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Forbes to downsize Gatsby gala

Forbes to downsize Gatsby gala

Forbes College will raise money for charity during a "Great Gatsby"-themed party this spring and cut the event's cost, after plans for the extravagant bash ? initially given a $20,000 budget ? drew criticism that Forbes should put its money to better use."A lot of people were concerned that we were wasting money, throwing money away," said Roscoe Cafaro '09, who heads the planning committee for the event.

NEWS | 11/14/2007

Free wireless? Google mixes up the game

Rumors circulated for years that Google would be entering into the mobile space with its own revolutionary device, the "GPhone." Fast-forward to a week ago Monday, when Google announced it will not actually be making a phone, but rather an open-source mobile operating system called Android.For the average person, this announcement was a disappointment, a confirmation that a new sleek and ultra-hip device will never exist.

NEWS | 11/14/2007

Orgo midterm stolen during exam Monday

Students in CHM 303: Organic Chemistry I ? Biological Emphasis were startled to find out yesterday that some of their classmates may have cheated on Monday's midterm exam.During yesterday's lecture, a teaching assistant told the class that two exams had gone missing during the early exam period, in which students who couldn't make the regular exam were permitted to sign out a test and work on it for two hours before turning it in.Additionally, the TA said, a student attempted to erase his or her name from an exam turned in during the early period and then took the test again during the regular period.Later in the day, lecturer William Chain emailed students in the class about the matter, explaining that one test went missing right after the early period began at 1 p.m., while the other disappeared between 4:45 and 5:30 p.m.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

Surgeon explores healthcare's faults

The American medical system suffers from widespread instances of mediocre care, a problem that could be remedied by publicizing clinics' successes and failures, doctor and medical researcher Atul Gawande said in a lecture at McCosh 10 yesterday.Gawande ? a general and endocrine surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital ? has gained a wide audience through his writings for magazines such as The New Yorker and Slate.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

Tilghman's compensation ranks sixth among Ivy League presidents

President Tilghman moved up in rank in the Ivy League ? at least based on her salary from the University.Data released by the Chronicle of Higher Education this week have Tilghman ranked fourth among Ivy presidents in salary for the 2005-06 fiscal year, ahead of the presidents of Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth and Cornell.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

Israeli singer serenades CJL crowd

While academic superstars frequently wander the University's campus, nonacademic entertainment types are usually much harder to spot.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

Labyrinth opens its doors after two-year wait

Labyrinth Books opens today on Nassau Street, replacing the U-Store as the primary on-campus source of books for students.The opening of the 6,500-sq.-ft store at 122 Nassau Street marks the completion of more than two years of planning by the University and six months of renovations that have transformed Princeton's retail landscape.Besides becoming the primary campus bookstore, Labyrinth also replaces Micawber Books, an independent bookstore which for the last 25 years offered an alternative to the U-Store for textbooks and other academic books.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

To meat or not to eat?

Hungry students walking into the dining halls yesterday were greeted by two different campus groups urging them to alter their eating habits for a higher cause.The "College Veg Pledge," sponsored by the Princeton Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), asked students to give up meat for a day, while the Oxfam Hunger Fast asked students to donate one of their meals toward humanitarian relief efforts.

NEWS | 11/13/2007

Profs petition for greater academic freedom

Several Princeton professors have signed a petition supporting academic freedom for scholars regardless of their political beliefs and condemning alleged encroachments on free speech by college administrators, scholars and members of the media.More than 400 individuals from a wide range of institutions ? including every Ivy League school except Dartmouth ? have joined them, according to the website of the Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University, which wrote the petition.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

Building proposal sparks criticism

A proposed senior housing development next to a nearby park has drawn fire from some local residents for the environmental damage it might cause.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

Everything's gotta go!

The U-Store gets rid of books as its partnership with Labyrinth books prepares to open Wednesday on Nassau Street.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

Librarian: Firestone is inadequate

The University is finalizing plans for a 10-year renovation of Firestone Library that will begin in two years, University Librarian Karin Trainer said during yesterday's meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) in Betts Auditorium.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

Eisgruber nixes Dillon Gym renovations for immediate future

Correction appendedThe Priorities Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) held its annual public meeting yesterday.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

New Jersey to vote on death penalty repeal

State lawmakers will vote in mid-December on the issue of abolishing the death penalty. If passed, the measure would reduce the state's severest punishment to life-imprisonment without parole, making New Jersey the first state to abolish the death penalty since the Supreme Court allowed states to reinstate capital punishment in 1976.The measure has been supported by Gov.

NEWS | 11/12/2007

Rep. Saxton to retire after completing current term

Rep. Jim Saxton (R-N.J.), who represents New Jersey's Third Congressional District, announced Friday that he would retire after finishing his current term.Saxton, 64, a Republican whose district includes Burlington, Camden and Ocean counties, has served in Congress for 23 years.He cited various health conditions, including his recent treatment for prostate cancer, as reasons for his retirement.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

Celebrate the arts

President Tilghman and Peter Lewis '55 offer remarks at "A Celebration of the Arts at Princeton" on Friday.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

PALS-ing around

Volunteers play a game with local children in Murray-Dodge Hall at the Korean American Students Association's annual Princeton's Adopted Little Siblings (PALS) day on Saturday.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

Budget, Ivy Council on USG agenda

Academic advising, a recent Ivy Council conference, the USG budget and upcoming events headlined last night's USG meeting.USG academics chair Sarah Breslow '08 updated the gathering on several projects that were publicized this weekend in a school-wide email, including "Take Your Professor to Lunch Week" and efforts to reform academic advising.This week, dining halls and eating clubs will allow students to bring their professors to lunch for free.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

Alumni recall lax booze rules

As students debated over the weekend the stricter enforcement policies that the University announced to RCAs last week, alumni reminisced about longer leashes and laxer rules regarding drinking during their times at Princeton."When I was at Princeton, there were kegs everywhere.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

Mormonism threatens Romney's presidential nomination, panel says

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may face an uphill battle as he seeks his party's nomination since he must win over a heavily evangelical conservative base that distrusts his Mormon religion, speakers at a panel held Saturday said.Titled "Mitt, Mormonism, and the Media," the panel examined how the media portrays Mormonism to the American public, and how that portrayal may affect the former Massachusetts governor's quest for his party's nomination.The major controversy discussed by the four presenters ? Time magazine editor Amy Sullivan, documentary maker Helen Whitney, political theorist Russell Fox and Trinity College religion scholar Mark Silk ? was the influence of anti-Mormon conservative Christians who will be reluctant to select him as their party's nominee.

NEWS | 11/11/2007

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