Maureen Nash began her position as Princeton's new vice president of human resources last Wednesday.
'Roundtable Ethics' features University faculty members answering ethical and moral questions solicited from the community.
A University sophomore is suspected of stealing $5,000 in print cartridges from campus computer clusters, according to a Princeton Township Police press release.Tyson Evenson '05 was arrested by the Township Police on Dec.
Eugene McPartland, vice president of facilities at Princeton from 1983 to 1999, died Monday. He was 68.McPartland was involved with numerous University projects during his tenure, including the residential college system, which was established in 1982.
WASHINGTON ? Bill Frist '74, a heart and lung transplant surgeon turned Republican U.S. senator, took over as the Senate majority leader on Monday.Frist emerged in mid-December as the Republicans' choice to replace Trent Lott, who stepped down after suggesting the country would be better off if a segregationist had been elected president in 1948.Frist said at a Dec.
Tofu Parmesan won't be the only organic-sounding dinner item this Thursday at Forbes College and the Graduate College, and if it all goes well, students may soon see a wide selection of eco-friendly menu choices.A campus environmental group has paired with Dining Services and the president's environmental oversight committee to bring the meal to students.Thursday's dinner is the annual "Unit Special" or theme dinner in the dining halls where the staffs decide on a special menu.Menu items include jalapeno-fried free-range chicken, farm-raised corn meal-crusted catfish with cilantro cream and organic Colorado quinoa with caramelized onions.Organic foods have strict guidelines for production and are reportedly better for the consumer and the environment.
The Princeton Borough Council adopted a multi-million dollar bond ordinance for the downtown redevelopment plan at its Dec.
NEW YORK ? New plans to redesign the World Trade Center site went on view for the public in December, 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.Their redevelopment proposals will remain on display through Feb.
Never before have I walked past a church in the Western world and seen crowds of young people shoving and screaming outside as though a concert were taking place inside.
PHILADELPHIA ? A status hearing Dec. 17 set the preliminary hearing date for five University of Pennsylvania students charged with assaulting a Princeton debater.The preliminary hearing, which will determine whether the evidence against the students warrants a trial, will be held at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Feb.
The Princeton Borough Council adopted a multimillion-dollar bond ordinance for the downtown redevelopment plan at its Dec.
Pettus Randall '04 was declared the next USG president yesterday, capping an election marked by narrow margins and high voter turnout."I'm absolutely thrilled," Randall said last night.Randall made up a deficit in the first round of elections to edge out Sonya Mirbagheri '04 in the presidential runoff, garnering 1341 votes to Mirbagheri's 1295, said Michael Kimberly '03, senior elections manager.Randall said he wants to address the seven-week athletics moratorium and push for a 24-hour study area when he takes office next semester.The moratorium is "fundamentally flawed" by inappropriately singling out athletics, Randall said.Randall, who last week wrote a USG resolution denouncing the moratorium, said he hopes to work with the University administration to understand the goal of the moratorium ? and find a better way to address it.More broadly, Randall said he wants the USG to "be more relevant to the students" by making substantive changes and standing up to the administration.In the vice-presidential runoff, Jacqui Perlman '04 received 63 percent of the vote to defeat Brooke Stoddard '04.The voter turnout was 59 percent, up from 57 percent in the general election.
The Princeton Township Committee voted again in favor of a resolution to hire a wildlife management firm to reduce the local deer population through sharpshooting and the net-and-bolt technique.
WASHINGTON ? Bill Frist '74, a heart and lung transplant surgeon turned Republican U.S. senator, will take over as majority leader of the Senate when it reconvenes on Jan.
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.
