Anyone who works out at Stephens Fitness Center knows that men outnumber women in the downstairs area, home to the free weights, squat racks, and bench racks.
Arthur C. Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, and New York Times monthly columnist Arthur C. Brooks sat down with The Daily Princetonian Tuesday afternoon. Below is a lightly edited transcript of the conversation.
The fencing team is working with a new strength and conditioning coach pending an investigation into the team fall break training trip to Budapest, Hungary.
Monday’s Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting provided a rare glimpse into administrators’ opinions regarding current student activism like the Ban the Box campaign. Meeting organizers also discusses initiatives like the Pace Center’s new Service Focus program, and scientific innovation on campus.
On Nov. 11, designated as “Kognito Day,” first-year students participated in Kognito, an online simulation designed to help students identify signs of psychological distress in others and intervene.
A student club designed to invigorate women will likely die out after its founder graduates next spring.
At around 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, a Coach USA bus transporting University students to the Princeton versus Yale football game crashed into a building in West Haven, Conn., approximately 10 minutes from New Haven.
The Undergraduate Student Government discussed a referendum on Campbell Hall bathrooms, the upcoming bonfire, and the Thanksgiving buses in its weekly meeting on Nov. 11.
“Drinking is a big part of heterosexual students’ strategies to accrue sexual experiences,“ said Dr. Jennifer Hirsch ’88, professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia.
On Nov. 9, the two members of New Jersey State Police SWAT unit who fatally shot Scott L. Mielentz at the Nassau Street Panera Bread last March were cleared of wrongdoing. The New Jersey Attorney General’s office released a report on Friday justifying the use of deadly force.
University students are redefining the charismatic rendition of a perky California dream girl by casting a person of color for lead character Elle Woods in “Legally Blonde, The Musical.”
At around 10 a.m. Sat. morning, a Coach USA bus transporting University students to the Princeton v. Yale football game crashed into a building in West Haven, approximately 10 minutes from New Haven.
This past fall, the University welcomed transfer students for the first time in decades. The nine students come from a variety of backgrounds, including prior enrollment in community colleges and service in the military.
“I always intend to be seen as a resource to students,” said Cook. “A person can’t be everything to everyone, but what’s most important is the ability to get students connected to the resources they need.”
For the summer of 2019, the Office of International Programs has reformed its International Internship Program (IIP) offerings by shrinking “cohort” sizes and sending students to more developing countries, all in an attempt to increase cultural integration.
Few novels in history have permeated the collective consciousness like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein.” On Thursday, a five-person panel examined the various ways in which the novel has influenced literature, philosophy, and the pursuit of scientific knowledge.
Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama, advocated for mandatory voting in her talk on Wednesday, Nov. 7, at the University. Mandatory voting would help depolarize the current political climate, according to Jarrett.
“Familiarity with technology as a user [and] some ability to think a little more deeply about how it works and about what is likely to be able to do and not do — that’s going to be core knowledge for policy professionals in the future.”
Voters in the 2018 midterms gave the country varied results — and Princetonians were in the mix across the board. Texans re-elected Republican Sen. Ted Cruz ’92 for another term, and Coloradans chose Democrat Jared Polis ’96 for their next governor, the nation’s first openly gay governor. In New Jersey, incumbent Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez kept his Senate seat after a feisty challenge from U. Trustee Bob Hugin ’76.
