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COMBO recommendations aim to combat socioeconomic disparities

Former USG president Rob Biederman ?08 outlined measures at yesterday?s meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) for the University to decrease the effect of socioeconomic status on students? college experiences.The recommendations stem from the USG?s Committee on Background and Opportunity (COMBO) survey, which aimed to determine how socioeconomic issues affected student life on campus.

Crime around campus

Wilcox Hall, April 19, 1:22 a.m.A Princeton University student reported a fight in progress in the BlackBox Theater.

BlackBox fight leads to arrests

Both Public Safety and Princeton Borough Police will bring charges against three non-University-affiliated individuals suspected of causing a violent incident at the Wilson College BlackBox on Friday night, University spokeswoman Cass Cliatt ?96 said in an e-mail. Public Safety will charge the three with ?obstruction with the administration of justice,? Cliatt said.

USG finds constitutional amendment

The proposal of a referendum on student opinions of the current University administration has spurred a search for missing documentation of a 2006 amendment to the USG constitution.

Freshman hit at BlackBox event, fight ensues

Correction appended

Arab comedians bring down house

Saturday night, a crowd in McCosh 50 was not taking copious notes on one of economics professor Elizabeth Bogan?s lectures.

Sherrerd '52, long-time University trustee, dies at 78

In his 55 years as an alumnus, Jay Sherrerd ?52 never missed a Princeton reunion. Next month, though, alumni returning to Old Nassau won?t see the man who dedicated more than half a century to the institution he loved so much.

The Weekend in Pictures - April 21, 2008

Williams, Bermann vie for Class of 2009 presidency

Grant Bermann ?09 is the only sitting class president who will face opposition in this spring?s USG election, with challenger Alec Williams ?09 aiming to end Bermann?s three-year tenure at the helm of the Class of 2009 government.

Justice Run raises $6,300 to aid children's groups

On Saturday morning, more than 200 runners met on the Princeton cross country course at West Windsor Fields to run for justice.

USG Executive Committee to further discuss referendum on U. administration

Editor's note appended

A bridge to the 2012th century

Dear at-risk teens:On behalf of Weather Guy Industries (?the He Hate Me of college meteorology? ? Spin magazine), welcome to Princeton University!

New Found Glory to play at Quad Lawnparties, Colonial to host Eve 6

Pop-punk band New Found Glory and singer/songwriter Howie Day will grace the stage at the Quadrangle Club at the spring Lawnparties concert sponsored by Quad and the USG on Sunday, May 4.Though this year both Quad and Colonial Club approached the USG social committee about sponsoring Lawnparties concerts, ultimately only Quad was selected to receive USG funding.Though without financial support from USG for a Lawnparties band, Colonial will be hosting Eve 6 to perform at 3 p.m., club president Beau Thomas ?09 said.Two bands, Ruby Suns and the Walkmen, will play at Terrace Club, Cloister Inn will host Sister Hazel, and Charter Club will host Gonzo?s Nose, a cover band, presidents from the three clubs confirmed.USG social chair Christian Husby ?08 said in an e-mail that the decision to fund Quad instead of Colonial for Lawnparties bands came after ?the USG social committee listened to presentations by both clubs, and then discussed the options.?Because co-sponsoring one concert consumes a majority of the social committee?s budget, Hubsy said, the USG was unable to fund multiple clubs.Husby added that the committee ?took into account the size of our budget, the size and ability to close off the lawn, comments from students and others, the proposals, as well as the desire to have one large event, rather than multiple small events.??Quad has successfully co-sponsored ? event[s] with the USG many times,? USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 said in an e-mail.

Prendergast to be honored with Crystal Tiger

Though perhaps lacking the household name-recognition of previous Crystal Tiger Award recipients such as U.N.

Professor links mind and musical experience

Daniel Levitin is working to bridge advanced neuroscience and good old rock and roll.In a lecture titled ?This is Your Brain on Music: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Musical Experience? yesterday afternoon in the James Stewart Theater at 185 Nassau, Levitin spoke to around 180 students and community members, addressing the connections between science and art, the development of musical experience and what music reveals about the brain.?Music attempts to mimic the functions of the brain ... more so than speech.

Yale senior’s art show stirs controversy

Yale University senior art major Aliza Shvarts has caused an uproar at Yale and on online media outlets across the globe after The Yale Daily News (YDN) reported yesterday that Shvarts? senior art project involved her impregnating herself and inducing abortions ?as often as possible? during a nine-month process.Though Yale University spokeswoman Helaine Klasky released a statement later that day calling Shvarts? project a ?creative fiction,? Shvarts disputed the statement in an updated story on the YDN website last night, labeling Klasky?s statement ?ultimately inaccurate.?Shvarts told the YDN last night that during a nine-month period, she used a needleless syringe to insert semen into herself.

Princeton in Africa board to name new director

Though Princeton in Africa (PiAf) Director Blair Blackwell ?96 has left her post as director of the program after serving for a little more than a year, she plans to maintain an active role in the program.?I think it?s a great organization and I will still remain very involved in it, absolutely,? said Blackwell, who has returned to a post at her former employer, the International Crisis Group.

Finding history behind the red brick walls

Between runs to Starbucks and dinners at Triumph, students may miss one of Nassau Street?s more untapped resources, the Historical Society of Princeton, located in the fittingly historic Bainbridge House at 158 Nassau St.The pre-Revolutionary War building, situated next to the Garden Theatre and a stone?s throw away from FitzRandolph Gate, contains more than 40,000 images and manuscript materials and roughly 1,200 other three-dimensional objects from Princeton?s rich, compelling history.Originally built in 1766 as a private residence for Job Stockton, Bainbridge House remained private until the University purchased it in the 1870s, curator Eileen Morales said.Initially used as a boarding house for University students, in 1910 Bainbridge became the first home of the Princeton Public Library, which is now located on Witherspoon Street.Though it is still owned by the University, Bainbridge House has been the headquarters of the Historical Society of Princeton since 1967.

University lags behind Ivy peers on co-ed housing

The recent establishment of an ad-hoc administrative committee to explore the possibility of gender-neutral housing at Yale leaves Princeton as the only Ivy League institution yet to formally consider amending its undergraduate housing policy to include this option, which would allow students of opposite sexes to live together.Though the Graduate School is launching a pilot program in the 2008-09 school year that introduces gender-neutral housing for graduate students, a similar option does not exist for undergraduates.Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said in an e-mail that the University is not yet prepared to make a decision about gender-neutral housing, though the administration expects to explore the issue within the next year or two and has already begun taking steps to increase the availability of gender-neutral bathrooms.Dickerson said, however, that gender-neutral housing has not yet been formally addressed because it has not been registered as a main concern for undergraduates.?To my knowledge,? Dickerson said, ?there have been very few student inquiries about this issue.

BlackBox party draws 1,020 students and pre-frosh