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For Sinai Scholars, a class but not a course

For Sinai Scholars, a class but not a course

In some ways, it resembles a regular University course: Students meet weekly around a table to discuss readings and hand in a major paper at the end of the semester. But the $350 check students earn at the course’s completion is a reward not listed in the Undergraduate Announcement.The Sinai Scholars program, hosted by the University’s Chabad chapter, markets itself as a “class” on the 10 Commandments. Students meet weekly over dinner and discuss texts, but no homework is expected for the course. And as students shop classes and schedules, the program is recruiting them to sign up for the weekly course and noting the $350 stipend they receive upon completion of the course.

NEWS | 09/20/2012

On Sunday, Michelle Obama '85 to pop Orange Bubble

First lady Michelle Obama ’85 will come to Princeton Township to speak at a fundraiser for Barack Obama’s reelection campaign on Sunday, Sept. 23, her first fundraising visit to the area and a rare acknowledgement of her alma mater.

NEWS | 09/20/2012

Ai Weiwei, controversial sculptor, brings artwork to Wilson School

Students returning to campus this fall were greeted by an unfamiliar sight — 12 enormous animal heads, each 10 feet tall and cast in bronze, lined up along the Fountain of Freedom outside Robertson Hall.

NEWS | 09/20/2012

With release of report, beginning of end of consolidation process

The January consolidation between Princeton Borough and Princeton Township entered the final stage of the yearlong process on Wednesday evening as the Transition Task Force released the first draft of its final report on the merger at its meeting.

NEWS | 09/19/2012

Faculty retirement program highlighted with award

Faculty members nearing the end of their careers are pleased with the University’s retirement programs, so much so that the University’s work in faculty retirement earned the University a $100,000 grant from the American Council of Education.

NEWS | 09/19/2012

U.-educated mathematician offers proof of pivotal number theory conjecture

A mystery in number theory that has puzzled mathematicians for the past three decades may have been solved last week by a Princeton alumnus.

NEWS | 09/19/2012

100 years later, a look at a President

Firestone Library is honoring former University President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, on the centennial of his election as President of the United States in 1912 with an exhibit in the library’s Milberg Gallery.The exhibition, titled “The Election for Woodrow Wilson’s America,” features photographs, love letters from Wilson to his wife Edith, political cartoons and campaign posters of Wilson during the 1912 election, when he defeated both incumbent President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.

NEWS | 09/19/2012

After shrinkage, Labyrinth adopts tighter security

Labyrinth Books has added additional security measures by its exit in response to inventory shrinkage — or the loss of products — at the store. To prevent future product loss, Labyrinth has hired a security guard stationed at the front of the store and installed an electronic gate at its entrance.

NEWS | 09/18/2012

News & Notes: Firestone Library closed Tuesday night

Firestone Library was evacuated at approximately 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday after a faulty sensor caused a fire alarm to ring in an elevator shaft.

NEWS | 09/18/2012

Monetary policy can have redistributive effect, professors say

At one of the nation’s most prestigious economic policy summits, economics professors Markus Brunnermeier and Yuliy Sannikov presented a paper this summer that argued that monetary policy can play a redistributive role in the economy during financial crises and stimulate growth.

NEWS | 09/18/2012

Q&A: Ambassador Bodine talks protests at old post in Yemen

As her former embassy in Yemen was stormed by protestors angered by an anti-Islam film, Barbara Bodine watched the chaos from the comfort of the Wilson School. Bodine, who served as the American ambassador to Yemen from 1997 to 2001 as part of her 30 years in the Foreign Service, currently lectures at the Wilson School while leading the school’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative.

NEWS | 09/18/2012

Police: Suspect may have recorded alleged sexual assault

The suspect in the alleged sexual assault on Sunday in 1939 Hall may have electronically recorded the incident, the Borough police confirmed on Tuesday. Both the alleged suspect and victim are University students. The police are consulting with the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office about whether to file charges in the case.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

Blackboard allows for syllabus shopping

Thanks to a recent change made to Blackboard’s software, students can once again access syllabi for any course, regardless of whether they are officially enrolled in the class on SCORE.The syllabus tool on Blackboard was built to allow students to access syllabi for all courses. Students could in fact do this for many years, according to Dennis Hood, manager of courseware in the Office of Information Technology’s Academic Services department.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

With merger, all undergraduates can vote on campus for first time

For the first time, undergraduates who live on campus will be able to vote at an on-campus polling place this November.After last fall’s vote to consolidate Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, the Mercer County Board of Elections redrew Princeton’s voting districts last December. Effective on Jan. 1, the new districting makes it possible for all undergraduate students to vote on campus.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

Alleged assault in 1939 Hall

Marcelo Rochabrun

The Borough Police is investigating a report of a sexual assault in Wilson College on Sunday afternoon. The incident, first reported to Public Safety at 4:35 p.m., was reported in 1939 Hall.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

USG waits on survey to unveil agenda

With Lawnparties over and the first full week of school underway, the USG is in the process of determining its plans for the upcoming semester. Current USG president Bruce Easop ’13, who won in a closely contested runoff in last year’s election, will spearhead a USG government that promised last spring to promote mental health awareness, better publicize academic information and reinforce connections among students around campus through a variety of media. Easop’s term ends at the beginning of the spring semester.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

U. installs speakers for emergency messaging

New blue-light telephone towers located around campus are the latest addition to the University’s emergency communications system. The new towers not only allow for direct communication between members of the University community and the Department of Public Safety during an emergency but also include speakers that can broadcast emergency messages all over campus.

NEWS | 09/17/2012

Witherspoon Institute’s gay-parenting study questioned

A recent study funded by the Princeton-based Witherspoon Institute questioning the success of same-sex parenting has drawn scrutiny from gay rights activists and scholars.

NEWS | 09/16/2012

State law may let U. expand without local approval

A bill moving through the state legislature in Trenton may alter the relationship between private colleges and universities and local governments in New Jersey. In late June the State Senate passed a bill that would allow institutions like Princeton to pursue expansion and development without the approval of local government. The bill will take effect if it is passed by the House and receives the signature of Governor Chris Christie.

NEWS | 09/16/2012

No. 1 on No. 2: Joel Goldstein ’75

Joel Goldstein '75 is not particularly dependent upon the spotlight. His friends describe him variously as low-key, generous, modest and thoughtful, usually emphasizing his quiet and wry sense of humor. But during election years, Goldstein, a law professor at Saint Louis University, temporarily swaps his academic cap and gown for the garb of a political commentator. Goldstein is one of the nation’s leading experts on the vice presidency, making him a valuable go-to man for media outlets when, once every election cycle, they become obsessed over the question of who will be tapped as a vice presidential nominee by the leading campaigns.

NEWS | 09/16/2012

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