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Priebatsch (formerly ’11) gets $15 million for SCVNGR
Thursday, 06 January 2011
by Lauren Zumbach
If that mountain of work that you fully intended to get done over break (really, who were you kidding?) has you seriously considering kissing your graduation dreams goodbye, it doesn’t mean your hopes for fame and success are over. After all, dropping out sure worked for Seth Priebatsch, the founder and Chief Ninja of SCVNGR.
- Published in Princeton in the News
Help this guy get an autographed photo of Paul Krugman
Thursday, 16 December 2010
by Angela Wu
If writing that paper isn’t hard enough, try working the phrase “I smoke crack rocks” into it. That’s what Gabriel Parent of Carnegie Mellon University did for the PhD Challenge, deftly inserting the sentence into a peer-reviewed, academic paper published in Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technology. (See the paper here.) His reward:
- Published in Fun, Princeton in the News
Valerie Smith to replace Nancy Malkiel as dean of the college
Tuesday, 14 December 2010
by Will Saborio
Dean of the college Nancy Malkiel, known to many students as the architect of Princeton’s grade deflation policy, will step down from her position and be replaced by Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature Valerie Smith. Smith, who expanded the University’s interdisciplinary Center for African-American Studies, will take charge of the University’s undergraduate academic program on
- Published in Princeton in the News
So you thought the hummus debate was over?
Saturday, 04 December 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
Well, think again. The referendum failed in a vote of 1014 to 699, as we reported yesterday. However, Dining Services is still considering offering an alternative to Sabra hummus. “We will continue the conversation with the students and hope to include faculty and staff opinions as well,” Stu Orefice, director of Dining Services, told the
- Published in Princeton in the News
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hummus, Israel, Princeton Committee on Palestine, referendum, Sabra, Stu Orefice, Yoel Bitran
Princeton Undergraduates vote down hummus alternatives
Friday, 03 December 2010
by admin
With a vote count of 1014 to 699, the Princeton undergraduate student body voted down a referendum asking for the University to provide alternatives to Sabra hummus on campus shelves, Undergraduate Student Government President Mike Yaroshefsky ’12 said in an email this afternoon. The referendum, introduced last week by the Princeton Committee on Palestine, had
- Published in Princeton in the News
Dipping in controversy: A look at Princeton’s hummus debate
Monday, 22 November 2010
by Abby Greene
It all started with a chickpea. Harmless, you say? Not so, the Princeton Committee on Palestine (PCP) retorts. And the battle begins. If you haven’t heard about The Great Chickpea Debate that has consumed campus for the past week or so, read on. You might be confused as to what’s really being debated, what you’ll
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Clementi Suicide Brings Homophobia at Princeton to the Forefront
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
by Julia Bumke
In the six weeks since Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi jumped off the George Washington Bridge as a response to homophobic harassment, colleges nationwide have grappled with how to prevent similar tragedies from happening on their campuses. Could something like this happen here in the Orange Bubble, just a mere thirty miles from Rutgers? Despite our
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Students Eat Bugs, Argue that You Should Eat Bugs Too
Monday, 15 November 2010
by Giri Nathan
Last Saturday evening, a bunch of students got together at Campus Club to get their grub on (tee-hee). The event was sponsored by a new student organization: Environmental Discourses on the Ingestion of Bugs League (EDIBL). One of the diners was David Gracer, a leading expert on the merits of bug eating, who argued pretty
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Rabbi Julie Roth and Imam Sohaib Sultan teach interfaith class
Saturday, 13 November 2010
by Angela Wu
Among college campuses, Princeton is not known for its volatility. Protests are few and far between, and students are more inclined to organize thoughtful debates than they are to lock arms in front of Nassau Hall. Last year, however, when Nonie Darwish, a controversial critic of Islam, was invited to speak by a student group,
- Published in In Print
IN PRINT: Abortion Conference Seeks Common Ground
Saturday, 13 November 2010
by Samantha Pergadia
It was not the typical setting for an academic conference — the stage of McCosh 50 was set with an Oriental carpet and Egg chairs — but “Open Hearts, Open Minds” was no ordinary gathering. More than 400 people came to campus Oct. 15–16 to see if they could find common ground on one of
- Published in In Print
Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Palmer Square
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
by Will Saborio
Police evacuated Palmer Square this morning in response to a phoned-in bomb threat targeting new residential housing being built in the square, the Star-Ledger reports. David Newton, manager of Palmer Square, said residents and business evacuated around 8 a.m. The Star-Ledger adds that police and canine units are on the scene and a bomb squad is
- Published in Princeton in the News
We Are Perfecter Than You Think
Wednesday, 03 November 2010
by Giri Nathan
Biophysics seems like a feel-good field … it’s always telling us how well-made we are. A recent piece in the Times Science section served up a crash course on that discipline, alluding to the work of William Bialek, who is a professor of physics, an architect of the Integrated Science curriculum, and apparently the happy
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News