Amy Gutmann, the University's provost, recently published a new book titled "Identity in Democracy." Before assuming her position as provost in fall 2001, Gutmann was a professor in the politics department.
Many rising juniors found themselves without a room Friday when upperclass room draw ended ? but not more than usual, said Adam Rockman, undergraduate housing coordinator.Rockman said the University will probably have campus housing for all interested undergraduates.
Three students won an English department prize yesterday offering them each a $3,500 stipend for summer research.The A.
Because of glitches in the registrar's verification process, results of the four referenda on the Honor Code were still not available last night, USG officials said.But USG president Pettus Randall '04 said results should be certified and released sometime today.
Princeton Borough Police charged a University student early Sunday morning with urinating in public, harassment, resisting arrest and hindering apprehension, according to a police statement.Nicholas Brown '04 was stopped by police at about 4 a.m.
Every weekday at 3:30 p.m., dozens of math professors and graduate students gather in the Common Room on the third floor of Fine Hall.
About 100 students, faculty, staff and community members discussed reparations and other possible solutions to civil rights issues at the Civil Rights Conference on Saturday.The conference had two goals.
The University announced yesterday that David Dobkin, who has chaired the computer science department for nine years, will be the new dean of the faculty beginning July 1.Dobkin, who has been a Princeton professor for 22 years, said he is looking forward to working closely with President Tilghman and Provost Amy Gutmann."It's an incredible honor," he said.
The USG declined last night to release the results of the referendum on four proposed amendments to the Honor Code, citing its standing policy, as there was also confusion this weekend about the closing time of the online voting system, campaigning by Honor Committee members and the tallying of the vote.As a matter of policy, USG president Pettus Randall '04 said the USG withheld the results of the vote on the Honor Code changes proposed by Jonathan Chavkin, class of '05 senator, until they could be verified by the registrar later today.The USG also withheld the results of the U-Council and class government elections.
A possible solution in the U. S. conflict with North Korea is to encourage Japan to rearm in the face of nuclear threat from the communist nation, former Secretary of State George Schultz '42 said in a lecture Friday.
At the USG's weekly meeting last night in Frist Campus Center, Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel explained the administration's research and possible response to grade inflation."I would consider it a considerable accomplishment if we were to stop the upward trend in mean GPA," she said.Malkiel reiterated that the administration is not considering mandating a grading curve.
Only catchy "doo doos" and "da das" sung to the tune of obscure oldies broke Amiri Baraka's charged poetry last night in Caf
Two University undergraduates were arrested during the past two days for driving while intoxicated, Borough Police said.Andrew McCagg '05, 20, was charged at 1:51 a.m.
Dan Peng '05 has hired Howard Ende, a former University general counsel, and Melissa Klipp at the local firm of Drinker, Biddle & Reath to defend him in a suit filed by the Recording Industry Association of America, Ende said yesterday.The RIAA announced last week that it had sued Peng and three other college students for what could be millions of dollars in copyright violations.
University undergraduates will have the opportunity to vote on four proposed amendments to the Honor Code during this weekend's USG elections.
Grade inflation, a longstanding concern at many schools, has received particular attention at the University after the release of a faculty report expressing concern over the matter.While Ivy League administrators differ on how severely the problem is hurting the academic environment, they agree that reversing the trend will be difficult if not impossible."It's an extremely widespread problem, [but] maybe a problem that isn't worth spending a huge amount of time on," said John O'Keefe, associate dean for undergraduate education at Harvard University.In February, when a Princeton committee asked faculty to help find solutions to rising mean GPAs and increased clustering of grades in the B-plus to A range, it noted that peer institutions were experiencing the same trends.For several years, grading has been a topic of discussion at the meeting of the Ivy Deans ? comprising the eight league schools plus Stanford University, the University of Chicago and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Nancy Weiss Malkiel, dean of the college.The meetings have been productive, but Malkiel said she wished "anyone knew how to solve it."D.
The house at 83 Stockton St. is set back about 150 feet from the busy Rt. 206 thoroughfare. That's the way its primary resident, University President Tilghman, likes it.Since Tilghman assumed the University's highest post nearly two years ago and moved into the school's most prestigious off-campus address, she has worked hard to make it less of "another institutional building" and more of a home for her and her two children.The yellow sandstone house, the official residence of the president since 1968, was given to the University by Barbara Armour Lowrie in 1960 in memory of her husband, Walter Lowrie, Class of 1890.
Though the University's endowment is less than half the size of Harvard University's, Harvard's cost-cutting measures save only slightly more ? between a half million and $1.5 million ? than Princeton's do.Each year, the University has saved more than $2 million per year through cost-cutting measures.
Along with the warming weather and blooming flowers that ? with the possible exception of this year ? signal spring, come the departmental open houses, meant to aid those sophomores sweating out the decision of which major to choose and for which certificates to apply.Though nearly all of the University's academic departments host open houses for sophomores, each has its own goal for what it seeks to accomplish though the event.Some departments see spring open houses as an opportunity to pull in new concentrators who might not have previously considered the department seriously."It definitely is recruiting," said Michael Andal, the department manager of the Princeton Materials Institute, which oversees the Program in Materials Science and Engineering."We've had walk-ins who've had little exposure and just wanted to check it out," in addition to students with more experience in the department, Andal said.Other departments want to introduce sophomores to its requirements and curriculum."We are a small program," said Gabriella Eggers, a manager in the linguistics department.
