Princeton students and alumni who picked up the Jan. 12 edition of The New York Times encountered a big surprise.
With the Borough facing a $23-million debt, some area residents are raising questions about a recently proposed salary increase for Borough Mayor Marvin Reed and six Borough Council members.Under the proposal, Reed's current salary of $6,500 for his part-time position would nearly double to $12,500.
Steve Forbes '70, millionaire publisher and Republican presidential candidate, will likely announce his withdrawal from the race in a press conference this afternoon, a campaign spokesman said yesterday.After spending millions of dollars in his bid for the presidency, Forbes had a strong showing in the Iowa caucus last month.
Since the release of the Wythes Committee Report by the University Board of Trustees last week, administrators and faculty members have had an opportunity to examine the committee's proposal and assess its recommendations.Many expressed concern that an increase in the size of the student body could adversely affect the quality of education at the University."In general, I'm skeptical of adding 500 students," economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said.
It happens right about this time for most sophomores ? the gradual dawning of understanding about the awful and awesome choices that are involved with being at Princeton.
Students attending spring semester classes in the Frist Campus Center last Monday found themselves in a building replete with both historical artifacts and state-of-the-art technology.Frist 302, an upstairs lecture hall, features rows of old-fashioned chairs that had been in Palmer Hall since its opening.
"My schedule is a lot better from last semester. There are less tedious courses, more seminars and upper level courses, more personal contact with professors.
While most University students are busy buying books and starting classes, a couple of their peers are busy meeting with venture capitalists and earning six-figure salaries.
Government officials are studying a proposed road that would provide Princeton residents with direct access to the New Jersey Turnpike.The road ? to be designated Route 92 ? would spur from the turnpike at exit 8A near Jamesburg and connect with U.S.
Steve Forbes '70 took third place in the Delaware Republican presidential primary yesterday, despite campaigning hard in the nation's first state.
Independent research at the University is about to get a little easier with the launch of a new Webpage designed to make the library more user-friendly.
It often seems that the offices of campus publications are dominated by social science and humanities majors, with a notable absence of engineers and science concentrators.But several science majors and engineers are seeking to change that, carving a niche for themselves in the campus journalism community with a magazine dedicated to science and technology.Yorell Manon-Matos '00 noticed that the University lacked a science journal from the moment he arrived on campus as a freshman."I wanted to learn more about science, but there was nowhere to go," he said.
When the clock reached midnight Jan. 1, most people in the world were excited to say they had lived in two centuries.
A 12-inch, 15-pound stone fell from the northwest side of Edwards Hall on Friday, nearly striking a building services employee who was shoveling snow outside the dorm, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser."[The custodian] heard a rumbling and looked up and saw a stone falling off the roof," Weiser said.
As the Internet becomes an increasingly crucial medium for disseminating information, the University has begun to offer special online courses to alumni, according to associate provost Georgia Nugent '73.The University has sponsored three Web-based courses thus far, and yesterday announced a new mini-course pertaining to Nelson Mandela, associate director of the Alumni Council Doug Blair '71 said.The effort has been driven by a desire to add an educational dimension to the alumni's relationship with the University.
Four years after students occupied Nassau Hall to protest what they saw as a weak commitment to Asian-American and Latino studies, the University has fulfilled one of its chief promises to the protesters by hiring Grace Hong, a specialist in Asian-American studies.Hong taught in the English department at the University of California at San Diego, which she described as "quite different from Princeton.""I'm hoping to add some permanent courses, to think more in the long term," Hong said of her new position.
Indianapolis Colts running back and former Princeton football player Keith Elias '94 was arrested at a bar in Seaside Heights, N.J., early Sunday morning, according to police.Detective Sgt.
Americans came to recognize the Long Island accent of Doris Kearns Goodwin this year when television networks turned to her expertise during President Clinton's impeachment trial and following John Kennedy, Jr.'s death.Goodwin, who will speak today in McCosh 50, is one of the best-known historians specializing in the 20th century and the presidency.
The busiest week on Prospect Avenue ended Saturday with 932 students ? more than 80 percent of the sophomore class ? joining eating clubs through Bicker and sign-ins, according to ICC Advisor Marty Crotty '98.Ivy Club had the highest selectivity rate, accepting only 64 of the 145 students who bickered.
A typical student's morning begins with the buzzing of an alarm clock or the blaring of a radio, but for Michael Stein '03, no alarm sounds at the appointed wakeup time.
