Heated discussion of plans for the Millstone Bypass ? a proposed 2.3-mile two-lane alternate road to U.S.
The University admitted 12.2 percent of undergraduate applicants this year ? 1,670 of 13,654 ? representing a slightly higher acceptance rate than last year's 11.3 percent, Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon said yesterday.For the first time in University history, men and women each received 50 percent of the admission offers, Hargadon said.
When a group of students approached Associate Dean of the College Hank Dobin last spring to propose a course in Swahili, no one expected it would spark controversy between students and administrators.But when Dasheeda Dawson '00 found out that the student-initiated seminar ? offered for the first time this year through the African-American studies program ? would not be offered next year, she decided to make her and several of her peers' agitation clear to the administration.Dawson sent an e-mail to Dobin and President Shapiro expressing her concern over what she said was "a disgrace to the school's reputation." In her e-mail, Dawson argued that a lack of recognition for minorities exists at the University."Is it that the administration is saying that there is no room for an African language course?" she asked.
Five hours before plastering the campus with fliers bearing their names and visages at the 12:01 a.m.
John Jannarone '03 sits through class, just like other students, discussing the assigned reading and listening to professors lecture.
U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., recently announced the creation of the Sean-Michael Miles Memorial Conservation Fellowship to honor the memory of the University student who died in a car accident in his hometown of Bozeman, Mont., last year.Though the details of the fellowship have not yet been finalized, the program will host one college student or recent graduate for three months each year in Baucus' Washington D.C.
When seniors hand in their theses this month, they will become part of a tradition that dates back 75 years and will join thousands of alumni who have shared their struggles and accomplishments.During the past three-quarters of a century, many students ? who would later become famous actors, powerful politicians and business moguls ? have passed through FitzRandolph Gate.
The UFO is coming to campus, but movie buffs, not science-fiction fanatics, are the ones waiting anxiously.When John Ewalt '02, president of the University Film Organization, visited a friend at Johns Hopkins University last fall, he paid only two dollars to see "The Matrix," which was presented by a campus film society.
It all started when I was just 15 years old. I was never quite like the other kids. I opened the paper every morning to the business section and got to the boring box scores only if the life section was the last choice.The stock market was in a sustained upturn in 1995 and beginning to become part of pop culture.
During adolescence, life for Kellie Ernzen '00 was nomadic.Uprooted from home each time her father changed military posts, Ernzen was exposed to a myriad of Catholic youth groups.
Borough Fire Official William Drake said yesterday that the March 23 fire at the Frist Campus Center destroyed roofing materials and insulation valued between $25,000 and $30,000.The investigation of the fire is still in progress, and Drake said Bureau of Fire Safety and Housing Inspection officials are not yet certain of the cause.
Joining a campaign sweeping across America, a group of four students from the Princeton Conservation Society is spearheading an effort to convince the University to comply with carbon dioxide emission standards outlined in the Kyoto Protocol.The goal of this environmental compact ? signed in December 1997 at the International Climate Summit ? is to combat global warming.
As the New Jersey legislature continues to debate several bills that would require the installation of sprinklers in campus dormitories, the University is preparing for a massive and expensive renovation project.If the bill being considered by the assembly passes, the University will have two years to equip all its dormitory buildings with sprinkler systems."It's definitely safe to say this is the hot topic," a spokesman for Gov.
As part of an ongoing effort to improve the quality of University health care, student peer education groups are sponsoring the second annual Health Awareness Week.
When he's on deadline, Charles Coxe '97 works around the clock to put the finishing touches on his section of the trendy men's magazine Maxim.
When she approached the doors of Scully Hall close to her 2:33 p.m. draw time on the second day of junior room draw, Carlyne Turner '02 was sure she would be home-free and living in the single of her choice during her junior year.But it was not to be."I was really surprised.
The man behind most American foreign policy decisions is someone with whom most Americans are not familiar.
After submitting their theses, most seniors aspire to earn the commendation of their department and high marks from their professors.But the discoveries made by chemical engineering major Ryan Hayward '99 truly raised the eyebrows of his advisors and proved to be the pinnacle of his Princeton academic experience.
Errol Thompson, the man wanted by police for allegedly shooting his wife and shooting at a coworker in the parking lot of the Merwick Rehabilitation Unit on Oct.
University employees have lost a master key to eight dorms and Forbes College, forcing Public Safety and the University Lock Shop to scramble to change the locks on more than 800 dorm room doors, Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser said yesterday.The lost key provides access to room doors in Pyne, Spelman, Little, Foulke, Henry, 1901, Laughlin, Lockhart and Forbes ? which house nearly one-quarter of the campus population, Weiser said.According to Weiser, two University employees checked out the master key Friday to perform standard maintenance on several upperclass dorms and later discovered they had lost the key.For security reasons, the University must now change all the door locks in the compromised dorms, Weiser explained.
