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Princeton community, students prepare to Take Back the Night

Princeton community, students prepare to Take Back the Night

Upon hearing earlier this year that her friend had been raped, Joann Sofis '00 decided she had to do something.To raise awareness about sexual assault at Princeton, she created the book "Stopping the Silence" ? a collection of four women's stories that will be distributed at Saturday's Take Back the Night march.Sofis said she was angry that her friend felt ashamed about being raped.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Shops value students for more than their money

University students often venture into the town that lies beyond FitzRandolph Gate, whether to purchase shampoo or to treat themselves to an ice cream cone.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

From 'whazzaa' to 'got milk?' catch phrases catch on

WHAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?!!!If you're one of the 38 people on this campus who doesn't drink Budweiser, you might not know that this is how people say "hello" to each other nowadays.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Library program turns middle schoolers into 'Young Curators'

When Bonnie Bernstein, outreach coordinator for the Cotsen's Children's Library, first envisioned the Young Curator's exhibit, she did not realize the widespread support network she would be able to harness."It was a real community project," Bernstein said of the exhibit, which chronicles the history of schools and was curated by Princeton-area elementary and middle school students.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

ISAP president tricks international students with April Fool's Day prank

April Fool's Day might be an American tradition, but that does not keep foreigners from becoming its victims.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

'Risk' meets Model U.N.

The world is in turmoil. American lives are at stake. Nuclear material has disappeared at the Hungarian border, and the United States will double its peace-keeping police strength in the Balkans within the next 48 hours.World crisis?

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Trustees set to vote on Wythes proposal

The University Board of Trustees will meet tomorrow to vote on the Wythes Committee Report and the 500-student increase it recommends."We will discuss the report at the meeting," committee chairman Paul Wythes '55 said.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Closer to Pyne: Indigo Girls concert moves to Dillon Gym

The Indigo Girls concert slated for tonight on Poe Field now will take place in Dillon Gym, according to USG social chair Carolyn Chao '01.The decision to change venues was made at the request of the Indigo Girls' managers, who said they were concerned the cool temperatures would affect the performance, Chao said.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

No Small Change

The Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse has become a key part of campus life this year, bringing with it an aggressive and well-funded campaign to reduce binge drinking at Princeton.But despite a hefty grant from the trustees to fund non-alcoholic social events and escalated penalties to deter underage drinking on campus, some remain skeptical about whether the initiative's goal of eradicating alcohol abuse on campus was realistic."The initiative technically is trying to limit drinking ? and it is not.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Departure of able 'bagelologist' will leave hole in community

From the Nude Olympics to Princeton's first national lacrosse title, Alfred Kahn has been a fixture in Princeton, delivering bagels to the University and the community for nearly 20 years.

NEWS | 04/13/2000

Liebes '52 to lead students on a 'Walk Through Time'

Students will soon have the chance to journey through five billion years of the Earth's history simply by traversing a mile-long path around campus, thanks to the efforts of University alumni.The path ? called, "A Walk Through Time . . . from Stardust to Us" ? is a display of more than 90 panels that tell the story of the Earth's evolution.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Before k.d. lang, before Jewel, there were two girls with guitars

It was 1986. The Bangles belted "Manic Monday" from radios nationwide as yuppies cruised around cities in their BMWs, and Phyllis Schlafly told women to leave corporate America to raise their children.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Though the thesis is done, you can't quite write it off

When I sauntered into Pequod at 3:50 p.m. last Monday, two other English majors were frantically grabbing their bound volumes and running out the door.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Recalling a young life under apartheid

Tshepo Masango is an African-American freshman from Atlanta. She returned to live in her parents' native South Africa when she was two years old.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Brzezinski addresses Russian past, present and future policies

As a crowd of jostling professors and students tried to push their way into McCormick's lecture hall, a small man with thinning white hair stood alone to the side of the swarming mass, holding his briefcase with both hands.He stepped forward and whispered to one of the eager participants in a slight accent, "Would you mind if I could just sneak through?"Moments later, the crowd began to charge in the opposite direction ? the lecture had been moved to McCosh 50.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Money Well Spent? Part One of Two

The Trustee Initiative on Alcohol Abuse had two goals ? to provide alternative social activities for students and to curb excessive drinking at the University.And three quarters of the way through the academic year, after the University has spent about three quarters of the $100,000 in allotted funds, opinions remain mixed on whether the initiative has succeeded in accomplishing its first objective ? providing social alternatives to drinking.The most high-profile of these alternate events was Jon Stewart's recent performance in Dillon Gym, which administrators deemed a success."If you look at the turnout for that event, it certainly shows that there is a willingness for students to diversify their social patterns," Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne said.USG treasurer Joe Wheatley '01, who serves on the Trustee Initiative Funding Committee, agreed.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

The results are in: USG announces election winners

Incumbent U-Council chair Teddy Nemeroff '01, along with class officers and nine other U-Councilors, were elected yesterday in races that drew 1,115 voters.New to the U-Council are Rolando Amaya '03, Jacob Glass '03, West Owens '03, Ryan Salvatore '02, Bob Studley '03 and Tom Vessella '01.

NEWS | 04/12/2000

Public servant, passionate academic and, ultimately, a teacher

Though the loud, impassioned message of a quiet and sensitive man will no longer be heard in the classroom, it will never cease to echo in the halls of the politics department and resound in the minds of the students, colleagues, friends and family of professor Gerald Garvey GS '62.Garvey, a professor in the University's politics department since 1968, passed away Sunday.Though his physique was tall and frail, Garvey's commitment to teaching and to those he loved was unparalleled in strength.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

Campus Episcopal Church hires former executive as new chaplain

The Episcopal Church at Princeton announced this weekend that Steve White will assume the position of Episcopal chaplain beginning in the fall of 2000.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

University pledges to consider student input in finalizing plans for Chancellor Green

Classics professor Josiah Ober said yesterday that no final decision about the fate of the Chancellor Green rotunda will be made without input from undergraduates.Preliminary plans call for the conversion of the rotunda into library space, according to Ober, who chairs the committee on the East Pyne and Chancellor Green renovations."The architects have presented preliminary plans that have been reviewed by the president and informally by the trustees and chairs of departments," Ober said yesterday.

NEWS | 04/11/2000

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