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WPRB fires host, Surgeon General, for racially charged language

WPRB fires host, Surgeon General, for racially charged language

The Surgeon General — the host DJ of the WPRB show “Slot Time” — was banned from the WPRB studios after using profanity in his late-night hip-hop show, station manager Dipika Sen ’13 said in an email to student members of the station on Sunday, May 6.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

USG changes Undergraduate Life Committee charter to include grad students

The USG passed a new charter for the Undergraduate Life Committee on Sunday night that will rename it the University Student Life Committee and place a greater emphasis on graduate students.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

Lupe Fiasco, Harry Belafonte, George Clinton take stage in tribute to Cornel West GS '80

Singer and activist Harry Belafonte, rapper Lupe Fiasco and funk musician George Clinton gathered in McCarter Theatre on Wednesday to celebrate the retirement of African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80.The event, called “A Bluesman in the Life of the Mind,” honored West’s 40-year relationship with the University. West is retiring as a Princeton professor and will begin teaching at Union Theological Seminary in New York City next fall. Belafonte, Fiasco and Clinton were not announced as performers in order to surprise West.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

'Twas the night before Dean's Date

Twas the night before Dean's Date, / When throughout every college / Students were furiously typing, / Spewing late-gotten knowledge.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

Clubs in talks about multi-club Bicker

The six bicker eating clubs are currently in discussions over an alternative Bicker process, which could allow students to bicker multiple clubs simultaneously rather than just one at a time, University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 confirmed Sunday.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

For Burford ’12, Dartmouth's Lohse, similar experiences with SAE, different solutions to combat hazing

When John Burford ’12 read about the allegations of hazing brought by former Dartmouth student Andrew Lohse against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, Burford said he was reminded of his own experiences as a whistle-blower.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

For admissions hopefuls, wait on the list ends

Over the month of April, the 2,095 students who were offered admission to the Class of 2016 have been weighing the pros and cons of Princeton relative to other schools, trying to decide whether to accept or reject Princeton’s offer. And over the same month, a second group of students sat on the sidelines, anxiously hoping that at least some of them found something about Princeton they didn’t like.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

News & Notes: 10.15 percent of applicants admitted to graduate school

The Graduate School has offered admission to 10.15 percent of applicants, but the yield percentage dropped for the second year in a row, the University announced on Friday.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

For Trustee Danielle Allen ’93, time at U. led to ‘immeasurable intellectual growth’

When Danielle Allen ’93 first set foot on Princeton’s campus in 1989, she said she was shocked by the autumn foliage at the New Jersey campus.“I had never seen so much water coming out of the sky, never seen a place so green,” Allen said in an email.

NEWS | 05/13/2012

Wallet, iPhone allegedly stolen at Wawa lead to marijuana bust

A man whose wallet and iPhone were allegedly stolen from Wawa used the phone's tracking software to find the device, leading police to a nearby car filled with marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to the Borough Police.

NEWS | 05/12/2012

Q & A: Hoagie Haven owners to expand business (and Sanchez toppings) to new pizza shop

The Maltabes brothers, the owners of Hoagie Haven, will open up a pizza restaurant, "Slice Between," in the storefront next to the Hoagie Haven on Nassau Street by the end of May. The site was occupied by Old World Pizza until it closed down a few weeks ago.The Daily Princetonian spoke with Hoagie Haven co-owner Costa Maltabes to discuss the acquisition, the potential opening dates and some familiar flavors from Hoagie Haven that will reappear in pizza form at Slice Between.

NEWS | 05/11/2012

"My country is supposed to be a total failure": Georgian president reflects on "third way" approach in Russia's shadow

While in the United States for the NATO Summit in Chicago, President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili made a brief stop in Princeton to offer his thoughts on Georgian reform and progress in spite of an antagonistic relationship with Russia. He spoke at a packed lecture on Thursday.

NEWS | 05/11/2012

Google chairman Schmidt '76 talks the future of technology

Eric Schmidt ’76, the executive chairman of Google and a former University trustee, discussed the future of computer science and how recent developments would affect society in a public address to cap the first day of the Princeton Turing Centennial Celebration, a three-day series honoring the 100th anniversary of the birth of Princeton alumnus and “father of computer science,” Alan Turing GS ’38.Schmidt, who stepped down as the chief executive of the company one year ago, has an estimated wealth of $7 billion. President Shirley Tilghman serves on Google’s Board of Trustees.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

ALTA recommends option to rescind pass/D/fail

In its final published report, the USG’s Academic Life Total Assessment committee offered the University administration policy recommendations from its year-long investigation, including a proposal that students be allowed to rescind their pass/D/fail decisions after seeing their final grades in classes.Released a month and a half after the committee’s presentation of its preliminary findings to the Council of the Princeton University Community in late March, the report examines the data from the 90-question ALTA survey to which 2,567 undergraduates, about half of the student body, responded in January. Also included are nine profiles of undergraduate academic lifes representing a cross-section of the University’s campus. The full survey results and profiles were not available as part of the original CPUC presentation.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

Healthy Minds Advisors, Eating Concerns Advisors and Sexual Health Advisors consolidate into one

This semester, three previously separate peer health advisory groups — Healthy Minds Advisors, Eating Concerns Advisors and Sexual Health Advisors — joined forces to form one general peer advising group: Peer Health Advisers. The groups consolidated following a review conducted by a steering committee composed of members from Health Promotion and Wellness Services and nine students — three student leaders from each of the groups.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

From the Archives: During Great Depression bank holiday, 'Prince' issued its own currency

Following President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's declaration of a four-day nationwide bank holiday during the Great Depression, The Daily Princetonian issued its own currency in denominations of 25 cents. The currency first appeared on March 7, 1933, in the form of scrip, as seen in a March 18, 1933, picture in the ‘Prince.’ The Editorial Board of the ‘Prince’ was quoted in an article on the day of the scrip issuance, stating, "It is our earnest hope that the scrip will provide a needed medium of exchange in facilitating the ordinary trading of the community during the next few days."

NEWS | 05/10/2012

Shortage of apartments displaces graduate students, fueling outrage

Construction to the Hibben and Magie apartments has triggered a large shortage of on-campus housing for graduate students, faculty and staff, sparking discontent among those displaced.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

The fall of the Ghana Bridge Year Program

Last February, the University’s Bridge Year Program announced that it would replace its Ghana and Serbia locations with new spaces in Senegal and China beginning with the upcoming school year, framing the changes as an effort to expand the capacity of the program.But what wasn’t announced at the time was the myriad of unresolved issues with the Ghana location that led to the University’s decision to stop sending students to the West African country.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

Princeton Theological Seminary elects student body president

Two weeks ago, on the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Princeton Theological Seminary, the school elected its next president of the student body.Second-year seminarian Jerria Martin was elected on Apr. 26 as the Seminary’s Student Government Association president. After having lost by a slim number of votes last year, Martin decided to run again this year.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

Civil rights champion Katzenbach '43 dies

Nicholas Katzenbach ’43, a champion of the civil rights movement, former prisoner of war in WWII and a central player in both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, died in his home in Skillman, N.J., on Tuesday. He was 90 years old.A native of central New Jersey born into a family of Princeton alumni, Katzenbach went on to become one of the most influential government leaders of the 1960s and one of the foremost advocates against segregation.

NEWS | 05/10/2012

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