Princeton has been lauded in recent college rankings for attributes such as its graduation rate, the percentage of alumni who give money and its focus on undergraduate education.
Lampost and bulletin board signs like one asking "Interested in doing community service in Honduras this Intersession?" will disappear this year.As of Oct.
University students are responsible for approximately four tons of food waste daily.While most of the waste goes to a pig farm, Tom Szaky '05 and his company Terracycle have a better idea for its use.Terracycle recently signed a contract through which it will receive 130 tons of food waste daily from clients throughout northern New Jersey, including Princeton.Founded 14 months ago, Terracycle proposes a new method of composting food waste into soil, one which Szaky says is both extremely effective and environmentally friendly.Szaky's process, the result of collaboration with Jon Beyer '05 at the beginning of their freshman year, seeks to recreate the natural process of composting that occurs in the top six inches of the forest floor.Terracycle's approach uses technology to replicate and enhance the natural process of recycling waste ? particularly through the use of red worms.Szaky emphasized that this method has many positive results.
NEW YORK - New plans to redesign the World Trade Center site went on view for the public this week, and among the architects are seven Princetonians ? including three faculty members, a former visiting professor, two alumni and Dean of the Architecture School Stan Allen GS '88.The new designs were created after the public rejected a previous set of plans released in the summer.Their redevelopment proposals will remain on display through Feb.
"You know, I really don't write anymore."It may seem strange to hear these words from bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer '99, but on Dec.
In searching for a new master of Butler College, University deans Kathleen Deignan and Nancy Malkiel conducted years of interviews with numerous candidates.They sought someone who is "deeply committed to undergraduate education," has a good track record and cares about students, said Malkiel, dean of the college.After completing the process, they decided on Lee Mitchell, the Holmes Professor of Belles-Lettres in the Department of English and last week announced that he will become Butler College master beginning July 1.As a senior fellow at Rockefeller College, Mitchell was considered a qualified candidate."This is an unusual process to appoint a college master because it often takes years of consideration," Malkiel said.
In the early 19th century, in London's Fleet Prison, men were beating each other with sticks and breaking bones.
A half-empty can of evaporated milk, a few leftover falafels wrapped in tin foil, two cans of tuna, three potatoes, a bag of carrots, half eaten brownies, a package of fahitas, one yogurt, two pears, half a clove of garlic, condiments and a few liquors are in your refrigerator.Could you make a meal out of this?
The best use for the laptop Elizabeth Bailey '04 bought through the Student Computer Initiative her freshman year may now be as a paperweight or doorstop."It's barely worth traveling with, and I know I can't write my JP or my thesis on it," she said.
A Princeton Borough police officer pleaded guilty Monday to reckless driving, but his DWI charge was dismissed.
CIA director George Tenet named Robert Hutchings, assistant dean of the Wilson School, to head the National Intelligence Council yesterday.
Participants at the Black Thoughts Table meeting last night expressed concerns that the USG is unresponsive to African-American issues and that upperclassmen dining options need to be reformed.The meeting, a result of the town hall forum on African-American life at the University, occurred one day after the Committee on African-American Life at Princeton presented a report to the Council of the Princeton University Community concerning issues related to black student life.Topics in the conversation included a perceived problematic USG, the eating clubs and the state of the Carl A.
The Undergraduate Disability Issues Committee presented a report for improving the quality of life for disabled students at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting Monday afternoon.The recommendations include improving accessibility to buildings by adding ramps and widening doorways and increasing awareness through MAA training and special events.The committee was created this semester to examine the needs of disabled students on campus."The goal of the committee is to raise awareness about the needs of disabled students on campus," said Kristen Wieghaus '03, a member of the committee.
Intellectualism. A moratorium that has incensed athletes. A candidate calling his peers "tools." These are the themes of this year's USG contest, one that has mirrored the competition and controversy of professional politics, and one that will end today, when students choose the USG president, vice president and other leaders in runoffs.The two remaining USG presidential candidates, Sonya Mirbagheri '04 and Pettus Randall '04, squared off Monday night in a meeting at The Daily Princetonian.
Princeton reminds me of everything I am. Tall. Brown. Big-boned. Quiet. I speak "Indian (pronounced In-din) English." I have a near zero bank account.
November elections may be long gone but there is still some lobbying happening on campus. Newly enforced rules prohibiting partisan groups from conducting voter registration drives, campaign rallies or fund-raising events for their candidates have sparked student response.The newly enforced restrictions resulted from a University clarification about its tax-exempt status.
Public Safety officers shut down the "12 Drinks of Clapp" party shortly after it began Saturday night.
Although Brian McDonald '83 graduated from the University nearly 20 years ago, he has never been very far away.
In the most recent issue of the Princeton Tory, executive board members accused USG president Nina Langsam '03 of condemning and threatening the conservative publication ? acts they say fall outside her jurisdiction.The board followed up the accusations with a press release to local media, accusing Langsam of attempts to suppress free expression."[Nina's] position as USG president says she is to represent all constituents," said the publisher of the Tory, Pete Hegseth '03.
The USG announced the results of its executive and senatorial elections today ? putting Sonya Mirbagheri '04 and Pettus Randall '04 in the runoff for president.Mirbagheri received 884 votes in the first round of voting, said USG elections manager Michael Kimberly '03.
