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Preliminary hearing for alleged Penn assailants set for February

Preliminary hearing for alleged Penn assailants set for February

PHILADELPHIA ? A status hearing Dec. 17 set the preliminary hearing date for five University of Pennsylvania students charged with assaulting a Princeton debater.The preliminary hearing, which will determine whether the evidence against the students warrants a trial, will be held at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Feb.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Borough approves redevelopment plans despite vocal opposition

The Princeton Borough Council adopted a multimillion-dollar bond ordinance for the downtown redevelopment plan at its Dec.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Randall wins USG presidential runoff

Pettus Randall '04 was declared the next USG president yesterday, capping an election marked by narrow margins and high voter turnout."I'm absolutely thrilled," Randall said last night.Randall made up a deficit in the first round of elections to edge out Sonya Mirbagheri '04 in the presidential runoff, garnering 1341 votes to Mirbagheri's 1295, said Michael Kimberly '03, senior elections manager.Randall said he wants to address the seven-week athletics moratorium and push for a 24-hour study area when he takes office next semester.The moratorium is "fundamentally flawed" by inappropriately singling out athletics, Randall said.Randall, who last week wrote a USG resolution denouncing the moratorium, said he hopes to work with the University administration to understand the goal of the moratorium ? and find a better way to address it.More broadly, Randall said he wants the USG to "be more relevant to the students" by making substantive changes and standing up to the administration.In the vice-presidential runoff, Jacqui Perlman '04 received 63 percent of the vote to defeat Brooke Stoddard '04.The voter turnout was 59 percent, up from 57 percent in the general election.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Township considers changes in deer management program

The Princeton Township Committee voted again in favor of a resolution to hire a wildlife management firm to reduce the local deer population through sharpshooting and the net-and-bolt technique.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Frist '74 to take over as Senate majority leader

WASHINGTON ? Bill Frist '74, a heart and lung transplant surgeon turned Republican U.S. senator, will take over as majority leader of the Senate when it reconvenes on Jan.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Uncool rankings: Princeton just #22 on list of the '50 coolest colleges'

Princeton has been lauded in recent college rankings for attributes such as its graduation rate, the percentage of alumni who give money and its focus on undergraduate education.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

University office cuts funding for community service break trips abroad

Lampost and bulletin board signs like one asking "Interested in doing community service in Honduras this Intersession?" will disappear this year.As of Oct.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

From the ground up: Student entrepreneurs create new compost

University students are responsible for approximately four tons of food waste daily.While most of the waste goes to a pig farm, Tom Szaky '05 and his company Terracycle have a better idea for its use.Terracycle recently signed a contract through which it will receive 130 tons of food waste daily from clients throughout northern New Jersey, including Princeton.Founded 14 months ago, Terracycle proposes a new method of composting food waste into soil, one which Szaky says is both extremely effective and environmentally friendly.Szaky's process, the result of collaboration with Jon Beyer '05 at the beginning of their freshman year, seeks to recreate the natural process of composting that occurs in the top six inches of the forest floor.Terracycle's approach uses technology to replicate and enhance the natural process of recycling waste ? particularly through the use of red worms.Szaky emphasized that this method has many positive results.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Princetonians contribute to WTC redevelopment proposals

NEW YORK - New plans to redesign the World Trade Center site went on view for the public this week, and among the architects are seven Princetonians ? including three faculty members, a former visiting professor, two alumni and Dean of the Architecture School Stan Allen GS '88.The new designs were created after the public rejected a previous set of plans released in the summer.Their redevelopment proposals will remain on display through Feb.

NEWS | 12/12/2002

Rising literary celebrity Foer '99 makes return visit to campus

"You know, I really don't write anymore."It may seem strange to hear these words from bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer '99, but on Dec.

NEWS | 12/11/2002

After years of interviews, University appoints Mitchell as new Butler master

In searching for a new master of Butler College, University deans Kathleen Deignan and Nancy Malkiel conducted years of interviews with numerous candidates.They sought someone who is "deeply committed to undergraduate education," has a good track record and cares about students, said Malkiel, dean of the college.After completing the process, they decided on Lee Mitchell, the Holmes Professor of Belles-Lettres in the Department of English and last week announced that he will become Butler College master beginning July 1.As a senior fellow at Rockefeller College, Mitchell was considered a qualified candidate."This is an unusual process to appoint a college master because it often takes years of consideration," Malkiel said.

NEWS | 12/11/2002

Sports in the Ivy League spread through the socioeconomic ranks

In the early 19th century, in London's Fleet Prison, men were beating each other with sticks and breaking bones.

NEWS | 12/11/2002

'Home Sweet Home': Spelmanites getting a head start on domestic life

A half-empty can of evaporated milk, a few leftover falafels wrapped in tin foil, two cans of tuna, three potatoes, a bag of carrots, half eaten brownies, a package of fahitas, one yogurt, two pears, half a clove of garlic, condiments and a few liquors are in your refrigerator.Could you make a meal out of this?

NEWS | 12/11/2002

Students complain of crashing SCI laptops

The best use for the laptop Elizabeth Bailey '04 bought through the Student Computer Initiative her freshman year may now be as a paperweight or doorstop."It's barely worth traveling with, and I know I can't write my JP or my thesis on it," she said.

NEWS | 12/11/2002

Borough cop goes to court for DWI, reckless driving

A Princeton Borough police officer pleaded guilty Monday to reckless driving, but his DWI charge was dismissed.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

Hutchings named head of National Intelligence Council

CIA director George Tenet named Robert Hutchings, assistant dean of the Wilson School, to head the National Intelligence Council yesterday.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

Students, faculty discuss USG, eating club issues at Blacks Thoughts Table

Participants at the Black Thoughts Table meeting last night expressed concerns that the USG is unresponsive to African-American issues and that upperclassmen dining options need to be reformed.The meeting, a result of the town hall forum on African-American life at the University, occurred one day after the Committee on African-American Life at Princeton presented a report to the Council of the Princeton University Community concerning issues related to black student life.Topics in the conversation included a perceived problematic USG, the eating clubs and the state of the Carl A.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

Committee promotes campus changes, awareness of disabled students' needs

The Undergraduate Disability Issues Committee presented a report for improving the quality of life for disabled students at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting Monday afternoon.The recommendations include improving accessibility to buildings by adding ramps and widening doorways and increasing awareness through MAA training and special events.The committee was created this semester to examine the needs of disabled students on campus."The goal of the committee is to raise awareness about the needs of disabled students on campus," said Kristen Wieghaus '03, a member of the committee.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

Randall, Mirbagheri talk campus issues in last lap

Intellectualism. A moratorium that has incensed athletes. A candidate calling his peers "tools." These are the themes of this year's USG contest, one that has mirrored the competition and controversy of professional politics, and one that will end today, when students choose the USG president, vice president and other leaders in runoffs.The two remaining USG presidential candidates, Sonya Mirbagheri '04 and Pettus Randall '04, squared off Monday night in a meeting at The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

Leaving the comforts of home to help preserve the Cochiti legacy

Princeton reminds me of everything I am. Tall. Brown. Big-boned. Quiet. I speak "Indian (pronounced In-din) English." I have a near zero bank account.

NEWS | 12/10/2002

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