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PICSim models Middle East crisis

PICSim models Middle East crisis

On Friday afternoon, room 309 in Frist Campus Center resembled the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange ? students rushed from corner to corner, frantic looks in their eyes.Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation (PICSim), a conference run by the International Relations Council (IRC) and designed to reinvigorate often-staid Model UN simulations, was in session.An American cruise ship had just been hijacked by Jordan in the Suez Canal; Egypt and America were preparing their response.Further east, the Iraqi government was facing growing unrest and requested an additional 15,000 troops to enter Baghdad.Meanwhile, the Jordanian government was sitting back and watching the action."We don't have a situation for Jordan?

NEWS | 03/05/2006

Students seek funds to send 800 pounds of condoms to South Africa

For the past week, Erin Blake '06 has been driving a car full of condoms ? 800 pounds of condoms, to be precise.After Blake requested a small donation for the Student Global AIDS Campaign, the companies contacted contributed a half-ton crate of condoms and pregnancy tests."It's a really bizarre situation," Blake said.

NEWS | 03/05/2006

USG confers on late meal, course guide

USG members discussed the future of meal plans and the launch of the new Student Course Guide (SCG) at last night's weekly meeting.Dining Services recently released plans to revise meal times for next year.

NEWS | 03/05/2006

University network debuts at Oscars event

Correction appendedStudents packed Frist Campus Center last night for their own Oscar night gala celebration.Beginning at 8 p.m., hundreds of students streamed into a transformed Frist 100-level.

NEWS | 03/05/2006

PICSim models Middle East crisis

On Friday afternoon, room 309 in Frist Campus Center resembled the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange ? students rushed from corner to corner, frantic looks in their eyes.Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation (PICSim), a conference run by the International Relations Council (IRC) and designed to reinvigorate often-staid Model UN simulations, was in session.An American cruise ship had just been hijacked by Jordan in the Suez Canal; Egypt and America were preparing their response.Further east, the Iraqi government was facing growing unrest and requested an additional 15,000 troops to enter Baghdad.Meanwhile, the Jordanian government was sitting back and watching the action."We don't have a situation for Jordan?

NEWS | 03/05/2006

Facebook 'friends' high schools

High school students across the country can now enter into the college world of wall postings, shared photo albums and "poking" on facebook.com. They can even "friend" college students with whom they've never once exchanged conversation."I recently declined a 'friend' request from a student at my old high school," said Pete Ploszek '09, a member of the facebook group "Princetonians for the Segregation of College and High School facebook.""He was someone I hardly knew at all.

NEWS | 03/05/2006

Mike's Barber Shop challenges Rialto, Continental for local clientele

While some students may be skeptical about the quality of barbershops around the University, Mike's Barber Shop assures potential patrons that its services are a cut above the competition's."We offer a quality product in a quality, upscale environment," Mike's Barber Shop's Frank Whyte said.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Scully '72 named Morgan Stanley co-president

Laboring on the docks of Newark during summer breaks may not be the typical path to Wall Street fame and fortune.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Tilghman and three past presidents gather in New York

NEW YORK, March 2 ? President Tilghman and her three living predecessors praised the University for its racial integration and transition to coeducation, and reserved harsh words for Harvard and the Concerned Alumni of Princeton in speeches Thursday night at the Princeton Club.Tilghman and the former University presidents ? Harold Shapiro GS '64, William Bowen GS '58, and Robert Goheen '40 GS '48 ? described their gathering before a crowd of alumni as unprecedented, but explained that they were by no means strangers."We all live within five blocks of each other," Tilghman said.Tilghman said she was privileged to be able to draw on the experience of Goheen, Shapiro and Bowen."This has had a very profound effect on my presidency," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Poke your prez: 'Tighman' friendless on facebook

Facebook.com helps students network with friends on campus, those at other universities and even friends in high school.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Tilghman and three past presidents gather in New York

NEW YORK, March 2 ? President Tilghman and her three living predecessors praised the University for its racial integration and transition to coeducation, and reserved harsh words for Harvard and the Concerned Alumni of Princeton in speeches Thursday night at the Princeton Club.Tilghman and the former University presidents ? Harold Shapiro GS '64, William Bowen GS '58, and Robert Goheen '40 GS '48 ? described their gathering before a crowd of alumni as unprecedented, but explained that they were by no means strangers."We all live within five blocks of each other," Tilghman said.Tilghman said she was privileged to be able to draw on the experience of Goheen, Shapiro and Bowen."This has had a very profound effect on my presidency," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Lousy smarch weather

Weather fans, there's something strange in the air. I've noted a recent upsurge in the type of events described by Agent Fox Mulder as unable to be "classified, filed, and easily referenced." Colors aren't as bright, dogs won't stop barking and sales of Astro Pops have climbed 78 percent ? in the depths of winter, mind you!

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Muldoon to head proposed arts center

Pulitzer Prizewinning poet and humanities professor Paul Muldoon has been named the inaugural chair of the University's new Center for the Creative and Performing Arts."It's an opportunity to do something we've never quite managed before: to get our programs going in the same direction, under the same aegis, under one form of leadership," Muldoon said in an interview Thursday.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Courses scrutinized before approval

While some students spend months poring over the Student Course Guide to craft their ideal schedule, administrators may spend even more time crafting the ideal guide."It's a fairly rigorous process because it must meet the standards of Princeton's undergraduate education," Deputy Registrar Robert Bromfield said.The Committee on the Course of Study decides which classes proposed by professors will enter the curriculum.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Pro-Life posters University to spark discussion

Just as members of the Pride Alliance believe that "Love = Love" between any two people, Princeton Pro-Life believes that "Life = Life" from the moment of conception on through adulthood.And like the "Love = Love" flyer campaign, "Life = Life = Life" has met with opposition.Only a few hours after the posters ? meant to spark debate at Princeton about abortion ? were put up, several of them located outside Frist Campus Center were torn down.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Poke your prez: 'Tighman' friendless on facebook

Facebook.com helps students network with friends on campus, those at other universities and even friends in high school.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Pro-Life posters University to spark discussion

Just as members of the Pride Alliance believe that "Love = Love" between any two people, Princeton Pro-Life believes that "Life = Life" from the moment of conception on through adulthood.And like the "Love = Love" flyer campaign, "Life = Life = Life" has met with opposition.Only a few hours after the posters ? meant to spark debate at Princeton about abortion ? were put up, several of them located outside Frist Campus Center were torn down.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Scully '72 named Morgan Stanley co-president

Laboring on the docks of Newark during summer breaks may not be the typical path to Wall Street fame and fortune.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Former German foreign minister may join faculty

Former German foreign minister Joschka Fischer has been extended an offer to join the University's faculty, according to reports in the German media."It is true that I have received an offer from Princeton University, but I have not yet taken a decision," he told the German newspaper Handelsblatt in January.Fischer, who never finished college and has been criticized for his role in violent activism in the 1970s, has reportedly received a similar offer from Harvard.Wilson School officials contacted by The Daily Princetonian declined to comment on the reports."As a matter of policy, we don't comment on personnel matters, or respond to rumors," Wilson School Assistant Dean of Public Affairs Steve Barnes said in an email.University officials also declined to comment on reports that Fischer was in town last week to discuss the possibility of a faculty appointment.In a speech delivered at Princeton in November 2003, Fischer spoke of the incredible potential of the European Union and of the need for cooperation between the United States and Europe in order to achieve world peace.At the time, Wilson School professor Wolfgang Danspeckgruber called Fischer the "quintessential foreign policy maker of Europe"

NEWS | 03/02/2006

Courses scrutinized before approval

While some students spend months poring over the Student Course Guide to craft their ideal schedule, administrators may spend even more time crafting the ideal guide."It's a fairly rigorous process because it must meet the standards of Princeton's undergraduate education," Deputy Registrar Robert Bromfield said.The Committee on the Course of Study decides which classes proposed by professors will enter the curriculum.

NEWS | 03/02/2006

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