If Roy James has his way, Princeton will be host to a 9/11 memorial featuring steel from the wreckage of the World Trade Center by Sept. 11, 2012.
The University has pledged to contribute to a study of the local community’s transit needs under an agreement with local government that went into effect on Tuesday. At a reception held in the Dinky waiting room, which the University has reopened under the agreement, officials from the University, Borough and Township celebrated the passage of their memorandum of understanding on transit negotiations.
University news and editorial services director Cass Cliatt ’96 will serve as vice president for college communications at Franklin & Marshall College starting Jan. 3, 2012, according to an Oct. 31 announcement by college president Daniel R. Porterfield.
Former New Jersey Governor and Wilson School visiting lecturer Jon Corzine resigned from his position as chairman and chief executive at MF Global Holdings Ltd. on Nov. 4 while the FBI conducts an ongoing investigation into $633 million of client money that is unaccounted for at the options and futures firm.
As of 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Public Safety confirmed that power had been restored to the Stanworth graduate housing complex and that Route 206 had reopened in both directions after services were halted following a storm during the weekend.
Benjamin Taub ’13, a member of the Katzenjammers currently studying abroad in Italy, advanced to the final 10 of “The Big Audition,” a U.K. talent competition run by jazz musician Jamie Cullum and the PizzaExpress Jazz Club.
Undergraduate Emily Hill ’13 has been announced as a finalist of the Womenetics Advancing Aspirations Global Scholarship, an essay competition that will award a total of $22,000 to 10 undergraduate students.
In an email to Whitman College’s Class of 2014 at the beginning of the year, Whitman master Sandra Bermann described several changes in the college office that happened over the summer. These included Bermann’s new appointment as master of the college — replacing economics professor Harvey Rosen — and Christina Davis’ replacement as Director of Student Life with Devon Wessman-Smerdon ’05.
The Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education has launched new internship portals to facilitate its mission of creating unique summer internship opportunities for students interested in engineering and entrepreneurship.
On Nov. 8, residents of Princeton Borough and Township will vote on whether to consolidate into one municipality.
Model and author D. R. Hildebrand discussed the objectification of models’ bodies in the industry in a reading from his debut novel “Walking Marina” on Wednesday evening.
Following the lead of other presses, Princeton University Press has decided to delve into the world of e-reading with its new Princeton Shorts collection. The press will be releasing five “shorts,” or sections taken from longer books, each priced at $1.99 to $4.99 depending on length.
The Princeton Regional Education Association, the local teachers’ union, is close to coming to an agreement with the regional school system after being without a contract since June 30, members from both sides told The Princeton Packet.
At Tower Club, Kerry Brodie ’12 can be found munching on Cinnamon Toast Crunch and other cereals for meals — even during formals. "It is not ideal, but it is worth it to be part of the club,” said Brodie, an Orthodox Jew who observes kosher dietary restrictions. The Center for Jewish Life houses the University’s only kosher kitchen and offers three meals daily, but this still limits dining and socializing options — especially for upperclassmen.
As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to make waves in New York City, a different financial issue is hitting closer to home. Members of the University’s student community have expressed their frustration and annoyance at the recent announcement by some of the foremost commercial banks — Bank of America, Chase and Wells Fargo among them — that they would start charging customers a flat monthly fee for debit card usage on purchases. Several students are making the switch over to other banks that do not charge such a fee.
The on-campus mayoral debate became a one-candidate forum when one of the candidates did not show up on Monday evening. Republican candidate Jill Jachera took questions on University-related issues when Democratic candidate Yina Moore ’79 was unable to attend.
The Borough Council voted on Tuesday night 3-2 to introduce a revised version of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood zoning ordinance for debate in the Borough Council. The ordinance will now go to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton for a second review.
Daniel Rosen, an economic adviser and founder of the Rhodium Group, spoke about China’s developing economy before a full audience in Robertson Hall on Monday evening.
The results of the freshman class elections, which were released last Friday, sent mixed messages about the progress of the University’s attempts to promote undergraduate women’s leadership.
Less than a week after his arrest on the steps of the Supreme Court, African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 was handcuffed once again at a protest in New York on Friday afternoon. He was among 30 arrested for blocking the entrance of the 28th Police Precinct Station in Harlem by linking arms in an act of planned civil disobedience. The group was protesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, with critics arguing that the random stopping, searching and questioning of people unfairly targets Hispanic and black men.
