Dr. David Freund needed to escape his quaint suburban environment for the weekend to convene with outside experts in his field.
In 1993, Henry Wechsler and a group of associates from the Harvard University School of Public Health embarked on the most extensive nationwide survey of college drinking ever conducted."We wanted to get a national picture of the extent of college student alcohol consumption and associated problems," Wechsler said.Eight years later, the survey results include three separate studies conducted in 1993, 1997 and 1999 that he harvested data from 140 schools and over 14,000 students.Frequent binge drinkers now comprise 22.7 percent of college students ? an increase of 14.5 percent since 1993.
Up to this semester, the average University humanities student looking to fulfill the lab requirement was limited to about three courses ? "Physics for poets," "Rocks for jocks" and "Shake 'n bake."This term, however, visiting geosciences professor Gregory van der Vink GS '83 has been added to the list.
Brown University Interim President Sheila Blumstein announced Saturday that the university will change its early admission procedure from a non-binding "early action" system to a binding "early decision" option.The change will take effect this fall with the class of 2006 admission cycle.This is a drastic change in Brown's admissions department, which had switched to a non-binding system two years ago.For the past two years, Brown candidates who were accepted early ? after having applied by Nov.
Though the room is almost dark, Nash continues to talk. The setting sun's rays coming in through the window of the ninth floor office in Fine Hall illuminates a single green leaf on an otherwise brittle, brown plant, and the circle of light on Nash's right cheek shrinks, while the left side of his face is already lost in shadow.Unable to clearly see his expressions, I offer to turn on the light."I was looking at that screen saver, and it looks better in the dark," Nash says, squinting his eyes in a way that looks like a facial shrug and forms two tight horizontal slits in an otherwise drooping face.Different neon-colored geometric shapes alternately appear on a computer across the room from Nash."It's OK," he says after a quiet moment, and I walk over to the switch that is next to the door.When I return, his gaze is still focused on the screen and he only turns to me when I ask another question.Nash's agreement is typical of his easy-going manner and his actions of the unabashed disregard for the ordinary that has characterized his life. Two weeks ago, as hundreds of students gathered in a large lecture hall for a chance to appear in a movie starring 'gladiator' Russell Crowe, the quiet, unconventional genius whom the movie is about sat in a small, paper-strewn room at the bottom of campus.
In a decision made earlier this month, the University moved to decrease its impact on the environment by limiting its contribution to the production of greenhouse gases.On Feb.
Sitting back from a microscope in a cramped closet of a room, Adam Friedman '01 is comfortable in his surroundings.
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke to a capacity crowd in McCosh 50 Friday night, concluding a two-day conference on James Madison and the Constitution.Though the material was specific and intellectual, Scalia maintained an upbeat pace and demeanor throughout the speech, even as the chants of protesters could be heard from outside.The 30 or 40 protesters, who gathered outside McCosh with banners and signs, yelled at audience members as they filed into the auditorium.
Saturday afternoon, throngs of alumni wandered through the Frist Campus Center, many for the first time, peering around corners and down hallways, trying to understand how this new Princeton fit with the Nassau they knew.Upstairs, above the bustling crowds and the endless chatter, in the secluded second floor offices of the Women's Center, Princetonians past and present eagerly awaited the beginning of a new tradition.
The expected difference in academic performance between students accepted at Princeton in special admissions rounds and "top" waiting-list applicants not admitted is no greater than the difference between B and C+ grade point averages, a University report released yesterday said."We were not moved to recommend any changes in admissions policy," said Dean of the College Neil L.
Answering Princeton's new financial aid plan unveiled by President Shapiro last month, Harvard University announced additional funding for student aid programs last week.The plan calls for an increase of $8.3 million in funding for the undergraduate scholarship program.
As the band belted a round of Louie Louie, and the players spilled onto the court at Friday's Harvard-Princeton men's basketball game, 5-year-old Philip Tsien gazed, wide-eyed, at the excitement before him.Clutching a plastic souvenir cup, with a tiger tail peeking from behind him, he happily sipped his Coca-Cola and watched his favorite team, the Tigers, warm up.Tsien, a kindergartner at Riverside Elementary, and about 30 other community children ages 5 to 13 received free admission to Friday's game and a pizza party catered by dining services as part of USG's Kids Day on Campus program."The three-part series, including a cartoon showing in Frist last December and an all-day story reading at Cotsen Library scheduled for April, is designed to foster the University's commitment to welcoming community members to campus," said Nina Langsam '03, USG's campus and community affairs chair."We want to make the community aware of the vibrant student life on campus, and we want the students to be more knowledgeable about the community . . . to feel like [Princeton] is their home and that they know the people in their neighborhood," said Langsam, who coordinates the program.To encourage this one-on-one interaction, Princeton student volunteers from such varied groups as Manna Christian Fellowship, Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and the Student Volunteers Council, paired with local children and ensured that their young buddies enjoyed rooting for the orange and black."I think its a fun way for us to interact, and it gives us a chance to spend some time with community kids," said Stacia Birdsall '02, who watched the game with 9-year-old Moriah Akrong.Akrong, a fourth grader at Littlebrook Elementary, agreed."I like basketball and I like the food, pizza, chips and funnel cake, and I like my partner and being here with my friend," she said.
The Princeton of 1884 was a very different place. The Graduate School had not yet been born. Princeton University was still the College of New Jersey.The Delaware and Raritan Canal was not a picturesque park but a means of mass transit; Lake Carnegie nothing but swampy farmlands.
Hundreds of students, faculty and campus workers gathered Saturday morning in Firestone Plaza to voice their criticism of the University's policies regarding campus employees.Representing such workers as librarians, custodial staff and dining services employees, the rally featured various speakers, including a few professors.Last week, representatives of the Workers' Rights Organizing Committee met with administrators in an effort to negotiate changes to the University's treatment of its lowest-paid workers.According to rally organizer David Tannenbaum '01, he and his colleagues found that the administration was unwilling to change its standards."On nearly every issue, they said that they felt comfortable with what the University's policies were," he explained."The reason we're having this rally is to make them feel uncomfortable, so they will change their policy," Tannenbaum said at the rally.Joining Tannenbaum in calling for better working conditions were several of the workers themselves, Wilson College Master Miguel Centeno, USG president Joe Kochan '02 and economics professor Elizabeth Bogan.In her brief speech, Bogan contested the argument that paying workers more than they are currently making would be anti-market."There is nothing anti-market in looking for ways to pay more to those of you who are at the lower end," she said.She also said that in the past 30 years, the ratio of the University president's salary to that of the lowest paid employee has gone from 30 to one to 200 to one.Bogan's attendance at the rally was seen as a step forward by many of the students there."The fact that she used economic analysis to support [the rally's cause]" was uplifting, Lauren Jones '03 said."There are a lot of really common-sensical notions that need to be addressed," she added, pointing specifically to affordable health care and keeping up with inflation.Mary Weiland, a University library assistant for 16 years, summed up her feeling on the University's attitude toward its employees."It seems as though the University resents paying me for the job they've hired me to do," Weiland said.During his speech, Centeno asked, "Does the University owe a morality to anything other than the market?"The answer, he said, is yes, since the University pays its professors salaries and charges its students tuition far more than the market rates for either."This is going to require sacrifice," he said, noting that faculty may have to take pay cuts and students may have to pay more in tuition.Once the speaking in Firestone Plaza was done, the crowd of over 350 people marched down to Jadwin Gym, chanting, "What do we want?
This weekend, undergraduate students and professors will put their heads together to sort through and attempt to understand the complexities of bioethics.
A nine-member panel ? arguably the most powerful in the world ? presides in Washington, D.C.
Between July 1, 2000 and July 1, 2001, 18 faculty members, including five full professors, will have submitted their resignations.Provost Jeremiah Ostriker said this turnover is normal."The only way to prevent other universities from luring away our faculty is to have faculty that no one wants.
For students who find themselves gazing enviously upon University workers scooting around in golf carts on cold, snowy February afternoons, Mark Holveck '01 has an answer: Build your own motorized bike."When I was little, I wished I could do it, and so now I finally did," he remarked.For Holveck, an investment of about $300 and 300 hours has translated to a gasoline-powered, 45 m.p.h., two-wheeled riding machine.Using the gasoline engine from an electric generator, Holveck modified his mountain bike so that the engine, throttled by a grip shifter mechanism on his handlebars, directs its power to the pedal sprockets.
When Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia comes to the University to speak this afternoon, he will not be well received by every member of the community.
Work on the headquarters of the French Club, which is to be situated in the eastern wing of the Brokaw Memorial Building, is progressing rapidly, and it is announced that the room will be ready for the reception of furniture by March 1.
