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Jacob '08 eulogized as altruistic

Jacob '08 eulogized as altruistic

Talented writer and equestrian Lindsay Jacob '08 was remembered yesterday by family and friends in a memorial service held at the Hun School of Princeton.Jacob died June 15 after a six-year battle with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.During the service, those who knew Jacob recalled her writing ability, compassion for others and devotion to equestrianship.

NEWS | 10/07/2007

USG aims to improve dining halls

Revitalizing the Butler and Wilson dining halls, procuring buses to next week's Harvard football game and improving residential life were topics of discussion at last night's USG meeting.Sophomore class senator and student-dining services liaison Mike Wang met last week with representatives from Dining Services and from the Butler College Council to address Wilcox' and Wu's dwindling number of patrons."The general idea [behind] getting people to go to Wilcox and Wu is not competing with Whitman and Rocky/Mathey, but rather specializing and filling the niche that they don't," Wang said.Some ideas to address the dearth of diners included giving Wu a crepe station, milkshake machine and sushi bar, Wang said.Directors of student life (DSLs) from four of the six residential colleges attended the meeting to discuss event planning and issues pertaining to residential colleges.The DSLs ? a post that was created this year ? said they have been striving to define and juggle their various roles, which include supervising RCAs, handling crisis situations, addressing disciplinary matters and programming student life."It's going to take a while before the DSL position really takes hold in the University community," Whitman DSL Mentha Hynes-Wilson said.One difficulty they face, the DSLs said, is that they are new to campus and thus largely unfamiliar with Princeton student life."I'm looking forward to hearing what the USG thinks works, what needs to change and how we can help," Wilson DSL Michael Olin said.

NEWS | 10/07/2007

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U. donates $25,000 to build public skate parkThe University has donated $25,000 to Princeton Township to help fund construction of a skateboarding park.The move comes as the Princeton Recreation Department is short of funding for the park's construction.

NEWS | 10/07/2007

Students going green with fluorescent bulbs

More than 500 students picked up energy-efficient light bulbs on Friday at the Class of 2010's bulb exchange, an effort by class officers to help reduce the University's energy consumption.Most University lighting has been switched to compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs over the past few years, according to the Facilities Department.

NEWS | 10/07/2007

Abortion contributes to structural evil, says Ristuccia '75

The third annual Respect Life Sunday, an interfaith service at the University Chapel, marked the kickoff of Respect Life Week, which will feature events promoting stances against abortion, stem cell research and legalized euthanasia.Pastor Matt Ristuccia '75, conservative writer Richard Nadler and Sister Mary Gabriel addressed about 70 people in the Chapel yesterday.

NEWS | 10/07/2007

Vir Tempestatis Omnia Vincit

Encyclical Letter Summa Meteorologica, by the hand of His Snarkiness Earnhardt III, Weather Guy of all Princeton.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

Few give U. cell number for alerts

University officials are urging students to enter their cell phone numbers into the digital notification system that allows administrators to alert students of an emergency by phone and email.An alert system, similar to the University's Princeton Telephone and Email Notification System (PTENS), proved successful at St.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

McEwan's latest novel draws laughter, praise

"Dirty scenes" from Ian McEwan's latest book, "On Chesil Beach," drew gales of laughter and an eruption of applause at a reading in a packed McCosh 50 lecture hall last night.McEwan calls his new work a "real-time" novel, by which he means that the 208-page volume chronicles three-and-a-half hours of shy restraint and droll awkwardness between two virgins on their wedding night and takes about the same amount of time to read.McEwan won several fans last night with his wry humor and his understated treatment of what some students called his book's "dirty scenes.""I have actually never read anything by him before," David Kwabi '10 said.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

OMG: BFF with Romney

Text messages could help rally young voters to the polls on Election Day, a new study by a politics graduate student suggests.The study, conducted by Aaron Strauss GS, found that text message reminders sent to young people on or before the day of the 2006 midterm elections increased the likelihood that they would vote by 4.2 percentage points."Cell phones are great because it is [a] personal way to get the message, but it doesn't interrupt you," Strauss said.The day before the November 2006 election, researchers from Princeton and the University of Michigan sent out 4,000 text messages to young people who had provided their cell phone numbers when they registered to vote.In a subsequent survey, 59 percent of the recipients said the text message encouraged them to vote.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

Seniors' advice: find a thesis adviser early

In matters of the head, as in matters of the heart, it can be hard to find a partner. The beginning of the year is matchmaking season for seniors and their thesis advisers.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

On-campus Mac users quadruple

I never thought I'd switch to a Mac. After all, I have used PCs since I was 5 years old. I carried around my old Dell Inspiron 8000, a bulky nine-pound beast of a laptop, throughout high school, and it never suffered from any hardware problems over its five-year lifespan.The trouble was Windows ? the operating system from hell.So I decided to take the plunge and get a Mac.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

Labyrinth to launch in November

When Labyrinth Books and the Nassau Street branch of the U-Store open next month, the transformation of how University books and paraphernalia are sold will be complete.The store openings will cap off more than two years of planning and strategizing aimed at raising the University's profile among the town's retail stores.In opening the new stores, the University's goal is "thinking how we can best meet the needs of our students and faculty and support the University Store," said Paul Breitman, general manager for University services. Two U-StoresUnlike other campus bookstores, which are prominently placed on campus or in a nearby shopping area, Princeton's U-Store has been located on the side street of University Place for decades.But beginning next month, the new, more visibly situated Nassau Street U-Store will be tailored to community needs, while the University Place store "will be specifically focused as a student store," U-Store president Jim Sykes said.The University also hopes to improve textbook distribution on campus by using Labyrinth, an independent company that already has successful outlets at Columbia and Yale.

NEWS | 10/04/2007

Immigration panel points to U.S. history

As the debate on immigration continues to fragment the nation, a panel of experts discussed problems and possible solutions yesterday."Immigration is an issue which divides America in so many ways," Wilson School Acting Dean Nolan McCarty said as he introduced a panel that discussed "Debating Immigration," a book by Carol Swain.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

McPhee '53 found early inspiration in football

Princeton-born John McPhee '53 "flunked kindergarten in [the] very building" where he spoke last night ? 185 Nassau, home to the University's creative writing program and formerly the Princeton Elementary School.Now a Pulitzer Prizewinning writer and journalism professor associated with the Council of the Humanities, McPhee discussed his writing process and personal history and read excerpts from his work.He teaches JRN 240: Creative Non-Fiction twice every three years.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

Like father, like son

Correction appendedWith an A.B. from the Wilson School, a law degree from Harvard, a judicial clerkship, work in private practice and time served in Congress, the resume is quite impressive.Seeing two such resumes is uncanny ? especially when the individuals to whom they belong are father and son.Such is the case for former Sen.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

Reported drug use is up, says Public Safety

On-campus drug abuse violations and reported sex offenses rose last year while burglaries fell, according to the Department of Public Safety annual security report released Monday.There were no reports of murder, manslaughter, robbery or aggravated assault on campus in 2006.Of the statistics included, the most striking trend was the rise in forcible sex offenses, from only three in 2004 to 17 last year.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

Students say 'Hello' to Halo 3

Many Princeton students relax by hanging out with friends, playing intramural sports or sneaking a quick afternoon nap.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

Prof. urges HPV vaccine for all women

Two health professionals advised students to get the new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) last night at a discussion that is part of HPV Vaccine Awareness Week.The FDA approved the vaccine, Gardasil, in June 2006 after an accelerated review process.

NEWS | 10/03/2007

AAS celebrates move into Stanhope, possible new major

Growing from a program into a full-fledged center, African-American studies (AAS) has long been in a state of flux, expanding its offerings and moving its headquarters three times in the last four years.And that change is continuing, with African-American studies "authorized to [become] a major once our faculty is large enough to offer enough courses on a consistent basis," Center for African-American Studies Director Valerie Smith said.In the report that accompanied the University's announcement of the creation of the center last September, a faculty committee recommended that "the University should aim to be ready to offer a major in African-American studies in five years."After a year of renovations to Stanhope Hall, previously home to the Department of Public Safety, the center moved into its permanent headquarters this fall and held a celebratory open house yesterday.

NEWS | 10/02/2007

Taste of Nassau gives restaurants a boost

For four days during the first week of school, students had a chance to fill their stomachs without emptying their wallets.Taste of Nassau, which lasted from Sept.

NEWS | 10/02/2007

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