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Interfaith Shabbat draws Jewish, Muslim students

Interfaith Shabbat draws Jewish, Muslim students

Friday evening, students from the Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the Center for Jewish Life (CJL) sat down for Shabbat dinner, friendly banter, and cultural and religious learning.Participants in the Muslim-Jewish Dialogue filled up at least two tables at the Shabbat.

NEWS | 03/02/2008

Hammocks, toilet paper top USG agenda

When spring comes to Princeton, students may be able to lounge outdoors in USG-supplied hammocks.

NEWS | 03/02/2008

Panelists detail life in fashion business

One of the worst mistakes one can make in applying to a job at a fashion magazine could be sending in a 20-page cover letter, said Jeff Gordinier ?88, editor-at-large at Details, a men?s magazine.Gordinier received such a letter on Friday, and instead of taking it seriously ?the editors were just passing it around ... and mocking it,? he said, cautioning anyone against repeating that mistake.Gordinier was a part of a two-person panel discussion on Friday night entitled ?ShopTalk: A Dinner Discussion with Fashion Magazine Insiders.?The discussion was held at The Underground Cafe and Restaurant and also featured Amy Preiser, a senior at New York University and intern at New York Magazine.

NEWS | 03/02/2008

Married with tenure: Spouses share Princeton

For ordinary couples, detailed complaints about hassles at work and juicy tidbits picked up at the water cooler may mean little to the other spouse.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

‘House, M.D.’ co-producer offers advice

Katie Jacobs, executive producer of the popular FOX series ?House M.D.,? shared tidbits about the show?s early days and offered advice about breaking into the TV business at a question-and-answer session at the James M.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Weinstein ’09 expands USG

After creating more than 50 new USG positions, expanding the webmail quota by 824 MB and launching a new website during the first 25 days of his administration, USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 isn?t done planning. When he took office as president, Weinstein had an agenda for the USG that included a ?wide spectrum of interaction with the administration,? he said. To kick off his term, Weinstein compiled about 600 ideas brainstormed by USG committees and by undergraduates as potential USG projects, focusing on ideas that are ?feasible within the realm of this year,? USG vice president Mike Wang ?10 said.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Judge in lawsuit to step down

The judge currently overseeing the nearly six-year-old battle between the University and the Robertson family will retire tomorrow after two decades on the bench.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

It’s not opposite day... or is it?

Unlike this weekend?s continued obnoxious, cold yet rainy weather, Democratic primary season is paradoxically both heating up and almost over.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

A King comes to campus

King Abdullah II of Jordan issued a challenge to the scholars of the Wilson School to work toward the end of the 60-year-old conflict between Palestine and Israel and suggested that a new Palestinian state may be the best way to reach peace in a speech sponsored by the Wilson School in Richardson Auditorium on Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Students join effort for orphans

Jim Luce once chased the ?almighty dollar? on Wall Street. He still chases it today around the globe in countries such as Haiti, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.But this time it?s for the kids.Luce, who adopted a son from Indonesia 14 years ago, said he was inspired to start Orphans International Worldwide (OIWW) in 1999 when he was shocked by disadvantaged children he saw while traveling around the world, some of whom used mud and grease to make cookies.OIWW, an international nonprofit organization, builds 40-acre campuses in underdeveloped countries consisting of facilities such as schools, playgrounds and medical clinics.At a dinner discussion in Forbes College on Feb.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Searchinger: Biofuels can come with carbon cost

Despite the House of Representatives? passage of a bill Wednesday increasing taxes on oil companies to fund the development of renewable energy, prioritizing the use of certain sources of renewable energy is still under debate. A team of researchers, including Wilson School visiting scholar Timothy Searchinger, released a study earlier this month that suggests biofuels should not top the list.Though many believe that biofuels such as ethanol represent the most environmentally friendly energy resource, Searchinger?s team?s research indicates that biofuels come with heavier costs than once expected.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Searchinger: Biofuels can come with carbon cost

Despite the House of Representatives? passage of a bill Wednesday increasing taxes on oil companies to fund the development of renewable energy, prioritizing the use of certain sources of renewable energy is still under debate. A team of researchers, including Wilson School visiting scholar Timothy Searchinger, released a study earlier this month that suggests biofuels should not top the list.Though many believe that biofuels such as ethanol represent the most environmentally friendly energy resource, Searchinger?s team?s research indicates that biofuels come with heavier costs than once expected.

NEWS | 02/28/2008

Chinese students discuss Olympics

Fourteen delegates from Peking and Tsinghua universities visited Princeton during the past three days in an effort to facilitate an educational exchange between the Chinese students and Princetonians in preparation for the Beijing Olympics.The program is organized by IMUSE, short for ?Initiating mutual understanding through student exchange,? and included lectures and discussions that connected students from the two most renowned universities in China and elite North-American colleges.Yu Yi, a student from Peking, said that he doubts the program will have a direct impact on China or American perceptions of China.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Council refuses to disclose meeting minutes

The Princeton Borough Council has revealed most of the contents of a private August 7 meeting, but a part of the meeting is still being kept under wraps.The undisclosed section of the meeting?s minutes concerns the so-called ?final offer? that the Borough Council presented Nassau HKT (NHKT), Councilman Roger Martindell said.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Excessive heat frustrates students in older dorms

After coming back to her dorm on a typical February afternoon with the temperature outside well below 30 degrees, Kate Huddleston ?11 found that she was not crawling under the blankets and wishing she had a working fireplace.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

GSG election sees record-sized pool

A record number of candidates for the Graduate Student Government (GSG)?s seven executive committee positions spoke to a group comprising nearly entirely fellow contenders at an election forum last night in McCormick Hall.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

News & Notes

Changes made to Dinky scheduleStarting Saturday, the Dinky will begin operating on a new weekend schedule recently revised by New Jersey Transit.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

Frosh call for sub-free Cannon

Though Princeton?s eating clubs have had a reputation for being places of drunken debauchery, some students are advocating for Cannon Club to be substance free when it reopens in February 2009.Jarett Schwartz ?11 created a facebook.com group called ?Princeton ?11 Students for a Sub-Free Cannon Club? within a day or two of reading The Daily Princetonian?s Feb.

NEWS | 02/27/2008

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