During senior year, it's the thesis. During junior year, it's junior independent work. During freshman year, it's the freshman and writing seminars.
In what remains a timely piece today, Whitney Seymour '45 wrote a column on the morality of war in his booklet 'Carpe Diem.' The following is the entirety of his essay.When most of us went off to war we were very young ? 20 or 21 years old on average.
September 11 may be a date that will be remembered by many after this year's events, but Dec. 7 was the original day of infamy in American history.On that faithful date in 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked, precipitating the deaths of thousands at the U.S.
Parts of the Frist Campus Center were closed and evacuated last night due to an anthrax scare after a male University graduate student spotted a suspicious white substance on the 100-level of the building.At 9:00 p.m.
Ramesh Ponnuru '95, a senior editor at National Review magazine, spoke last night in the Senate Chamber of Whig Hall about "Politics in Wartime."The talk was part of a speakers program organized by the University's American Whig-Cliosophic Society.In his speech, Ponnuru focused on how American politics has been affected both domestically and internationally by the Sept.
A third letter containing anthrax was postmarked in Trenton and processed in the Hamilton Township mail facility that handled the letters sent to NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Brokaw and Sen.
Each September, the incoming class gathers in Richardson Auditorium to be welcomed by University officials.
Four of the five races for freshman class office will go into runoff elections as all but one candidate, who ran unopposed for secretary, failed to win a majority of the vote.A two-day runoff election to determine the president, vice president, treasurer and social chair began early Sunday and will end tonight at 11:59 p.m.
Throughout his lifetime, University philosophy professor David Lewis incorporated his love of the discipline into every aspect of his existence.As a 16-year-old undergraduate at Swarthmore College in the 1950s, and later as a graduate student at Harvard University, Lewis began to explore such philosophical "hot topics" as causation, metaphysics, the philosophy of language and the idea of possible worlds.Lewis, 60, died last Sunday from complications from diabetes. While traveling on trains in various parts of the globe ? one of his favorite hobbies ? Lewis's mind would inevitably turn to philosophy, as the scenery raced by him.Even during the last year of his life, when illness caused him stay in the hospital, Lewis pondered philosophical concepts as he lay in bed.
The four candidates for the Princeton Borough Council spoke to approximately 25 students in a nearly empty Frist 302 last night.
Dean of the Graduate School John Wilson announced that he is planning to resign from his position this June at the end of the academic year.Wilson has been dean since 1994 and has been a faculty member of the religion department since 1960.
Over 200 University students, faculty and employees attended the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee rally yesterday to advocate fair wage increases for the University's lowest-paid workers.Last year, WROC was successful in lobbying the University to allocate $1.5 million to raise salaries of these workers to 101 percent of market rates, reduce outsourcing of labor to independent companies and reduce hiring of temporary workers.This year, WROC has new goals.According to Vincent Lloyd '03, an organizer of WROC, yesterday's rally was held to support a cost of living adjustment to protect worker salaries from inflation and protest the University's system of allocating raises through what WROC calls biased pay-for-performance reviews.
With the Princeton Borough Council election only weeks away, the USG will hold a forum for the four candidates to speak to students and community members Sunday night in Frist 302 at 8 p.m.USG campus and community affairs chair Nina Langsam '03 said each candidate will make a short statement.
Home. Quite literally, a place of permanent residence; a place that is comfortable; a place that belongs to you just as much as you belong to it.In about one week, I'll be going home for the first time in al-most two months.
For students who had to choose between work and procrastination, last Sunday's episode of "The Practice" on ABC may have served as a persuasive temptation toward the latter.Created by Princetonian David E.
A recent survey conducted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science indicated that there is still a large salary gap between men and women in the life sciences.The survey found that women employed full time in life sciences earn an average of $72,000 a year, 23 percent less than their male counterparts, who earn an average of $94,000 a year.
The Sept. 11 attacks instilled a sense of anxiety in America, especially concerning domestic and international air travel.
The measures the University has taken to heighten security on campus and how these compare to the precautions taken by other colleges remain at the forefront of the community's consciousness during the U.S.'s war on terrorism.Public Safety and the Universi-ty's Environmental Health and Safety department have held two meetings to train University mail handlers to look for suspicious packages.Public Safety has also increased security measures.Assistant director of Public Safety Charles Nouvel explained, "What we are doing applies to all institutions.
She stares into space. Pulls her fingers through her hair. Presses her hands against her cheeks. Wipes her forehead."S," she yells, mouthing the letter into her hand before announcing it into the microphone."U."She again raises her hands to her mouth before saying the letter.She continues: "F-F-L-A-M-I-N-A-T-E.
With the beginning of the 2001-02 academic year, Wilson College and its advisers launched the first Resident Community Adviser program to replace the RA/MAA program.
