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Kapusta waits for law school letters

Kapusta waits for law school letters

Pablo Kapusta '05 sat quietly behind the bulletproof glass at the International War Crimes Tribunal in The Hague as former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic defended himself against charges of human rights abuses.It was the summer of 2002, and Kapusta was interning across the street at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.He watched the Milosevic testimony as it was simultaneously translated into English, French and Serbo-Croatian and transmitted to the audience through an internal radio system."The fact that a former head of state could be held responsible for crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity is a huge step in progress," Kapusta said, noting the explosion of international law in the past 15 years.He hopes to soon contribute to that field.Kapusta, a Wilson School major, has applied to law schools at Harvard, Columbia, Georgetown, New York University, the University of Pennsylvania and University of Texas.

NEWS | 02/22/2005

Council debates hospital move

The Princeton Healthcare Task Force presented a review of proposals to relocate or expand the University Medical Center at Princeton (UMCP) at a Borough Council meeting Tuesday night.The hospital would need to expand to more than 11.76 acres by 2010 if it does not relocate, according to Marvin Reed, chair of the Princeton Healthcare Task Force and former mayor and councilman, who presented the results of the study.The current hospital facility covers 5.63 acres on Witherspoon Street.If the hospital is not relocated, the task force suggested expanding to Franklin Avenue and constructing a 13-story building and a six-level parking garage.If the hospital is relocated, Reed recommended the council permit the property to be rezoned for redevelopment.The task force emphasized the importance of facilitating transportation to the hospital if it relocates.

NEWS | 02/22/2005

Summers avoids vote by faculty

Harvard University President Lawrence Summers avoided a vote of confidence in an emergency faculty meeting held Tuesday, but the controversy over his leadership continues to dominate discussion around the country and at Princeton, where professors are considering possible trickle-down effects.At the meeting, Jeremy Knowles, former dean of Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, proposed a three-professor committee to serve as a link between Summers and the faculty ? but professors quickly rejected the idea as "undemocratic," The Harvard Crimson reported."There was consensus on all sides that further consultation is needed," Harvard psychology department chair Daniel Schacter said in an interview with The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 02/22/2005

David Bradford, renowned economist, dies at 66

Wilson School Associate Dean and professor David Bradford, a prominent labor economist and former White House adviser, died Tuesday morning from injuries sustained in a fire in his home two weeks ago.

NEWS | 02/22/2005

Looking beyond the gate

Nelson Reveley '05 has loved golf since the first time he sent a golf ball sailing through the air at a driving range.

NEWS | 02/22/2005

Chastity group gets University approval

The Anscombe Society, which seeks to promote a conservative sexual ethic that members believe is lacking on campus, was officially recognized as a University student group on Thursday.The change in status was announced during the USG meeting Sunday night.Named after the English philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, the organization hopes to provide a support group for Princeton students with similar ethical beliefs on issues of sexuality, family and social lifestyle.

NEWS | 02/21/2005

BSU objects to Klan joke in Tiger Magazine

Another controversy has broken out about a campus publication's humor.Offended by a reference to the Ku Klux Klan in the February issue of the campus humor journal Tiger Magazine, members of the Black Student Union (BSU) are sending letters expressing outrage to the magazine's editors, graduate board and University administrators.Just last week, the Nassau Weekly apologized for a facetious list related to the Holocaust that some readers found offensive.The Tiger, which does not receive University funds, satirized the group feature of the popular website TheFacebook.com in a piece titled, "Facebook Groups You Hope to Never See." One entry read, "People who are going to the national KKK meeting . . . because they spit hot fiya!"The fictitious group's description, which appeared to include a picture of a burning cross and a Ku Klux Klan member, noted, "If you need a ride to Georgia, the SVC [Student Volunteers Council] is lending us a car ? meet outside Baker Rink if you're coming!"In the letter to the Tiger editors, BSU president Candace Lee '06 wrote that it is her "assumption that this was a grossly misguided attempt at humor, instead of a maliciously motivated calling forth of very painful experiences in the history of African-Americans in this country." She said, "This judgment error is unacceptable because of the hostile environment that it creates for black students, even if this was not the intention of the writers."The Tiger Magazine editorial board responded to the BSU's complaints by saying in a statement that while the magazine values the opinions of the student body, the BSU "chose to misinterpret the article in our publication.""Maybe we should follow the BSU's lead and confront such real Facebook groups as 'Woman?

NEWS | 02/21/2005

University joins M.D./Ph.D. program

Princeton will launch a joint M.D./Ph.D. program with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMNDJ) this fall.The new partnership will expand on an existing M.D./Ph.D.

NEWS | 02/21/2005

Runway judges cull models from crowd

Tapping their feet to the upbeat music and chatting as they waited for their pictures to be taken, a few dozen students stood in a line wrapped around the Frist multipurpose room.

NEWS | 02/21/2005

Students respond to new site with praise, gripes

Following the official unveiling Thursday of the University's newly designed webpage, students have begun to recalibrate themselves to their new home base ? with mixed results.In a recent poll at point.princeton.edu, 14 percent of survey participants called the website "terrible" and 25 percent were "not too fond of it."However, 26 percent of survey respondents said they believed the new site was "alright" and 34 percent expressed positive opinions of the site.According to the University, "The core Web site ? the top 200 pages ? is intended to convey a better sense of Princeton through new and updated content and more pictures, while retaining an emphasis on frequently refreshed news content."The University believes the site will be as much of an improvement for the Princeton community as it will be for visitors, and notes on the site's description that "the new design and navigational structure will make it easier for users ? internal and external ? to find Web content."Students, though, expressed concern that the site caters more to visitors than it does to current students."I think the point of it was to be more attractive to visitors.

NEWS | 02/21/2005

USG forms committee on race

The USG voted to create a committee to discuss the implications and respond to the results of the campus-wide survey on race at its meeting Sunday night.USG vice president Jesse Creed '07 said at the meeting that the committee would "separate the problems raised by and then approach the solutions to" the issues brought up by the Survey on Race and Campus Life, which was released Monday."The point of the committee is to have a tangible outcome of the discussion so there'd be continuing discussion," Creed said in an interview.

NEWS | 02/20/2005

CDC recommends meningitis vaccinations for students

A government panel recently recommended that all college freshmen living in dorms be vaccinated for meningitis.

NEWS | 02/20/2005

Writing courses to be renamed

The journalism courses traditionally offered through the Program in Humanistic Studies will be categorized as "Seminars in Journalism and Writing" and will be listed under the course guide code JRN instead of HUM, beginning this fall.The change was approved unanimously at a faculty meeting this month.Carol Rigolot, executive director of the Council of the Humanities, said she hopes both undergraduates and prospective high school applicants will benefit from the new distinction."We have had, for about 50 years, a series of journalism courses designated as part of the humanistic program," Rigolot said.

NEWS | 02/20/2005

University examines employee diversity

An initiative is underway to examine ways to increase minority representation in upper-level administrative positions at the University.The initiative, called the Diversity Working Group (DWG), was announced at last week's meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC). Though the group has existed since the fall, Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson said she chose to delay its announcement until the results of the Survey on Race and Campus Life were released.The group is led by Dickerson and Vice President for Administration Mark Burstein."The group is intended to focus on recruitment, retention of diverse employees and to increase quality of their work experience," Dickerson said in an interview.

NEWS | 02/20/2005

Corzine pledges to restore trust in N.J. government

Senator Jon Corzine spoke to raise support for his gubernatorial campaign Sunday at an event sponsored by the Princeton Community Democratic Organization.About 100 community members and roughly 10 University students attended the event ? held at the Suzanne Patterson Senior Center ? to meet Democratic candidates before the June primary.Candidates for the New Jersey assembly and Mercer County freeholder, clerk, and sheriff positions also attended.Corzine, the keynote speaker at the event, explained his reasons for running for governor and outlined his proposals to a supportive crowd."When I was thinking about whether or not to run, I was thinking about how you could touch people's lives most closely, make the most difference," he said.

NEWS | 02/20/2005

'Coming Together' sparks interfaith dialogue on campus

Students from dozens of colleges converged at the University Thursday for an innovative four-day conference of collegiate interfaith councils.Sponsored by the Religious Life Council, "Coming Together: A venture across religious boundaries" has brought together 75 students from 25 universities across the country."[This event] is something completely new and exciting," said Rabia Ali '04, student coordinator for the conference, adding that there was an overwhelming response from university groups interested in discussing issues regarding faith on college campuses.This weekend will be an opportunity for various interfaith councils to discuss ideas and issues that have arisen in their own programs, said Paul Raushenbush, associate dean of religious life."The hope is that there'll be a loose federation of interfaith councils," he said, as this event is the first time that interfaith councils from different schools have come together.Speakers this weekend will include religion professor Jeffrey Stout and Steve Waldman, founder and editor-in-chief of Beliefnet.com. The conference will also feature religious services, discussions on being religious on a college campus and a workshop on running interfaith councils.Religious groups on campus will also participate, including the Center for Jewish Life, which is hosting a Shabbat service and dinner for the conference on Friday night.In addition to organizing the multi-university event, Princeton's Religious Life Council is also promoting communication between different interfaith groups by starting an intercollegiate journal of religious life.Both Ali and Raushenbush discussed the need for interfaith councils to provide a comforting atmosphere for religious students on campus."One of the biggest challenges [in being religious] is being able to be yourself.

NEWS | 02/17/2005

Summers to face vote of confidence

Following a tense faculty meeting that left in doubt Harvard professors' confidence in their leader, University President Lawrence Summers released for the first time Thursday a transcript of his controversial remarks on women in science.

NEWS | 02/17/2005

Administration pulls 'Love' posters

Three days after the Pride Alliance posted 1,000 gay-themed Valentine's Day fliers across campus, the complaints of a few students prompted Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne to order the posters' removal from public spaces.The posters showed same-sex couples kissing under the slogan "Love = Love" and were meant to "raise awareness that LGBT love is one kind of love," Pride Alliance president Claire Woo '06 said.Among the students who filed complaints was John Andrews '05, who noted in an e-mail to Dunne that the lack of attribution on the posters violated school policy.Andrews cited a regulation in "Rights, Rules, Responsibilities" stating that "public postings without sponsorship of a registered University organization shall be removed or deleted" if a student objects.Although the posters did not print the name of the group that sponsored the campaign, the Pride Alliance took the credit on its website and in interviews with The Daily Princetonian.Andrews, an outspoken conservative and former editor of the Princeton Tory, a conservative student publication, said his complaint was not motivated by his personal views on the matter."Content aside, this is an issue of procedural fairness," Andrews said.

NEWS | 02/17/2005

Prausnitz wins National Medal of Science

John Prausnitz GS '55 has been named a recipient of the National Medal of Science, a prestigious award for achievement in science and technology.Prausnitz, a chemical engineer at the University of California at Berkeley, will receive the medal along with nine other honorees, at a ceremony at the White House on March 14.He has won several awards over the course of his career, including an honorary degree from Princeton in 1995, but "none [were] as good as this one," Prausnitz said in an interview Thursday.The medal honors his work at UC Berkeley in applying molecular thermodynamics ? a field most commonly associated with chemistry and physics ? to engineering problems.His research helped to improve the safety of chemical manufacturing processes by identifying volatile combinations of chemicals."You can calculate compositions of chemical mixtures which will be explosive or which will burn, and of course you want to stay away from those," Prausnitz said.His discoveries also improved the efficiency of chemical manufacturing."The main part [of the research] is actually economic, if you want to make chemicals and want to do it in the cheapest way possible," he said.Prausnitz cited the difficulty of isolating specific molecules in chemical compounds for commercial purposes."An example is petroleum, which has a lot of different molecules.

NEWS | 02/17/2005

Bush may name prof top adviser

Gregory Mankiw '80 has resigned from his post as one of President Bush's top economic advisers, a position he has held since 2003.

NEWS | 02/17/2005

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