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Intelligence sharing top focus after 9/11 attacks

Intelligence sharing top focus after 9/11 attacks

Henry Rome

The U.S. Intelligence Community has made “important progress” implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, but institutional culture and potential budget reductions pose growing challenges to the government’s intelligence efforts, said Christopher Kojm GS ’79, the commission’s former deputy executive director, in a lecture Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

Thomas Sweet to open 200 stores in China

Kelly Hall

University students and community members alike know Thomas Sweet as an ice cream store that serves rich, homemade ice cream in a family-friendly atmosphere.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

SFER founders take year off to expand organization

Jenna McCarthy

Catharine Bellinger ’13 and Alexis Morin ’13 are taking a year away from their studies at the University to expand Students for Education Reform, a nonprofit organization they founded whose goal is to mobilize student leaders on college campuses to close the educational achievement gap.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

News & Notes: Former Princeton professor steps down as Brown president

Former Princeton vice provost Ruth Simmons will be stepping down as president of Brown University at the end of this academic year, Brown announced on Thursday.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Union protests University with inflatable rat

Patience Haggin

A 20-foot inflatable rat sat in front of Firestone Library earlier this week as a form of protest against the University’s contract employing nonunionized asbestos removal workers.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

PCDO hosts panel on consolidation

Patience Haggin

Borough and Township residents weighed the pros and cons of municipal consolidation at a forum hosted by the Princeton Community Democratic Organization on Sunday evening. Residents will vote on consolidation on Nov. 8.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Palmer Square exhibit displays Lennon art

Yuliya Barsukova

Nearly 100 different drawings and song lyrics by John Lennon went on display in Palmer Square last Friday at the opening of a new exhibit “Gimme Some Truth: The Artwork of John Lennon.” The exhibit, organized by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art & Productions, lasted through the weekend and attracted a large number of community members and students.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Cannadine, Colley join UK faculty

Sohee Khim

Two members of the University’s history faculty, professors Linda Colley and her husband Sir David Cannadine, have taken equity stakes in the newly founded New College of the Humanities in London.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Public Safety regains control over Prospect calls

Sohee Khim

Public Safety will no longer be required to notify the Princeton Borough Police of calls from Prospect Avenue. Under the newly revised policy, if students call Public Safety from the eating clubs, they will receive the same response as the one they would receive if they called from an on-campus location.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

Campus survives hurricane with minor damage

Alaka Halder

The storm that brought heavy rain and high winds to the East Coast two weeks ago — Hurricane Irene — caused only minor damage to University property, the administration reported. The University is currently in the process of assessing estimates and costs regarding the loss incurred.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

News & Notes: University takes number 1 in rankings

The university took first place in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of America’s best national universities for 2011-12, tying with Harvard. Yale came in third, followed by Columbia, the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

Yield for Class of 2015 increases slightly

Cerena Chen

The yield for the Class of 2015 is 57.2 percent, the Princeton Alumni Weekly reported on July 6. This number is a slight increase from last year, when the yield reached 56.9 percent.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

University, Labyrinth introduce discounted course books

Sohee Khim

In an email sent out to the student body on Aug. 11, Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh announced that the University had reached an agreement with Labyrinth Books, which provides textbooks for most University courses, allowing students to buy used and new textbooks at 30 percent off the listed price.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

Township promotes 5 officers

Henry Rome

Princeton Township police promoted five officers in June in the second round of promotions since the department’s leadership was implicated in a corruption probe at the end of last year.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

SCORE opens for changes before announced time

Sohee Khim

Though the University Registrar’s website SCORE was scheduled to open for all non-freshmen at 7 a.m. yesterday, many students were able to log on well before the scheduled time to add or drop classes.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

News & Notes: Two undergraduates arrested on alcohol charges

University undergraduates Marius Constantin ’14 and Abraham Chaibi ’14 were arrested on Sept. 8 after they allegedly attempted to purchase alcohol with a fake ID, according to the Borough police blotter.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

Local residents call for pedestrian-friendly changes

Patience Haggin

Property owners and their neighbors on eastern Nassau Street in the Borough are looking to amend the area’s land-use ordinances in hopes of converting a formerly automobile-oriented area to a lively pedestrian-oriented neighborhood. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Borough Council heard a presentation on a proposed ordinance that would amend the zoning in this area to attract the desired development.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

Heavy rains force recall of Outdoor Action trips

Catherine Ku

Heavy rains and dangerous weather conditions in the wake of Tropical Storm Lee last week forced the University to recall the freshman pre-orientation Outdoor Action trips.

NEWS | 09/14/2011

Annual Giving achieves record alumni response

Prerna Ramachandra

The University’s Annual Giving campaign raised $50,010,045 for the year 2010-2011, it announced in July, the second highest total in the campaign’s history.

NEWS | 09/14/2011

Princeton Regional Schools mulls fate of former school

Patience Haggin

At the end of the month, the future of the former Valley Road School site will be determined. Princeton Regional Schools will choose between replacing the school with a site to house Princeton’s emergency services or converting the school to a community center for local nonprofits.

NEWS | 09/14/2011

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