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Gaming convention attracts players for all-night fantasy role-playing

Gaming convention attracts players for all-night fantasy role-playing

Princetonians with vivid imaginations and a penchant for fantasy indulged their interests during a 46-hour role-playing marathon the weekend before spring break.Their activities were part of the 32nd annual PrinceCon, a three-day convention featuring fantasy role-playing game sessions.During the event, players created character personas, which they role-played in a fantasy universe throughout the weekend's activities.Aaron Mulder '97, an alumnus who participated in the convention, described the weekend as a series of "tabletop" game sessions played using pencils, paper and dice to control the actions of players' characters.Mulder also developed PrinceCon software, which is used to track participants during the convention.Organized by the Princeton Simulation Games Union (SGU), the overall tournament was made up of several small game sessions, each of which involving five to eight people and lasting from four to eight hours, SGU president Owen Schaefer '08 explained.

NEWS | 03/25/2007

U. refuses to grant Chabad chaplaincy

Following the University's denial of a request from the Jewish organization Chabad for a chaplaincy position in the Office of Religious Life, a group of students has started a petition asking President Tilghman to reconsider the decision."Chabad will continue to be on campus, regardless of what the University decides," Chabad student board president Arthur Ewenczyk '09 said.

NEWS | 03/25/2007

Good times, bad times

When Madeline Lu '09 checked the room draw list posted by the Housing Office on Friday, she "screamed obscenities."Lu's draw group has a slot in the mid-afternoon of the 12th and final day of upperclass room draw."We were trying to get a quad," she said.

NEWS | 03/25/2007

Head coach Scott '87 resigns

On the heels of a 2-12 Ivy League season that represented a low point in the storied history of Princeton basketball, Joe Scott '87 unexpectedly resigned as head coach of the men's team last week.

NEWS | 03/25/2007

Friedman '07 gets Labouisse Prize

While her fellow seniors begin consulting jobs and pursue graduate degrees next year, Maital Friedman '07 will be living in Mbale, Uganda, working to provide textbooks to children in the surrounding villages.Funding for Friedman's efforts comes after the University awarded her the Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize, a $25,000 fellowship that helps graduates pursue public service projects in developing countries.

NEWS | 03/25/2007

Whitford to speak at Class Day

Bradley Whitford, the actor best known for playing White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on "The West Wing," will deliver the Class Day address on June 4, Class of 2007 president Jim Williamson announced this morning in an e-mail to seniors."For his success as an actor and commitment as a philanthropist, we are honored Mr. Whitford will be joining the senior class to help us celebrate the end of our college careers," Williamson said in his email to the Class of 2007.Whitford, currently stars in "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip," won an Emmy in 2001 for his "West Wing" role and is involved with the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, a charity that benefits children.His character on "The West Wing," Lyman, was a fictional alumnus of Harvard College and Yale Law School.Whitford was selected to speak by the Class Day chairs, seniors Chris Chaney, Joe Franken and P.G.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

Penn boils over Baker '52

After the University of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday that James Baker '52 will deliver its commencement address on May 14, some students at Penn, Princeton and other schools have criticized the move, citing allegedly anti-Semitic remarks Baker made on two past occasions.At Penn, one of the decision's most vocal critics is junior Max Shapiro, who serves as president of the Penn Israel Coalition.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

S. Korean Left calls for alum to run

Chung Un-chan GS '78, former president of Seoul National University (SNU), has recently been the focus of persistent requests from the Uri party and other liberal South Korean political groups to announce his candidacy for the country's presidency.Though several South Korean publications have reported that Chung is close to announcing his candidacy, he has stopped short of declaring his intention to run.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

High hopes

Students scale a still-bare tree in Mathey Courtyard this week, enjoying the day's warm weather despite the presence of impending midterms.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

Munoz: U.S., South America distanced

Latin America is more than just a left-leaning, anti-American bastion south of the border, Chilean U.N.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

OIT continues to address printing waste through e-mail

Last semester, students and faculty printed 3,616,921 pages from University clusters, and as the number of pages printed has steadily risen over the last few years, the University's Office of Information Technology (OIT) has taken steps to curb excessive printing.Last week, 104 students, including Sam Clendon '07, received an email from OIT informing them of their excessive use of printing facilities.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

University to podcast lecture content

Students with iPod headphones and a bounce in their step are usually jamming to favorite tunes, but now they might be swinging to the rhythm of a campus lecture by Ralph Nader '55 or Afghan President Hamid Karzai.Princeton has made audio recordings of public lectures like theirs available in podcast form on its WebMedia site.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

From Somalia to the Senate, advocating aid

When Abass Mohamed '09 urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to send more food aid to refugee camps yesterday, he spoke not only as a concerned student, but also as a former Somalian refugee."Refugees are a different category of people," Mohamed said in an interview before he testified.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

Pilfering on Prospect

The Street is traditionally a venue for strutting the latest styles and snapping photos for facebook.com albums.

NEWS | 03/15/2007

3.14159265...

Godfrey Miller '07 devours blueberry filling to win the Math Club's annual pie-eating contest in recognition of March 14, Pi Day.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

Lake GS '74 equates Darfur to Rwanda

In coping with the current humanitarian crisis in Darfur, looking to the past ? especially the recent history of Rwanda ? may be the key to success, former adviser to President Clinton and Georgetown professor Anthony Lake GS '74 said during a lunch forum yesterday.Lake, who has had a long career in foreign service and public policy, has drawn criticism about his role in shaping American foreign policy in the face of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.As National Security Advisor under President Clinton from 1993 to 1997, Lake was closely associated with the administration's decision to refrain from military intervention to stop the genocide, during which about 800,000 people were killed."If there is one thing I could have a do-over [for]...it would be Rwanda," Lake said.During the forum, Lake led a discussion about American foreign policy and international humanitarian intervention with a group of about 20 community members, faculty members, graduate students and undergraduates.Lake's primary focus was on the current humanitarian situation in Darfur and its links to his prior experiences with the Rwandan genocide.The U.S.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

The art of coin collecting

On the wall of the reception room in Firestone Library's Department of Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) hangs an unassuming white frame.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

Launching start-ups on campus

A year after graduation, Brian Shiau '05 launched thesimexchange.com, an online virtual stock market where gamers buy shares to predict how well they think video games will sell.Over 2,600 people have joined the site since November.This website is similar to other prediction market websites where people bet on who will win elections or sporting events, but thesimexchange.com does not involve money."I've been a gamer all my life, [but] the difficulty was trying to come up with a ... fictional asset that will capture how video games work," Shiau said.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

Actor Bradley Whitford to speak at Class Day

Actor Bradley Whitford, widely known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman on the TV show "The West Wing," will deliver the Class Day address on June 4, Class of 2007 president Jim Williamson '07 announced this morning.In his email to the senior class, Williamson noted Whitford's involvement with a children's charity, the "Clothes Off Our Back Foundation," and said the actor would be an appropriate Class Day speaker."For his success as an actor and commitment as a philanthropist, we are honored Mr. Whitford will be joining the senior class to help us celebrate the end of our college careers," Williamson said in his email.Whitford, who won an Emmy in 2001 for his "West Wing" role, currently stars in NBC's "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip." He was selected to speak by the Class of 2007's Class Day chairs, Chris Chaney '07, Joe Franken '07 and P.G.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

Fleming GS '63 to address graduates at Baccalaureate

English professor emeritus John Fleming GS '63 will deliver the Baccalaureate address for the Class of 2007, senior class president Jim Williamson announced last night."We felt very strongly that, for all Professor Fleming has done for Princeton and for his eloquence and scholarship, he would be perfect," Williamson said.Fleming said he was surprised and honored to learn of his selection.

NEWS | 03/14/2007

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