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Students design independent majors

Students design independent majors

Dan Powell '00 never expected his independent concentration in Bioethics to be a subject of conversation with Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.When Powell interviewed for the clerk position he currently holds, Justice Stevens kept turning the conversation back to Powell's hybrid concentration in molecular biology and the humanities.Powell belongs to a small group of students who choose to abandon the preset curriculum of a department and design their own personalized course of study instead.The Independent Concentration Program is available only to students who cannot fit their desired curriculum into one of the University's 34 different concentrations, Director of the Independent Concentration Program Hank Dobin said.Currently two University juniors are pursuing independent concentrations, both in bioethics.This number is substantially lower than at many of Princeton's peer institutions.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Nonprofit founder speaks on success

Greg Forbes Siegman, philanthropist and Internet entrepreneur, spoke at Frist Campus Center Thursday afternoon about The First Thirty, a recently-published inspirational book by Jillip Paxson that recounts the story of a Princeton-reject turned social entrepreneur.Seigman runs the 11-10-02 foundation, a nonprofit that raises scholarships for students from working-class Chicago neighborhoods by selling milkshakes for $10,000 each.

NEWS | 04/07/2005

Referendum sought on Army ROTC

A group of students is petitioning the USG to hold a referendum on a nondiscrimination amendment to the student government constitution.The proposed amendment requires the USG to urge Nassau Hall to eliminate support for employers that violate the University's nondiscrimination policy ? including support for military recruiters and the ROTC.The Defense Department's "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibits anyone who is openly gay from serving in the armed forces.

NEWS | 04/06/2005

Naacho to perform eclectic spring show

NAACHO, Princeton's first Indian dance ensemble, tops the list of not-to-be-missed campus dance acts.

NEWS | 04/06/2005

PJP brief to honor former adviser

The Princeton Justice Project (PJP) will submit a brief to the state Supreme Court this fall supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage in honor of a former adviser and University preceptor who died earlier this month.Linda Colligan, a Rutgers University graduate student who advised the group and served as a preceptor for the politics department, committed suicide on March 12 in Chadds Ford, Pa.

NEWS | 04/06/2005

Philosophy rebuilds after recent losses

Despite the recent loss of several prominent professors in the philosophy department, University students and faculty ? as well as professors at other institutions ? agree that the department remains strong.In the past few years, senior professors David Lewis and Richard Jeffrey GS '57 passed away and Harry Frankfurt retired.

NEWS | 04/06/2005

Students bring felon Anthony Papa to discuss drug policy reform

Artist and former prison inmate Anthony Papa spent 12 years in prison for passing 4.5 oz. of cocaine in 1984.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Movers and shakers

On an average weekday, Leslie-Bernard Joseph '06 gets at least 100 emails.He starts reading for classes at 3 a.m., tries to nap for a few hours before going to meetings from 9:30 to 11 in the morning, and then goes to lecture, where he often falls asleep.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Bassler receives funds for biology research

Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler was chosen as one of this year's 43 Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators to receive financial support for their biological research from a pool of more than 300 nominees across the nation"What the Howard Hughes is going to do for my group is tremendous," Bassler said.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Students pick new majors

A week before midterms last October, as he crammed for exams on neuroscience and viruses, Matt Samberg '06 came to a realization: majoring in molecular biology was not the best way for him to understand the inner workings of the mind.Samberg's interest lies in memory, cognition and the other mysteries of the brain, which led him to pursue a certificate in neuroscience.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Motlagh looks to dispel negative image of clubs

Hunched over a keyboard typing out emails, Jamal Motlagh '06 looks like any other Princeton student stealing a few moments to catch up with his friends.Not too many students, though, send messages to "smt@princeton.edu" ? that's President Tilghman's address ? and not too many have to simultaneously deal with questions about a "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" study break shouted from the other side of the room as they type.As president of both the Quadrangle Club and the Inter-Club Council (ICC), Motlagh must balance a commitment to the life of the Street with a responsibility to the entire University community."He understands the ways in which the clubs and the University interact," said Dean of Undergraduate Student Life Maria Flores-Mills, who has worked extensively with Motlagh over the past weeks.Motlagh is the primary "liaison for voicing concerns and facilitating interaction" between the eating clubs and the University, Flores-Mills said.The basic responsibilities of the ICC president include organizing a weekly meeting of the 11 club presidents and keeping in touch with various administrators about happenings on the Street.Katie Daviau '06, ICC vice-president and Colonial Club's president, said she trusts Montagh's leadership."He understands the importance of the eating clubs to the social fabric of Princeton," she said.Motlagh, though, has a greater vision: he hopes to reshape the eating clubs' image and improve their relationship with the University."I hope that people will look at the Street and the eating clubs as an open and friendly place, not a bunch of wild and exclusive institutions," Motlagh said. First Weeks in OfficeMotlagh said that his first few weeks in office have been "hectic but very rewarding.""It's been fun seeing what opportunities are open to me and thinking of ways in which I can help the Street and the University," he said.Motlagh was well acquainted with the role of ICC president before starting his term.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Borough considers additional positions on police force

Princeton's Borough Council discussed a proposal presented by the Public Safety Committee Tuesday that would call for the Borough Police to make a fourth administrative position, a third lieutenant, in the Borough police department.Anthony Federico, the chief of Borough Police, has asked that the council approve this additional administrative position which would be filled by a current sergeant in the department.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Chemistry to move to new complex

Chemistry faculty and students will soon have a new home closer to other science departments, President Tilghman announced last week.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Graduate student arrested

A graduate student in the mathematics department has been charged by Borough police with reckless endangerment and harassment in connection with more than 60 incidents targeting Asian women on campus.

NEWS | 04/05/2005

Faculty honors Bradford, Cone

The University faculty honored recently-deceased professors David Bradford of the Wilson School and Edward Cone '39 of the music department at a faculty meeting in Nassau Hall Monday afternoon.Professors and administrators listened to resolutions praising the late scholars' lives and work, then stood for separate moments of silence commemorating each professor.The memorial resolution for Bradford was read by fellow economist and Wilson School professor Uwe Reinhardt.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

Native American art exhibit comes to Wilson College

Skateboarding, graffiti, slam poetry and Native Americans. Which one doesn't belong? According to members of the Native Agent Arts Collective, the answer is none of the above.Douglas Miles, who founded the group of Native American artists called the Native Agents, is in Princeton this week for the exhibition of his artwork, which includes skateboard decks from his Apache Skateboards company and paper artwork.There will be an open lunch Wednesday with members of the Native Agents and a screening of the film "Smoke Signals," a documentary on Apache skateboards."Native Agents is just me and other artists like myself working in different mediums that are considered not traditional, like skating, slam poetry and graffiti.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

Alumni win two Pulitzers

Three alumni ? including a husband-and-wife team ? were awarded Pulitzer Prizes on Monday, winning $10,000 for their books on 20th century art and 18th century history.Mark Stevens '73 and Annalyn Swan '73 ? both former editors of The Daily Princetonian ? were honored for "de Kooning: An American Master," a biographical work about the life and art of the Abstract Expressionist painter Willem de Kooning.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

Students compete in car contest

When Ben Klaber '05 wants to work on his thesis, he heads out to the Street to finish the Prospect 11.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

Drumming up support, awareness for Darfur

Students heading to late meal walked to a different beat last night, as a circle of students jammed on African drums on the south lawn of Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

Husband and wife share 'Prince,' book, Pulitzer prize

Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan's partnership started long before they wrote the book that would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize.The husband-and-wife writing team, who wrote "de Kooning: An American Master," a biography of the painter Willem de Kooning, first met at The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 04/04/2005

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