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Students react to tensions between North, South Korea

Students react to tensions between North, South Korea

Members of the University’s Korean community said that they hoped North Korea’s recent attack on a South Korean island will not escalate into a greater conflict. On Nov. 23, North Korea fired artillery shells at Yeonpyeong Island, prompting South Korea to return fire. During the hour-long exchange, two South Korean soldiers and two civilians were killed and 18 more people were injured. The island is located two miles from the Northern Limit Line, a maritime boundary that North Korea does not recognize.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

World AIDS Week brings varying voices on health, policy

After earning a master’s in public health, Wilson School professor Joseph Amon headed to Togo to spend two years conducting fieldwork to combat the guinea worm, a parasite whose painful infections have been documented since the second century B.C. During his time there, he came up with the “Guinea Worm Cup,” a soccer tournament for local children and young adults.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

Monaco ’81 will head Tufts University

Anthony Monaco ’81, pro-vice chancellor for planning and resources at University of Oxford, will become the 13th president of Tufts University in summer 2011, Tufts announced Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

Nelson ’10 named Marshall Scholar

John Nelson ’10 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, the scholarship program announced Tuesday morning.Nelson, who is from Dayton, Ohio, majored in history at Princeton and received certificates in Russian and Eurasian studies and Slavic languages and cultures.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

Nelson ’10 awarded Marshall Scholarship

John Nelson ’10 has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, the scholarship program announced Tuesday morning.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

Getting in: Athletes’ road to admission

Four years after early decision was abolished at Princeton, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye still sends out letters each winter to a select group of Princeton applicants effectively guaranteeing their admission.

NEWS | 11/30/2010

Students who traveled for Thanksgiving report few complaints with new security measures

Many students flying home for Thanksgiving got their first taste of new Transportation Security Administration screening procedures over the weekend. Though some people have captured national attention for their protests of the measures, which require either full-body scans or pat-downs, students said their experiences were largely uneventful.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

Art museum acquisitions face scrutiny over past ownership

Yale University has agreed to return several Machu Picchu artifacts housed in its Peabody Museum of Natural History to their original home in Peru, nearly two years after the Peruvian government sued for their return in December 2008.Though Yale’s agreement is the most recent high-profile repatriation from an Ivy League school, Princeton has also previously been the subject of concerns over the ownership of pieces of art, with a major case involving Italian art still ongoing.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

CJL cautions students on referendum

In the latest installment of the great Sabra hummus debate, the Center for the Jewish Life has stepped into the fray over the referendum, up for a vote on this week’s USG ballot.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

Day in the life: A rough playing field

If Tommy Wornham ’12 woke up on Tuesdays this fall at 6:45 a.m., he would already be late.By the time his football meetings wrapped up at 8 a.m., he was already well into his day as a starting quarterback, before his obligations as a student had begun.After a day of classes, 4:30 p.m. brought a three-hour practice. Wornham ended his day with homework in the evening, before heading to bed to recharge for the next day. Then he did it all again.

NEWS | 11/29/2010

UVA to reinstate early admissions program; Harvard to reevaluate application calendar

After eliminating early admission in 2006, both Harvard and the University of Virginia recently made announcements signaling potential changes to those policies.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

E-mails show turmoil at local police

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office believes Emann, Lt. Michael Henderson and Cpl. Arthur Villaruz illegally sold Township property, though it is unclear what exactly the county believes the officers sold. All three were removed from their positions on Oct. 1, and police operations have been overseen by the prosecutor’s office.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Hollimon ’12 attempted to withdraw from vice-presidential race

USG vice presidential candidate Austin Hollimon ’12 attempted to withdraw his candidacy ahead of this week’s runoff election, according to an e-mail recently obtained by The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

After week’s delay, voting on Sabra hummus referendum opens

Beginning today, students will be able to register support, opposition or complete apathy toward the Sabra hummus referendum, which has been hotly debated on campus over the past two weeks.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Shapiro GS ’64 may join Lions Gate board

Continuing a months-long attempt to buy out the company, billionaire investor Carl Icahn ’57 announced five nominees for the board of directors of Lions Gate Entertainment on Friday. Former University president Harold Shapiro GS ’64, now an economics and Wilson School professor, was among the nominees.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Yaroshefsky ’12 overwhelmingly reelected as USG president

Undergraduates overwhelmingly re-elected USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 to a second term last week. He got 1,693 votes, more than three times the 492 received by challenger Polly Korbel ’13.

NEWS | 11/28/2010

Altschuler ’93 falls behind in Congressional race

The Congressional campaign of Republican Randy Altschuler ’93 took a major hit Tuesday. With the counting of absentee ballots coming to a close, two-term incumbent and Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop held a 235-vote lead.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Sam Page ’98 on Hollywood

On screen, Hollywood actor Sam Page ’98 spends his time portraying the very image of a suited, successful Princetonian — doctors, businessmen and professors — on all kinds of primetime television shows. “I’ve been re-editing my demo reel, and I wear a suit in every scene,” he said. “When I was at Princeton, I never owned a suit.”

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Speaking out on coming out

"It gets better.” The simple three-word phrase forms the inspiration for an eponymous nationwide online video movement to offer hope to struggling and scared lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

State Assembly votes to restore family planning funding

The New Jersey State Assembly approved a bill to restore $5 million in funding for family-planning clinics on Monday. The bill passed by a vote of 44-25 with 10 abstentions.The measure came after Republican Gov. Chris Christie eliminated the $7.5 million budget to support the clinics, which provided care to more than 100,000 patients across the state in 2009. Roughly 25 percent of the clinics’ budgets come from state funds, and many have been forced to reduce hours or shut down.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

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