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At Colonial, joint plans more scarce

At Colonial, joint plans more scarce

Colonial Club has decreased the number of shared meal plans available to members during this year?s room draw from 15 per class to 10, even though the club subsequently ran out of plans for the Class of 2009 just half an hour into residential college room draw.

NEWS | 03/26/2008

Achebe: 'Apart' filled literary void

Critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe joined philosophy professor Kwame Appiah to discuss the historical and cultural significance of Achebe?s novel ?Things Fall Apart? to a packed audience in the Nassau Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the novel?s publication.

NEWS | 03/26/2008

Alumni tout 'thesis crisis center' for seniors in a bind

In the final days before Richard Allan ?02 had to hand in his molecular biology senior thesis, he was much more concerned with the information within the pages than with getting the pages themselves bound.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

News & Notes | March 26

Virginia makes monetary offer to families of shooting victims Families of students killed in the Virginia Tech massacre have until March 31 to decide if they will accept an offer of $100,000 each from the state, CNN reported yesterday.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

Lawrence Committee vote marred by dispute

After weeks of heated controversy, culminating in the intervention of Graduate School deans, select residents of the Lawrence graduate student apartment complex cast their ballots Monday night to choose members of the Lawrence Committee. The committee, which organizes social events and aims to address residents' concerns, consists of seven members elected by Lawrence residents.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

Haitian repression inspires Danticat

An immigrant author must be brave enough to ?create dangerously,? said Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, who delivered the second annual Toni Morrison Lecture last night in Richardson Auditorium and received a standing ovation from the audience.Danticat discussed how dealing with injustice in her native Haiti inspired her writing and cultivated her belief in the importance of art in coping with oppression and conflict.?We must create as though each piece of art is a stand-in for a life, a goal, a hope, a future,? she said.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

Council discusses new alcohol law

At its weekly meeting last night, the Borough Council discussed a potential law that would allow Borough Police to impose penalties on underage drinkers caught on private property.Chip Meara of the Mercer Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction presented a proposal for the underage drinking law to the Council.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

New student group to raise abuse awareness

At a time when the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 32 million Americans are victims of domestic violence, a group of Princeton sophomores has formed a new organization aimed at raising awareness among members of the University community.Students Against Domestic Violence (SADV) is the creation of founder and president Janay Watts ?10, whose mother was a victim of domestic violence when she was a child.?People don?t realize it happens [everywhere],? Watts said of domestic violence, which is when one family member or significant other seeks to dominate another either psychologically or physically.

NEWS | 03/25/2008

N.J. subpoenas JuicyCampus

Juicycampus.com was subpoenaed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram earlier this month. The attorney general?s office is investigating whether JuicyCampus ? a gossip site on which students from 60 universitites, including Princeton, post anonymous comments ? misrepresented itself to consumers and violated the Consumer Fraud Act.The Consumer Fraud Act is a civil act that ?deals with non-disclosures or erroneous information in terms of a commercial transaction,? said Bill Potter ?68, a partner at the Princeton-based law firm Potter & Dickson.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

At Bear Stearns, resentment and fear abound

Adam Weiss was at his computer at home last Sunday when he saw the headline announcing that Bear Stearns was being forced to sell its stock for $2 per share.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

U. targets seniors for fundraising

In the spring of his senior year, Peter Lewis ?55 decided to give $5 to the University?s Annual Giving campaign.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

Juicy Campus Update

Juicycampus.com was subpoenaed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram earlier this month. The attorney general?s office is investigating whether JuicyCampus ? a gossip site on which students from 60 universitites, including Princeton, post anonymous comments ? misrepresented itself to consumers and violated the Consumer Fraud Act.The Consumer Fraud Act is a civil act that ?deals with non-disclosures or erroneous information in terms of a commercial transaction,? said Bill Potter ?68, a partner at the Princeton-based law firm Potter & Dickson.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

New club supports microloan endeavors

Though charity organizations may inundate the University?s listing of student groups, Ankit Bhatia ?10 and Becky Harper ?10 have taken their desire to help the less fortunate to the next level.The two have created a group that they said they hope will increase student awareness of microfinance, an economic strategy developed by economist Muhammad Yunus in which groups provide loans to citizens of developing counties hoping to jumpstart failing economies.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

Yale will not name its new residential colleges for donors

Money may not buy happiness, but at most universities it can immortalize you by attaching your name to a building.

NEWS | 03/24/2008

Wilson School sees 58 percent admit rate

Applications filled out, recommendations obtained and transcripts submitted, sophomores who had been waiting to hear whether they had been admitted to the Wilson School flocked to their mailboxes on March 14.Of the 154 students who applied to the program, 90 were accepted.

NEWS | 03/23/2008

Bloomberg shows high radon levels

The University?s yearlong effort to measure radon levels in residential buildings on campus revealed that certain buildings have concentrations of the gas that are significantly higher than amounts recommended by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines.After the University took steps to better ventilate sites in which high radon concentrations were found, subsequent testing in these areas yielded radon levels consistent with federal guidelines, according to a University statement.Radon gas is produced by decaying uranium in the soil, University health physicist Sue Dupre explained.

NEWS | 03/23/2008

Around the Ivies

Harvard Law to fund year for future public servantsHarvard Law School announced March 18 that starting with its Class of 2011 it will fund the third year?s tuition for all students who pledge to work five years in the public sector after graduation.?I want all of our students to have the ability to make public service their first choice after law school,? law school dean Elena Kagan ?81 said in a statement.

NEWS | 03/23/2008

Alumnus donates Picasso work to U.

The University Art Museum announced on March 14 its acquisition of Pablo Picasso?s ?Tete d?homme et nu assis? ? Man?s Head and Seated Nude ? through a donation from Gregory Callimanopulos ?57.

NEWS | 03/23/2008

Students give back to community over break

Dispersing all across the country from New York to Los Angeles, from New Orleans to Arizona, participants in the Pace Center?s Breakout Princeton Civic Action Trips tackled social problems hands-on and put into practice the University?s unofficial motto ?Princeton in the Nation?s Service.?Chelsea Craigie ?09, the coordinator for the Breakout Princeton trips, said in an e-mail that ?because the most common reason for not being involved on campus is not enough time during the average week,? the trips aimed to capitalize on the free time that spring break affords students.

NEWS | 03/23/2008

Will Scharf '08 will sue Borough

The Princeton Borough Municipal Court has dismissed all charges against former Charter Club president Will Scharf ?08, according to a statement provided to The Daily Princetonian by Scharf?s lawyer, Rocco Cipparone.Scharf now intends to file a civil suit against Princeton Borough and its police department for ?false arrest, malicious prosecution, and federal civil rights claims,? according to the statement.Scharf, who is also the former Interclub Council chair, had been charged with serving alcohol to minors and maintaining a nuisance following an episode that occurred at Charter on Dec.

NEWS | 03/17/2008

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