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32 Rhodes Scholars Announced
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- November 24, 2008
List includes students from two newly awarded schools and three student athletes.
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Guess Who Has a New Blog? Princeton University Press
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- October 31, 2008
Check out the new PUP webpage.
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More Pain for College Endowments
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- October 27, 2008
Northwestern, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Seattle post substantial losses. Michigan and Princeton do OK.
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Princeton Band Provokes Angry Citadel Response
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 24, 2008
Culture clash leads to a tense football Saturday.
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Anthrax Suspect May Have Had Sorority Obsession
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 8, 2008
FBI documents show decades-old interest in sorority, which might explain why letters were sent from Princeton, N.J.
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China Revokes Visa of Olympic Gold Medalist
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 6, 2008
Joey Cheek, currently a Princeton student, says he was targeted for his Darfur activism.
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Princeton's Admissions Policies Investigated
By Steven Yaccino -
On Education
- June 16, 2008
The Department of Education broadens its probe of an applicant's claim of discrimination.
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Most Commencement Speeches Remain Apolitical
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- June 12, 2008
It's Campaign 2008 and commencement season, so where have all the politicians gone?
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Princeton to Hire Muslim and Hindu Chaplains
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- April 1, 2008
Part-timer's success leads to permanent posts.
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Princeton Plans Overseas ‘Bridge Year’ Program for Freshmen
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- February 19, 2008
Incoming freshmen can go abroad for a year.
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How Liberal Are Academics? Follow the Money
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- January 23, 2008
Princeton loves Democrats.
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Princeton Student Fakes Attack for Publicity
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- December 18, 2007
An Orangina bottle becomes a weapon of self-destruction.
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Trail Mix: The Student Government Shenanigans Edition
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- December 5, 2007
Student Government presidents get into some trouble West Virginia University, the University of Southern California, and at Princeton
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Sometimes Halloween Costumes Aren't Funny; They're Racially Insensitive
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- December 4, 2007
While black students at the University of Louisville debate the underappreciated African-American legacy, Princeton University's student government is dealing with its own racial sensitivity snafu.
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Shirley Tilghman | educator
By Diane Cole -
Nation & World
- November 12, 2007
From lab table to president's chair.
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Princeton Mascot's Not-So-Extreme Makeover
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- September 11, 2007
Princeton University officials made a halfhearted effort to find a name for their historically unnamed tiger mascot earlier this year, the Daily Princetonian writes.
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Bomb Threats Plague Iowa
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 29, 2007
The University of Iowa yesterday received its third bomb threat in a month.
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The Rankings Are Up. Let the Sour Graping Begin!
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 17, 2007
The new U.S. News America's Best Colleges rankings are now online, and schools have begun celebrating their success (while still being humble) or downplaying their misfortune.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- January 16, 2007
A Princeton University magazine has actually read the new Princeton University alcohol policy, and discovered that it's pretty stupid, the Daily Princetonian reports. The policy requires students to get university permission before serving alcohol to anyone--underage or not.
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In Last Year of Early Apps, Harvard, Princeton See Rise
The Paper Trail
- December 1, 2006
The schools that aren't cutting their early admissions programs may have seen a decline in applicants--but Harvard and Princeton, which won't be accepting anyone early after this year, have seen the opposite pattern. Yale's dean of admissions told the Yale Daily News the schools might be benefiting from the publicity surrounding their announcements.
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University and Eating Clubs Broker Historic Deal
The Paper Trail
- November 30, 2006
Princeton University has pushed aside decades of mistrust to enter a deal with its eating clubs, which have long been the de facto dining halls for upperclassmen. The deal aims to make the clubs more financially accessible to all students by providing those who can't afford membership with financial aid of up to $2,000 a year.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- November 10, 2006
To fight rising tuition it calls a "war on the poor," Penn State's Black Caucus will mobilize other student groups, the Collegian reports.
Princeton has poured $20,000 into a new television studio, which it hopes will "highlight.
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