Alumni and faculty are scrambling to stop plans to move Guyot Hall's Museum of Natural History, which the University closed Sept.
The most highly-prized brain in Princeton does not belong to a University student, or even a professor.
To accommodate projected student body growth and the expanded need for administrative phone numbers, all student phone extensions begin with a new 986 prefix this year, according to Frank Ferrara, University manager of telecommunications.Numbers for administrative offices and faculty members retain the 258 prefix, Ferrara said."The University has the entire 258 series, and we were low on numbers," he said.
In Thomas Sweet's newest Blend-In, the store's owners plan to close their Palmer Square shop Sept.
Green Party presidential nominee Ralph Nader '55, the last University alumnus left in this year's race, ran into some trouble with MasterCard International, Inc., this summer.But it was not a typical credit problem.MasterCard sued Nader's presidential campaign in August, saying that a Nader campaign advertisement ? meant to parody MasterCard's highly successful "Priceless" campaign ? violated the company's copyright and trademark.The Nader commercial accuses Texas Gov.
The Princeton Regional Health Commission is considering whether to appeal a state superior court ruling that recently overturned a smoking ban that would have prohibited smoking in most indoor public spaces.The commission's adoption of the ban in June ignited debate, prompting the National Smokers Alliance and Lahiere's, the Annex and the Ivy Inn to file a lawsuit against the smoking ordinance.And on Aug.
With five returning starters and a head coach entering his fifth full season, a great deal of optimism surrounded the men's basketball team's upcoming year.
President Clinton will visit campus this fall to give the keynote address for a conference on the progressive era in American history, the University announced last week.The conference, "The Progressive Tradition: Politics, Culture and History," will be held Oct.
Early admission candidates for the Class of 2005 will be welcomed to the University without Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon's signature 'Yes!' letters.Hargadon, who is on administrative leave until the regular admission process begins in January, has been replaced by Acting Dean of Admission Stephen LeMenager.LeMenager said he has assumed all of Hargadon's responsibilities without changing the structure of the admission process."I consider myself to be a caretaker for his office," LeMenager said Monday.
The busiest week of the year on Prospect Avenue ended in February with 932 students ? more than 80 percent of the sophomore class ? joining eating clubs through Bicker and sign-ins.Ivy Club had the highest selectivity rate, accepting only 64 of the 145 students who bickered.
Students get "Stoned" at Princeton all the time.The lure of the 18th-largest library in the country, Harvey S.
Welcome to the world of advanced electronic resources.While your parents are still struggling to program the DVD player, at Princeton you will be able to research your term paper, send e-mail to your friends or tour a museum in Paris ? all from the comfort of your own dorm room.All you need is a computer and a network connection to tap into the University's Dormnet system.So instead of becoming a "have-not" on an information-driven campus, overcome your computational phobias and learn about the electronic resources available to you as soon as you arrive at Princeton.
Princeton boasts a large and high-powered faculty worthy of its reputation as one of the best in the nation.These famous scholars, unlike their research-oriented counterparts at other Ivy League schools, often teach undergraduate courses ? maybe even yours. Nobel PrizesIn the past few years, Princeton has consistently produced Nobel Prize winners in various departments.Electrical Engineering professor Daniel Tsui won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 for his discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect.Molecular biology professor Eric Wieschaus shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1995 with two other researchers for their work on fruit fly genetics.In 1994, senior research mathematician John Nash shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with two research teammates for their work on game theory.Creative writing professor Toni Morrison, physics professor Joseph Taylor and researcher Russell Hulse, who works at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, all won Nobels in 1993.Morrison, who also won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved," coordinates the Princeton Atelier, a program that gives undergraduates the chance to collaborate with famous professionals in the creative world such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Physics professor Val Fitch won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1980 for his discoveries about high-energy subatomic particles.
Don't worry if you have no idea what courses you want to register for in the fall ? your academic advisers may help you feel a little less clueless.Under a system implemented in 1997, approximately 60 faculty members serve as advisers, with each counseling about 30 freshmen and sophomores.In each college, 10 faculty members advise freshmen while five are assigned to sophomores.
If you thought getting into Princeton was hard, wait until you see what you have to do to get out.Every spring, college seniors across the nation break out the sunglasses, play frisbee, drink beer and work on their tans.
A ban on smoking in nearly all public buildings in Princeton Borough and Township ? including the Prospect Avenue eating clubs ? will be in effect by the time students return to campus in September.The Princeton Regional Health Commission approved the ban at its June 1 meeting, despite a chorus of criticism during the last several months from eating club officers, local restaurant owners and organizations such as the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association.The ordinance prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars, cabarets, taverns, work places, restrooms, lobbies, reception areas, hallways, elevators and all other public enclosed areas with the exception of retail tobacco stores. Eating clubsFollowing its introduction in February, the ordinance sparked several months of confusion and controversy on the issue of whether it would apply to the eating clubs ? a question that was resolved on May 16, when the commission voted to reject an amendment that would have exempted private social clubs from the ban."It's an amendment that intends to clarify between private and public facilities," regional health officer Bill Hinshillwood said in explaining the amendment prior to its rejection.
If you thought you came to college to learn something practical, forget it. Princeton is one of the last bastions of the high-minded, esoteric and abstruse ? the liberal arts education.Come September, when you arrive at this small liberal arts university in central New Jersey, it will be time to begin your new life as an A.B., a candidate for Princeton's Bachelor of Arts degree.Ignore your calculator-toting roommates when they casually mention their course load of "Electromagnetic Field Theory and Optics" or "Mechanics of Solids and Fluids," ad nauseam.
Anders Chen '01 kept forgetting. He knew that people were starving in places around the world, that they lived without houses or clothes or doctors or books and that children died in swaths every day from malnutrition.He knew this.
After much debate by the administration, the University has decided to offer an introductory Swahili course again in the fall.Associate Dean of the College Hank Dobin announced that the class would make an encore appearance next year after weeks of protest by outraged students who opposed the University's initial decision to discontinue the class.The course will be administered under the African-American studies program next fall as a one-time course rather than as a student-initiated seminar.
Sixty-two percent of undergraduates feel "very safe" at the University, though 24 percent said they have been victims of theft, according to a recent Daily Princetonian survey of 758 students.Despite the relatively large percentage of students who say they have been robbed on campus, Public Safety Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said the 1999-2000 academic year crime statistics are in line with the previous year's numbers."I think [the crime rates are] very similar to last year," Weiser said.
