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Tornado damages homes and power lines in Lawrence Twp.

Tornado damages homes and power lines in Lawrence Twp.

A severe storm suspected to be a tornado swept through Mercer County yesterday morning, downing trees and causing power outages.The storm's heavy rain and strong winds blew in from the west shortly after 8 a.m., sparing Princeton Borough and Princeton Junction from damage but hit several neighboring towns.The storm especially affected Lawrence Township, where a local state of emergency was called to bring in additional help and keep traffic to a minimum, Lawrence Township Mayor Gregory Fuliti said."When we assessed the damage, we knew that it was too much for us to handle," Fuliti said.

NEWS | 09/23/2003

Center for Jewish Life director Diamond steps down

After serving nine years as director of the Center for Jewish Life, Rabbi James Diamond announced yesterday his decision to resign in an email directed to Princeton's Jewish community."I believe [after the end of this academic year] the time will have come for me to do something else," he wrote.

NEWS | 09/23/2003

Wu explains Hong Kong's path since 1997 change of hands

Six years after Hong Kong gained independence from Britain it has achieved economic and political power as a small nation, said Sarah Wu, a senior Hong Kong trade official."I feel very proud to be a Hong Kong person," Wu told students and professors who gathered last week to hear her speak in Robertson Hall.Wu's lecture, titled "Hong Kong: Six Years After the Handover," was sponsored by the Wilson School Thursday.Though Wu acknowledges Hong Kong faced the challenges of the 1997 Asian economic crisis and the SARS epidemic earlier this year, she remains optimistic.Wu, who is responsible for leading the development and expansion of Hong Kong's economic and business interests in the Eastern United States, discussed the positive aspects of Hong Kong's legal and economic systems, and its growing role in the international arena."Hong Kong is very open and looking for merit," Wu said, stressing the importance of the integrity and quality of Hong Kong's judicial system."Freedom, openness [and] accessibility are the keys to the longterm success of any society," she said.Wu emphasized Hong Kong's position as an arbitration center for Asia, citing statistics that showed the rise in activity of the court system during the past few years.In addition to domestic and regional courts, Wu emphasized Hong Kong's involvement in international organizations."Of course we take our rights very seriously," Wu said, displaying a list of international human rights groups in which Hong Kong is a member.Wu also stressed the importance of integrity on a local level."I think that Hong Kong is non-corruptible," she said.Whereas Americans are "obedient" and "subdued," Hong Kong's citizens take an active and passionate role in their government, she said."This is a totally different society," she said.Wu expressed similar pride in Hong Kong's budding economy.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

Tilghman defends women appointees

President Tilghman expressed surprise and disappointment yesterday that the undergraduate women of Princeton did not "rise up and reject" accusations that she gave special consideration to female candidates for four senior administrative positions.Three of the female administrators ? Provost Amy Gutmann, Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 and Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel ? joined Tilghman in a panel discussion, sponsored by the Organization of Women Leaders, called "Women in the Ivory Tower: Gender, Power, and Politics at Princeton.""It was a great surprise to me [that I was accused] of being biased in favor of women," said Tilghman, who took particular offense at allegations of bias in her selection of new Admissions Dean Janet Rapelye.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

Sophomores create website to help college prospects get a Yes!

Sophomore Robert Moore often thinks of one of his high school friends. Like Moore, his friend had hopes of attending Princeton.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

Calif. recall on hold over ballots, students concerned

The East Coast may have faced Hurricane Isabel last week, but for the last few months the West Coast has witnessed a whirlwind of a different sort: the California recall election.If the vote were to succeed, it would be only the second gubernatorial recall in the nation's history.Gov.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

George Whitesides '96: Inspiring kids to look at the stars

Every once in a while, a Princeton alumnus has the chance to leave a major impact in the world. George Whitesides graduated from the University in 1996 and already he has helped found a worldwide program that is inspiring kids to reach for the stars, literally.In 2001 Whitesides helped start an organization called Permission to Dream.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

NES enrollment slows after two years of growth for department

More than two years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the surge in student interest in the Near Eastern studies department has started to slow down.In the academic year after the Sept.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

ORFE becomes engineers' top choice as major

With 37 percent of employed 2003 graduates working in financial services, it's not surprising that this year there are more students majoring in Operations Research and Financial Engineering than in any other department in the engineering school.And the number of majors is steadily increasing.

NEWS | 09/22/2003

USG discusses elections and voting policy, LGBT concerns

In a retreat Saturday afternoon in Whig Hall, USG officers set goals for the upcoming semester, including addressing LGBT concerns and improving elections and voting.USG president Pettus Randall '04 said he hopes to continue responding to student concerns."We want to continue our roles as activists looking for the big issues on campus and trying to combat those issues," he said.

NEWS | 09/21/2003

Bradley '65 champions integrity

Bill Bradley '65 drew on his wide variety of life experiences as he encouraged students to uphold standards of integrity at an assembly on Cannon Green last night.In his speech, Bradley encouraged students to start by defining their own codes of honor."I say never give up and never sell out.

NEWS | 09/21/2003

CIA limits internships since 9/11

Each fall CIA recruiters and web site announce summer internships for qualified undergraduates. But since Sept.

NEWS | 09/21/2003

Durkee '69 to replace Wright '62 as vice president, secretary

Vice President and Secretary Thomas Wright '62 will step down from his position at the end of December, concluding 31 years of service marked by involvement in myriad aspects of the University.Robert Durkee '69 has been tapped to take on most of Wright's responsibilities ? which include administrative support for the Board of Trustees and staffing for the president's office ? in addition to his current role as vice president for public affairs."I'm delighted to have this opportunity to work more closely with President Tilghman and the University," Durkee said.Wright currently oversees the general counsel and the vice president for campus life, but beginning next year those offices will report directly to Tilghman."He has served as the senior adviser to three presidents with extraordinary intelligence and judgment," Tilghman said.

NEWS | 09/21/2003

Scholars discuss Italian Renaissance

They saw Florence. They saw Rome. They saw Renaissance underpants.On Friday, 230 scholars from across the globe ? and a handful of students ? gathered at the Department of Art and Archaeology's Italian Renaissance City Symposium in McCosh 50 to discuss how art, architecture, sewers and breechesmake up cultural notions of civic identity."Those were some of the best images I've ever seen projected on a slide," history professor Anthony Grafton joked, "sewers really matter ? so do underpants."Grafton was speaking at one of the first lectures of the symposium, "Home from Home: Microcosms of Italian Cities in the Oltremare" delivered by Deborah Howard, chair of the art history department at Cambridge University.Howard's lecture focused on the Italian presence outside of Italy, specifically in the Mediterranean, a presence facilitated through trade during the Renaissance period."Arab words infiltrated the everyday language," Howard said in her sprightly British pitch.

NEWS | 09/21/2003

Campus let down after week of awaiting Isabel

Curiously, University students were disappointed yesterday to find themselves not under the weather.Many were excited about the prospect of Hurricane Isabel hitting Princeton, and were let down when that was not the case."I was very excited about [the storm] and had kind of a childish attitude about it," Galina Barakova '04 said.The University recommended yesterday that students take precautions against Hurricane Isabel as Gov.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

Bradley '65 to speak at integrity assembly

Bill Bradley '65 will address the University community on Sunday at a new assembly addressing the importance of integrity.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

I spy with my Google eye . . . on you

I became Google-eyed (adj.) after I Googled (v.) all my friends' names in a bout of Google-mania (n.).Everybody does it.Google ? a search engine run by CEO Eric Schmidt '76 ? lets users get the low down on their friends, enemies and everybody in between.Just pop in a name, and get all the web pages mentioning that person."Now, if you can't remember your college years because of everything you consumed," Schmidt says, "Google remembers all of it for your friends."Type "Shirley Tilghman" and get some 2,000 results, starting with the University president's resume.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

Israeli minister combats anti-Israel college views

Human rights activist and Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Natan Sharansky continued his five-day tour of 13 American universities with a visit to campus yesterday, fighting what he characterizes as a new breed of anti-Semitism ? hatred toward Israel.He is enlisting the support of college students to help change the view that Palestinians are the only victims in the Mideast crisis.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

Edwards campaign reaches Nassau Inn

Democratic Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina took his presidential campaign to Princeton last night, where he met his daughter, Catharine Edwards '04, and about 70 students at the Nassau Inn.Greeting many students by name, Edwards gradually worked his way to the front of the small room to switch off the microphone and await his daughter, who introduced the senator simply as "my dad.""I'm here campaigning," Sen.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

Solicitors call University members for personal info

Yesterday at 10:40 a.m., a male student reported to University Public Safety that he was telephoned by solicitors who asked for his date of birth, social security number, parents' names and mother's maiden name, according to an email to the student body from the Department of Public Safety.Public Safety also reported that other members of the University were contacted as well.One of those, a senior who was contacted yesterday evening, said a woman with "a heavy Caribbean accent" called him and first asked for information that was public knowledge ? his name, date of birth and telephone number.When she began asking for other information, such as his parents' names and his annual income, he responded that he was uncomfortable giving that information.

NEWS | 09/18/2003

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