The findings of a two-month long study on the quality of the University's precept system were presented at a U-Council meeting last night.
The tiny Central Asian Kingdom of Bhutan was the perfect place for Sports Illustrated senior writer Alexander Wolff '79 to strike up a conversation about basketball."Do you suppose that Michael Jordan has any idea that in the most remote part of the Himalayas, in the Kingdom of Bhutan, there are people who know who he is ? people who care what he does?" asked Karma Lam Dorji, the country's only certified basketball coach and referee.Wolff wanted to answer, "Of course, yes.
The classics department reorganized its new program this year to allow students to become concentrators with no previous Latin or Greek experience.Classical studies, a program in the classics department and available to the Class of 2003, marks an unprecedented departure from the stringent language requirements that usually limit admission of prospective classics majors.The new program also allows students to assume a more active role in directing their course of study."The most important feature of this new program is its flexibility," departmental representative Andrew Feldherr '85 said."A student will come to us with a specific area of interest, such as Roman history or Latin literature, and we then work together to tailor a program with that particular interest in mind," he said.Normally, those seeking entrance into the classics department must complete the equivalent of Greek or Latin as the University's 108-level.
College students nationwide have been participating in the Oxfam America Collegiate Click Drive to help fund self-employment for impoverished people around the world.Since March 11, students visiting www.povertyfighters.com have been donating money on behalf of their universities by clicking under the names of their schools.Students can click up to twice a day to donate 25 cents to the drive for each click.In addition to benefiting charity, the drive also allows colleges to compete for the most donations.
The USG spring event will feature a comedy show this month starring comedians Tracy Morgan, Jay Mohr and Robert Kelly, the USG announced last night.The event, named "Thursday Night Live," will take place April 18 in Dillon Gym and will be emceed by Kelly.
President Tilghman raised questions about the role of fraternities and sororities and the quality of health care during a USG Senate meeting last night.The meeting also included votes on two contentious election reform issues.Tilghman began by discussing the role of fraternities and sororities on campus, an issue which she said has become a concern for the University Board of Trustees.Because the rush process occurs so early in a student's four years at the University, fraternities and sororities may limit the diversity of their experiences on campus, she said."What you're doing is really quickly you're narrowing down the space that you're going to explore," she said.Tilghman also expressed concern about the perceived associations between certain eating clubs and fraternities."It doubly worries [the Trustees] because there is the added perception that sororities and fraternities are acting as a feeder for the eating clubs," she said.Although the administration could not force fraternities ? which are not recognized by the University ? to comply, Tilghman said the administration could make clear its position on the matter and pressure them into taking action.Tilghman also solicited input on the quality of care at McCosh Health Center, evoking both positive and negative responses.One oft-cited issue was the difference in care between the first-floor facilities, which perform outpatient services, and the second floor, which contains mostly inpatient services.The administration is planning a $250,000 renovation of McCosh, Tilghman said.After Tilghman's address, the senate voted on two election reform issues that remained unresolved from the last meeting.A measure removing restrictions on mass e-mails during campaigns passed by a 10-to-nine vote, while a proposal to shorten the voting period from three days to one was defeated by a 12-to-six vote.Also at the meeting, U-Councilor Allison Arensman '04 expressed concern that the administration was not actively addressing the issues brought up in last year's minority and women's issues reports."I don't see very much substantive evidence that [administrators] are doing anything in regards to these reports," she said.
Though "self-evident" to the founding fathers of the United States, the notion that "all men are created equal" is easier said than applied.Only recently has the nation moved past an institutional racial hierarchy, which reigned not only over African Americans but also over Asian Americans, said Jennifer Hochschild, a Harvard University government professor.Hochschild ? along with former presidential candidate Steve Forbes '70, N.J.
Buster Soaries, the Republican challenging incumbent Rush Holt for the chance to represent Princeton's district in Congress, provided insight into his views on abortion and other key issues during a campus appearance Friday.The Baptist minister and former N.J.
He was standing on the edge: both the edge of athletics and the edge of DeNunzio Pool.It was January 2000, immediately after Christmas break when the athletes were returning to school.
On a recent "60 Minutes" episode, Andy Rooney voiced a complaint about what he sees as the meager amount of time that college students spend in class.Rooney pointed to the limited number of hours per week devoted to lectures and seminars and the presence of long weekends in many students schedules ? specifically the absence of Friday classes.
In the Pride Alliance archives in Mudd Library, amid serious letters, meeting minutes and Pride rally posters, there is a Hallmark card.It is probably there by accident ? a short, friendly, handwritten note from one member of the organization to another.
"So, if I told you a year ago that you'd be here, driving away from Philly International Airport in Nina's Corsica, with me, Ediz and Jessica Jones, me going to Haverford, you at Princeton ? what are the chances that you would have believed me?"That was Tolga.
As members of the Class of 2002 rush to finish their theses and wait for job responses from companies, they must also prepare to face the "real world" beyond the gates of the University campus.Cap and Compass, a small Connecticut-based company, aims to prepare college students for the transition from the classroom and dormitories to the workplace and independent living.According to Cap and Compass ? founded in 2000 by two recent graduates of Duke University ? 73 percent of students do not feel prepared for the transition from college to life as a young professional.The statistic is based on responses to a questionnaire given to college students attending the company's seminars, which discuss important skills needed for various job fields and within everyday working life.Cap and Compass has created five humorous seminars to be conducted on college campuses at the request of students, alumni or campus career services representatives.
Amid the escalating violence in the Middle East, American universities have been increasingly hesitant to send students to Israel for study abroad.The Office of the President at the University of California decided to suspend all its study abroad programs to Israel until the situation improves, said Hanan Eisenman, a UC spokesman.The decision places the UC system in the same position as the University of Washington and the University of Colorado, both of which have already suspended their own study abroad programs to Israel.Princeton University is also discouraging students from studying abroad in Israel, despite differences in the way its study abroad programs are set up.The UC system will strongly encourage the 27 students that are studying in Israel to return to the United States, Eisenman said.After next Thursday, students will no longer receive credit from the university but will have to be reapproved for credit as international students."In light of the escalating violence [in Israel], the safe and prudent thing to do was to suspend the program and call those students home that were studying there," Eisenman said.
A group of leading animal rights activists will gather in Trenton on Sunday for the Factory Farming Forum and Rally.The conference will feature various speakers, including bioethics professor Peter Singer of the University Center for Human Values.
A group of University students brought girl power to the John Witherspoon School yesterday ? without the Spice Girls.As part of a pilot program they call Girls Empowerment, a group of OWL members invited girls in grades six through eight to take part in an after-school workshop discussing body image and self-esteem issues.Twelve girls participated in the hour-long workshop, which consisted of three stations.
Community volunteers and several local garden clubs dedicated a bed of nearly 7,000 yellow daffodils at Princeton Battlefield State Park last Saturday to all victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.Barbara Gallup, a member of The Garden Club of Princeton, with the group's president, Milly King, developed the original idea for the memorial last fall "We felt the need to do something, and a garden would certainly be an appropriate thing," King said.
The University was among several Ivy League schools to see a marked increase in applications for admission this year, Dean of Admissions Fred Hargadon said, as decision letters were mailed to prospective members of the Class of 2006 yesterday.Application numbers were also higher at Columbia, Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth Universities, but dipped at Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania.Officials at Brown University declined to release their admissions figures.More than 14,500 students applied to the University this year, a 1.4-percent increase from the 14,287 applications for the Class of 2005.
The appointment of a chief privacy officer at the University of Pennsylvania has generated questions over whether Princeton and other universities should also create a centralized office for privacy concerns.Penn appointed Lauren Barnett Steinfeld as its chief privacy officer on Jan.
Leaving regional job offers behind, Paul Hackwell '02 will head to Oxford University next year to study English on a Keasbey Scholarship.
