who signed the statement.The advertisement was not affiliated with any institution; however, a few Princeton alumni were active in asking others to support it, according to Wilbur Gantz '59, one of the signatories."I look on this as something that's not likely to change the course of history, but it's likely to make a statement and an expression of support," Gantz said.The advertisement read, "We believe history has demonstrated the necessity of a worldwide, unrelenting fight against terror in all its forms.
The rift between Islam and the Western world calls for dialogue, friendship and compromise, said Lord George Carey of Clifton, former Archbishop of Canterbury and head of the Anglican Church.
With the appointment of an openly gay bishop in their church, Episcopal students on campus are expressing a mixture of enthusiasm and concern for the future unity of the denomination worldwide.The Rev.
Katye Chung '05 spends about eight hours each week at the University art museum archiving photos and preparing for new exhibits.
At yesterday's meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel announced that the University was investigating methods of scaling back enrollment in the five biggest majors ? most of them social sciences ? while revitalizing the University's other 30 departments.The inquiry stems from a report presented to the CPUC last semester that found 46 percent of all undergraduates concentrate in one of what Malkiel characterized as the big five departments: politics, English, history, economics and the Wilson School.One reason for the concentration is that many students ? 70 percent of all undergraduates, according to a recent study ? end up choosing a different major than the one they indicated on their University application, Malkiel said."It's a good thing that students are changing their minds...the problem is too [many] minds are changing in one direction," Malkiel said.While 900 students in the classes of 2000 through 2003 anticipated majoring in the natural sciences, only 493 actually did.
The Daily Princetonian polled 213 undergraduate students last week about the eating clubs, academics versus activities and politics.The poll was conducted by phone last Tuesday through Thursday between 7:45 and 10:15 p.m.The following questions were asked of students.
Princeton students equally support bicker and sign-in eating clubs, a poll conducted by The Daily Princetonian last week shows.The telephone poll asked students whether they prefer hanging out in sign-in or bicker clubs, or both, and how they felt about the Bicker system.Roughly one-third of students think Bicker is a bad system, one-third think it is a good system and one-third had no opinion.Five percent of students polled said Bicker is a very good system.
More than 30 students, professors and community members held a vigil in front of Fitz-Randolph gate last night to protest the security wall Israel is building around the West Bank.Holding signs reading "Break Down the Apartheid Cage" and "Wall=Prison," the activists called for Israel to stop building the wall and withdraw from the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
A Daily Princetonian poll conducted last week found a majority of undergraduates disapprove of President Bush's performance as U.S.
The sexual harassment and assault awareness, response and education office (SHARE) has proposed three new statements clarifying the University's sexual harassment and stalking policies.The Council of the Princeton University Community is reviewing the proposals before including them in next year's "Rights, Rules and Responsibilities" book.The three proposed changes were drafted by Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis, director of the SHARE office."We aren't promising anything that is not already provided in the current handbook," Bryant-Davis said.
