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Princeton Admits 21.1% of Early Action Applicants
Thursday, 15 December 2011
by Julia Bumke
As of this afternoon, Princeton has offered 726 students spots in the Class of 2016 from a 3,443-person applicant pool, the University announced at 3pm today. It’s the first time Princeton has offered students the option of applying Early Action–meaning that admitted students are not contractually obligated to attend, and may apply to other schools
- Published in Goings On
COMBO III: Princeton Will Drive You Crazy. Literally.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
by Lauren Zumbach
If you noticed more focus on mental health initiatives in the run-up to this year’s USG elections, there’s a good reason, according to results from the third USG Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO). 35.3% of students surveyed report having mental health challenges that they did not experience before coming to Princeton, and certain groups
- Published in Goings On
21 Questions With…the Marshall Scholars
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
by Shirley Gao
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN…YOUR 2012 MARSHALL SCHOLARS: ‘THEY’RE JUST LIKE US!’ EDITION. THEY LAUGH, CRY, AND EAT CAKE. BELOW, READ MORE ABOUT THE FIVE PRINCETONIANS WHO WILL BE STUDYING AT VARIOUS BRITISH UNIVERSITIES NEXT YEAR. Name: Christina Chang/Alice Easton/Kyle Edwards/Sam Dorison/Emily Rutherford Age: 21/24/21/23/21 Major: Chemistry/EEB/Woodrow Wilson/Woodrow Wilson/History Hometown: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Pasadena, CA/Longmeadow, MA/San Diego, CA
- Published in 21 Questions, Alumni
Tagged under:
Marshall, moolah, research, scholarly pursuits, scholarship, smarties, smarties are my favorite candy, UK
Occupy Princeton Mic Checks JP Morgan/Chase and Goldman Sachs
Friday, 09 December 2011
by Miriam Geronimus
Update Dec 14, 2011: I apologize for not disclosing my involvement with Occupy Princeton in this post. In the interest of full disclosure, I have been attending the General Assemblies and support the movement but was not a part of these mic checks. As a blog, not a newspaper, there is room for some opinion
- Published in Princeton in the News
21 Questions with … Henry Rome ’13
Thursday, 08 December 2011
by Giri Nathan
NEWLY MINTED ‘PRINCE’ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF HENRY ROME ’13 RESENTS ELVES/PRINTERS, BRAVES BOMB THREATS FOR THE SAKE OF JOURNALISM, FEARS GETTING SCOOPED BY US Name: Henry Rome Age: 20 Major: Politics (Near Eastern Studies certificate) Hometown: Strafford, PA Eating Club/Residential College: Charter/Forbes College (both are worth the walk) What was your initial reaction when you found out
- Published in 21 Questions
Tagged under:
Charter, editor-in-chief, emailing oneself, Henry Rome, police scanners, print media, the Persian Gulf, The Prince
Fashion hack takes Facebook’s top prize
Wednesday, 07 December 2011
by Lauren Zumbach
Still working on the perfect look for formals? Computer science students Daniel Chyan ’14, Angela Dai ’13, Tiantian Zha ’13 and Amy Zhou ’13 might be able to offer some advice. They took first place at the Facebook Camp Hackathon last weekend, beating teams that qualified at earlier competitions throughout the country. Their creation? Color
- Published in Goings On
21 Questions With…Bruce Easop ’13
Tuesday, 06 December 2011
by Shirley Gao
INCOMING USG PRESIDENT BRUCE EASOP PROMISES TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH, CLASS SCHEDULING, AND PEER-TO-PEER ADVISING ON CAMPUS…BUT YOU’VE ALREADY HEARD ALL OF THIS. NOW, HE SOUNDS OFF ON DANCING AND CLASSROOM DIPLOMACY, THE GLORIES OF HIS MONIKER, AND THE ONE THING THAT MAKES HIM CRY, “EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.” Name: Bruce Easop Age: 20 Major: Politics
- Published in 21 Questions
Weekend Arts Roundup: Theater, Jazz, and Choral Music Galore
Thursday, 01 December 2011
by Julia Bumke
We’ve got a great weekend of campus arts events–perfect procrastination techniques to employ before the end-of-semester push (and, let’s be honest, holiday shopping) takes over our brains. There’s theater galore this weekend, starting tonight with Craig Wright’s The Pavilion, a high-school-reunion story unlike any you’ve seen before, directed by Emma Watt ’13 at Theatre Intime. Thurs-Saturday
- Published in Weekend Arts Roundup