Bill Bradley '65 came up short in his drive for a win in the Washington Democratic primary yesterday, despite intense campaigning in the last week.
When Constance Foster '00 came back from summer break for junior year, she found she had a new knack for annoying her friends."I wouldn't shut up about this awesome summer job I had," explained Foster, who had spent 10 weeks interning at the nonprofit Quebec Labrador Foundation, based in Ipswich, Mass.
Beginning this summer, University graduate students seeking to become preceptors or teaching assistants will be tested for English proficiency as part of a Graduate College training program, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the Graduate College David Redman said yesterday.Though student complaints about language barriers between undergraduates and their graduate student instructors have contributed to the move toward tighter procedures, the initiative is part of a national trend of universities developing English-proficiency programs for international students, according to Jacqueline Mintz, director of the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.In the revamped system ? which is being coordinated by the McGraw center ? all graduate students who are not native English speakers or have not earned their undergraduate degrees at a U.S.
After 12 years as the University's director of communications, Justin Harmon '78 will leave May 1 to accept a position overseeing communications-related activities at Wesleyan University.As the campus's outlet to the media, Harmon supervises the University's core publications ? such as the Princeton Weekly Bulletin ? and serves as its principal spokesman.
During fall break I had the opportunity to intern at Latham and Watkins, a Washington, D.C. law firm.
The Executive Committee of the University Board of Trustees met Friday during Alumni Day weekend festivities.
The Forbes College staff began restricting access to the Main Inn kitchen last week following repeated physical abuse of the room by unknown students.The act has prompted complaints from Forbes residents over their limited access to the facility.Forbes College Administrator Alison Cook said students had been warned after the custodial staff had found the kitchen in a disorderly state, but after a group left the facility especially dirty approximately one week ago, the staff locked the entrance."It was the third or fourth incident in that kitchen in recent days," Cook said.
As Princeton students scramble to secure the best jobs possible beyond the gates, Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri '01 is able to take a less pragmatic approach toward her time here.
Two extraordinary seniors shared the stage at the Alumni Association Luncheon and Awards Ceremony at Jadwin Gymnasium on Saturday.President Shapiro awarded the M.
For the first time since his committee released its report, Paul Wythes '55 spent the weekend visiting the campus he believes should house 500 more students.He met with some of the University's leaders, including members of the Alumni Council Executive Committee, the Governing Board of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni and the USG.Before returning home yesterday morning, Wythes ? who is a founding general partner of Sutter Hill Ventures, a venture-capital firm in Palo Alto, Calif.
Who should make decisions for individuals who are incapable of making their own? How should health care providers determine when a patient is incompetent?
After half a century in any career, most people would want a break. But not University professor emeritus Victor Brombert."It went by very fast," Brombert said in an interview Friday.
When Sally Frank '80 attended the University during the late 1970s, she joined student activists who fought against everything from South African apartheid to the absence of locks on women's bathrooms in the dorms.
It took the Agape Christian Fellowship six years to get the name its members wanted."We had gotten feedback that there was a problem with the name," said Carrie Guyton '00, the group's vice president, explaining why the evangelical group formerly known as Campus Crusade for Christ elected to switch its name last year.
The Chancellor Green rotunda has become a source of controversy this winter, as many students responded with outrage to the University's decision ? made without soliciting undergraduate student input ? to convert the popular cafe to academic space.Student leaders reacted with surprise and dismay in a Dec.
The public smoking ban recently proposed by the Princeton Regional Health Commission will extend to the Prospect Avenue eating clubs, according to Bill Hinschillwood, the commission's health officer."I don't know all the details of what the setups are at the eating clubs, but I would assume the dining rooms would be considered a public place," he said.
The Wythes committee's proposed 10-percent increase in the size of the student body has raised questions this semester over whether the University's residential housing and projected faculty growth will be able to accommodate 500 additional students.President Shapiro said in interviews this week that he believes faculty size may need to grow more quickly than outlined in the Wythes Committee Report to prevent the proposed larger student body from adversely affecting the quality of education at the University.Shapiro, who is a member of the Wythes committee, said significant faculty growth is already needed in many of the University's academic departments.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly saw a wealth of changes this past fall, welcoming two editors-in-chief and transferring administrative responsibility for the publication to the University's Alumni Council.After only four issues at the helm of the PAW, Janice Harayda left her position as editor-in-chief of the publication in early November, University and magazine officials said Nov.
The busiest week on Prospect Avenue ended Feb. 5 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.
Paul Breitman, a Rutgers University dean for 18 years, became Princeton's first Frist Campus Center director in January.Breitman served in several positions during his time at Rutgers, including his most recent role as the director of the three student centers there.
