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After a series of derogatory and offensive comments were left in several residence halls of Whitman College early last week, the heads of the residential college, along with several RCAs, organized an open discussion to address the incidents last night.?It took me by surprise,? Mentha Hynes-Wilson, director of student life at Whitman, said of the series of events.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Alcohol tops Borough agenda

Alcohol tops Borough agenda

Borough Council members commended the steps that eating clubs and the University have taken to combat high-risk and underage drinking on campus but sparred with club presidents over the Borough?s policy toward the clubs.University administrators answered questions about programs they have implemented this year, including the Princeton Alcohol Coalition and the new RCA alcohol policy.Interclub Council and former Charter Club president Will Scharf ?08, former Tiger Inn president Chris Merrick ?08, former Tower president Jon Fernandez ?08 and former Colonial president Tommy Curry ?08 attended the meeting to explain the efforts the clubs have taken to prevent dangerous drinking.The most impassioned rhetoric of the night came from club presidents protesting the Borough?s decision to press criminal charges against many club presidents in the recent past.Scharf, who will appear in court on March 10 to answer to charges of serving alcohol to minors and maintaining a nuisance at Charter, said the charges have taken a toll on his personal life.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Charity campaign recognizes Princeton

Princeton University has achieved a top-10 ranking and secured a place in the final round of the ONE Campus Challenge, it was announced Monday.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

Interim funding agreement reached for Borough jitney

In anticipation of the proposed plan to move the Dinky Station 480 feet south, the University agreed to fund a jitney service that will shuttle commuters around Princeton to facilitate transportation around the University and the Borough.

NEWS | 02/26/2008

File encryption poses security threat

Thought your encrypted files were well hidden? Think again. Trusted that your bank and credit accounts were safe?

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Davies chosen as international provost

In line with other University efforts to push for an increased global presence, Diana Davies will become the first associate provost for international initiatives.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Students expand religious horizons

The Religious Life Council (RLC) hosted a unique forum for the understanding of world religions last evening, opening with RLC fellow and co-convener Manav Lalwani ?09 leading the Gayatri Mantra, a Hindu prayer, and ending with Jessica Montoya ?09, another fellow and co-convener, reciting the Roman Catholic St.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

News and Notes: Brown & Oscars

Brown announces new financial aid planBrown University approved a new undergraduate financial aid policy on Saturday that will eliminate tuition for students whose families earn less than $60,000 annually.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

Kirp lauds benefits of investing in preschool

Investment in the improvement of preschool education will show its returns, David Kirp, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, said in a lecture last night in Robertson Hall.?Learning builds on learning,? he said.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

University releases Obama ’85’s senior thesis

Michelle Obama ?85?s thesis was released to the public by the University today after several days of media scrutiny over its availability and content.

NEWS | 02/25/2008

PAWS takes aim at Ugg boots

Defying February?s climatic dictates, students lay in the newly fallen snow on the Frist Campus Center?s North Front Lawn on Friday afternoon, feigning death, wearing coats covered with fake blood and sporting signs that read, ?What if you were killed for your coat??The protest, based on a campaign started by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and organized by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), was designed to raise awareness of animals? suffering as part of the fashion fur industry.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

Four graduate students named Jacobus fellows

Graduate students Thomas Clark, Vasily Pestun, Kellam Conover and Ning Wu were awarded the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship at the Alumni Day luncheon on Saturday.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

Two seniors awarded Pyne Prize

One is devoted to music and the other is a mechanical and aerospace engineer. Sarah Vander Ploeg ?08 and Landis Stankievech ?08 may differ in terms of their academic interests, but both received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize at the Alumni Day luncheon on Saturday.The Pyne Prize is awarded to the senior(s) who most clearly displays excellent academic achievement, leadership skills and strength of character.The recipients were selected by Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, President Tilghman and Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ?69 based on faculty recommendations at a meeting on Feb.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

University plans to reduce emissions to 1990 level by 2020

The University announced its campus Sustainability Plan on Thursday, pledging to reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

University honors students on Alumni Day

One is devoted to music and the other is a mechanical and aerospace engineer. Sarah Vander Ploeg ?08 and Landis Stankievech ?08 may differ in terms of their academic interests, but both received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize at the Alumni Day luncheon on Saturday.The Pyne Prize is awarded to the senior(s) who most clearly displays excellent academic achievement, leadership skills and strength of character.The recipients were selected by Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel, Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan, President Tilghman and Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ?69 based on faculty recommendations at a meeting on Feb.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

Franklin ’76 points to Katrina to stress need for advance planning

The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is a convincing reason to emphasize the need for creating strong communities and for planning in advance for natural emergencies, Evangeline Franklin ?76 said in her lecture on Friday.Franklin, who serves as emergency preparedness manager of the city of New Orleans, was the medical director in the Superdome, a stadium which served as a temporary housing facility for people fleeing their homes before the hurricane.?A community prepared requires the personal commitment of each individual,? she explained.The presentation, entitled ?The City of New Orleans in Disaster and Recovery,? focused on the hurricane-caused devastation in New Orleans and the various efforts to manage the aftermath.Franklin began by pointing out various disasters that could occur or have occurred near audience members? hometowns and reminded students that everyone could potentially be affected by a mass disaster.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

USG creates new liaison positions

The USG voted unanimously last night to confirm several amendments to its constitution, which required a second consecutive vote of approval to take effect, and inducted two new members to its ranks. Phil Stern ?09 and Braeden Kepner-Kraus ?10 will fill the roles of IT chair and senior elections manager, respectively.?Take a lot of leadership in project management and project development,? USG president Josh Weinstein ?09 said to the convened senators.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

News & Notes

Ralph Nader ?55 announced his decision to run for president as an independent candidate yesterday.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

Students share concerns about Public Safety

Students expressed concerns about the relationship between students and Public Safety at the second Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) workshop on Friday.The workshop, entitled ?Structures That Affect High-Risk Drinking,? was held in Wu Dining Hall with about hundred student, staff, faculty and community members in attendance, many of whom filtered in and out during the four-hour event.?I think from all indications the workshop went really well ... everyone there seemed really engaged in the conversation,? Public Safety director and co-chair for Friday?s workshop Steven Healy said.The workshop opened with a lecture given by Linda Langford, associate center director of the U.S.

NEWS | 02/24/2008

Digital orchestra wins MacArthur funding

The Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) has received an Innovation Award totaling $238,000 from the MacArthur Foundation?s Digital Media and Learning Competition.Co-founded by music professor Daniel Trueman GS ?99 and computer science professor Perry Cook in 2005, PLOrk is a musical performance group of 15 laptop-based instruments.The award money will allow the currently technologically limited PLOrk to become more portable, stylish and harmonious, Trueman said.

NEWS | 02/21/2008

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