Prompted by a recommendation from student athletes, the Faculty Advisory Committee on Athletics is seeking approval from the faculty to delay evening classes that begin at 7 p.m.
Valentine's Day is right around the corner, which means, as you are reading this, throngs of Princeton students are practicing various ways to say, "I love you," in front of a mirror to avoid looking too sheepish.
After more than a year of delays, Borough authorities have approved plans for a large-scale renovation to the U-Store building.The first phase of the project ? the construction of an additional elevator and an extended-hours convenience store ? will tentatively begin March 6, according to U-Store Director of Operations John Augustine.Renovation of the U-Store has been postponed repeatedly because of concerns about the load capacity of the third floor, which under the store's new design will house textbooks and much of the inventory currently located on the ground floor.Rudolph Pedicini, co-consultant for Professional Plan Examiners of Union, N.J., said his organization was contracted by the Borough to ensure that the U-Store's renovation plans complied with building codes.To address concerns about the third floor's weight-bearing capacity, PPE brought in a structural engineer to determine if the store's infrastructure was capable of supporting the books that will be housed on the 10,000-sq.
While many Americans protest and rally to keep one young boy out of Cuba, several University students and faculty have recently succeeded in organizing a trip to that country, after months of planning and negotiation.During spring break, 20 University students and three faculty members will travel to Havana, Cuba, for 10 days of research as part of the student-initiated Princeton-in-Cuba program.
Some say everything has a price. Computer science majors and graduate students discovered this is not always true when their department presented them with free Microsoft Visual Studio software packages, which retail for $1,000 each.The software was originally going to be available for students to download from a server, according to computer science major Dev Tandon '00, former campus representative for Microsoft.
Princeton students and alumni who picked up the Jan. 12 edition of The New York Times encountered a big surprise.
With the Borough facing a $23-million debt, some area residents are raising questions about a recently proposed salary increase for Borough Mayor Marvin Reed and six Borough Council members.Under the proposal, Reed's current salary of $6,500 for his part-time position would nearly double to $12,500.
Steve Forbes '70, millionaire publisher and Republican presidential candidate, will likely announce his withdrawal from the race in a press conference this afternoon, a campaign spokesman said yesterday.After spending millions of dollars in his bid for the presidency, Forbes had a strong showing in the Iowa caucus last month.
Since the release of the Wythes Committee Report by the University Board of Trustees last week, administrators and faculty members have had an opportunity to examine the committee's proposal and assess its recommendations.Many expressed concern that an increase in the size of the student body could adversely affect the quality of education at the University."In general, I'm skeptical of adding 500 students," economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said.
It happens right about this time for most sophomores ? the gradual dawning of understanding about the awful and awesome choices that are involved with being at Princeton.
Students attending spring semester classes in the Frist Campus Center last Monday found themselves in a building replete with both historical artifacts and state-of-the-art technology.Frist 302, an upstairs lecture hall, features rows of old-fashioned chairs that had been in Palmer Hall since its opening.
"My schedule is a lot better from last semester. There are less tedious courses, more seminars and upper level courses, more personal contact with professors.
While most University students are busy buying books and starting classes, a couple of their peers are busy meeting with venture capitalists and earning six-figure salaries.
Government officials are studying a proposed road that would provide Princeton residents with direct access to the New Jersey Turnpike.The road ? to be designated Route 92 ? would spur from the turnpike at exit 8A near Jamesburg and connect with U.S.
Steve Forbes '70 took third place in the Delaware Republican presidential primary yesterday, despite campaigning hard in the nation's first state.
Independent research at the University is about to get a little easier with the launch of a new Webpage designed to make the library more user-friendly.
It often seems that the offices of campus publications are dominated by social science and humanities majors, with a notable absence of engineers and science concentrators.But several science majors and engineers are seeking to change that, carving a niche for themselves in the campus journalism community with a magazine dedicated to science and technology.Yorell Manon-Matos '00 noticed that the University lacked a science journal from the moment he arrived on campus as a freshman."I wanted to learn more about science, but there was nowhere to go," he said.
When the clock reached midnight Jan. 1, most people in the world were excited to say they had lived in two centuries.
A 12-inch, 15-pound stone fell from the northwest side of Edwards Hall on Friday, nearly striking a building services employee who was shoveling snow outside the dorm, according to Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser."[The custodian] heard a rumbling and looked up and saw a stone falling off the roof," Weiser said.
As the Internet becomes an increasingly crucial medium for disseminating information, the University has begun to offer special online courses to alumni, according to associate provost Georgia Nugent '73.The University has sponsored three Web-based courses thus far, and yesterday announced a new mini-course pertaining to Nelson Mandela, associate director of the Alumni Council Doug Blair '71 said.The effort has been driven by a desire to add an educational dimension to the alumni's relationship with the University.
