The University lost two of its best-remembered former faculty members over winter break with the deaths of labor economist Richard Lester GS '36 and religion professor Malcolm Diamond.Lester, who was 89 when he died Dec.
To the tune of "Under the Sea," the Nassoons recently sang the following in Richardson Auditorium to the amusement of students and alumni: No need to pay the 30 grand When you've got fiscal sleight of hand No need for dollar When you're a scholar Princeton is free.If only this were true.A $30,000-per-year education certainly generates a significant portion of the University's operating budget.
An America Online chat room became an arena for a bomb threat appearing to target the University over break.A security officer for AOL notified the Princeton Borough Police of the threat, which occurred at 7:30 p.m.
Ships may have been lost in the fog of the Bermuda Triangle, but this Bermudian was not lost in his quest for a Rhodes Scholarship.The University is ringing in 1998 with the announcement of this academic year's third Rhodes scholar, as Colm Singleton '98 has claimed his colony's only Rhodes prize.Singleton, a history major specializing in imperialism and colonialism, plans to study law during his two or three years at Oxford University.
To pay tribute to two alumni's outstanding public service records, a committee will give the graduates special honors at Alumni Day on Feb.
