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When a professor decides to take the helm of a residential college, it isn't an easy choice

When a professor decides to take the helm of a residential college, it isn't an easy choice

Maria DiBattista was afraid of the silences. The professor of English and comparative literature was pondering the possibility last year of becoming a master of Rockefeller College ? and the new kind of relationship with students it would entail.She thought about the pauses and embarrassed smiles that would come when she sat down at a table and tried to begin a discussion with a stranger decades younger.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Luminaries celebrate 10th anniversary of Center for Human Values

When Amy Gutmann was a child she knew that her family was different. They did not use ketchup. There were no peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Gov. Christie Whitman talks about open space, development and the Mercer Oak

Residing in the picturesque town of Oldwick about 20 miles north of Princeton in the New Jersey hill country, Gov.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Because of financial underperformance and national restructuring, Einstein Bros. Bagels closes its doors

The Nassau Street smorgasbord just got smaller.Einstein Bros. Bagels closed Thursday morning as part of a restructuring undertaken by its parent company, Einstein/Noah Bagel Corp.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Alshuler '03 and Bermann '02 arrested for 1879 Arch incident

Two University students were arrested Thursday night and charged with lewdness and harassment, according to Borough Police Lt.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Light-years away: Graduate student finds distant celestial object

A glimpse into the universe's beginning lies with a discovery by Xiaohui Fan, a graduate student in the University's astrophysics department.On the evening of April 6, Fan and his colleagues located a "Redshift 5.8 Quasar," which is considered to be the most distant known celestial object, surpassing the previous record holder ? a galaxy discovered last year by researchers in Hawaii and Cambridge, England.A quasar is an extremely compact, luminous object scientists believe to be powered by black holes as massive as the size of one billion of Earth's suns.

NEWS | 04/30/2000

Economics attracts fewer sophomores

Forty-eight fewer sophomores expressed interest in joining the economics department this year, prompting a concerned e-mail yesterday from chair Mark Watson seeking possible explanations for the decrease from juniors in the department.According to Watson, 70 members of the Class of 2002 indicated interest in joining the economics department.

NEWS | 04/27/2000

'PJ Day' not OK

The student body received news from USG president PJ Kim '01 yesterday afternoon that he was going to hold "PJ Day" on Dean's Date.

NEWS | 04/27/2000

Bring on Easter eggs and party kegs

Yesterday, I was in a computer cluster picking up a paper when, shuffling through the thick stack on the printer tray, my eyes glanced on the title of someone else's work: "Houseparties: A Hermenutical Analysis." Intrigued, partly because someone was writing about Houseparties for a class, partly because I had no idea what "hermenutical" means, I began reading.

NEWS | 04/27/2000

Pre-frosh get a first look at Princeton

Sometimes, all it takes is a single image to make a pre-frosh feel at home at Princeton."It reminded me of Europe ? the chapel, just all the buildings in general, like Robin Hood," said Sam Gellman, a prospective from Milwaukee, Wis., who was one of numerous pre-frosh visiting campus this week to experience University life before making their final college decisions.His conception of Europe stems from his junior year abroad in the Netherlands ? an experience that helped foster his interest in other cultures.Gellman, who exudes laid-back confidence, knows that Princeton's small number of undergraduates makes it less diverse than Stanford and Harvard, where he was also accepted.

NEWS | 04/27/2000

Razing the ivory tower: Student antics at the Wa

It is 3:21 a.m. on a Saturday night at the Wawa. A group of three female students ? sporting rain-frizzed hair and halter-tops ? stumble into the store.

NEWS | 04/27/2000

Diagnosis: Underfunded

When David Stainback '01 awoke, his mouth was parched, but there was nothing to drink beside him.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

Does 50-50 mean gender equity? Some contend Princeton is not there yet

Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon's recent announcement that women make up 50 percent of the students accepted to the Class of 2004 may seem a final symbolic step on the path to gender equality at the University.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

Stanford professor addresses racism

Stanford University professor and race relations expert George Fredrickson is charting the history of racism during a three-part lecture series at Princeton this week, beginning with a look at discrimination in medieval Europe and continuing through to the 20th century.Fredrickson, who attended Harvard University and is a historian by trade, has spent much of his life studying the problems of racism in societies, both in America and elsewhere."I started out as a historian of American intellectual life in the Civil War," he said in an interview yesterday, explaining he soon became interested in exploring the views white people held toward blacks.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

Looking back, senior wishes he had more foresight as a frosh

I am attending my last Princeton class today. After four years of alternately embracing and struggling with my academic experience, I like to think I have learned a trick or two.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

One step at a time, on a run to the Olympics

For the past five years, Joe Lemay '89 has been one of the best distance runners in the United States at distances from 10,000 meters to the marathon.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

Counter culture: A different kind of all-nighter at the Wa

Michael Grabell

After making a quick joke, Tyrone rushes to stack newspapers before the Saturday night crowd swarms the registers with hoagies and Bolis.

NEWS | 04/26/2000

'Brane'-Storming

What if our universe were just one of many floating around in a larger mega-universe?Though it may seem out of this world, this conjecture by University physics professor Lisa Randall and Stanford University professor Raman Sundrum is now a generally accepted theory that explains forces in the universe.

NEWS | 04/25/2000

Pride Alliance commends University for increased recognition

One year after launching a comprehensive "climate assessment survey" to evaluate the atmosphere for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students at the University ? and the week after Pride Week ? members of the Princeton Pride Alliance say they are pleased with the progress Princeton has made in increasing gay awareness.Lesbian Gay Bisexual Concerns Coordinator Ryan Foley said two goals emerged from the survey ? goals that the Pride Alliance has focused on during the past academic year.The first goal, he said, was to secure continued support from the University for Pride Alliance activities.

NEWS | 04/25/2000

Registrar drops transcript fee to prepare for online requests

The $3 fee the Registrar's office charges for all transcripts will soon become history as the office prepares to launch an automated, Web-based transcript request system this fall.The fee will be eliminated July 1, Acting Registrar Joseph Greenberg said yesterday.

NEWS | 04/25/2000

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