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Shapiro GS ’64 may join Lions Gate board

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

Nationwide, 36 institutions set capital campaign goals above $1 billion

The University is one of 36 institutions nationwide currently conducting capital campaigns with fundraising goals of $1 billion or more.Princeton was among the 24 colleges and universities that responded to a recent survey conducted by The Chronicle of Higher Education about progress in their capital campaigns. Princeton made more progress toward its goal during the second quarter of 2010 than any other institution except the University of Nebraska.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

Eyeing Congress: Hayworth ’81

When Nan Hayworth ’81 came to Princeton from Munster, Ind., she planned to become a doctor. But after 16 years as an ophthalmologist and five more as a full-time mother, she decided to change course and run for Congress.

NEWS | 11/23/2010

With FDA ban, U. will not act on Four Loko

Four Loko’s maker, Phusion Projects, announced that it would stop including caffeine, guarana and taurine in its drinks on Nov. 16, one day before it received a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration requiring it to do so within 15 days or halt sales of its popular product altogether.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

Students pitch 60-second business ideas

On Monday night, 30 teams and individuals each had 60 seconds to win $1,000.During a one-hour, no-strings-attached event held at Friend 101, students pitched minute-long business ideas before a panel of five judges, all local businessmen, in a competition for the $1,000 check.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

Nobel laureate Vargas Llosa discusses newest novel, ‘The Dream of the Celt’

Knighted by the British Crown in 1911 and hanged five years later, Roger Casement made for a “fantastic character for a novel,” said Mario Vargas Llosa, a visiting professor in the Latin American studies and creative writing programs, in his second public lecture on campus since winning the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

No women named Rhodes scholars at U. since 2003

Among the 32 American Rhodes Scholars announced Sunday, women outnumbered men 17 to 15, marking only the third time women have earned the majority of scholarships since they became eligible for the prestigious honor in 1976. But at Princeton, home to winners Nick DiBerardino ’11 and Mark Jia ’10, a female student has not received a Rhodes in eight years.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

OIT analyzes network errors

After experiencing a wireless outage and facing difficulties adopting a new printing system earlier this fall, the Office of Information Technology now believes it has resolved these problems, though the underlying causes remain uncertain.

NEWS | 11/22/2010

USG candidates debate policy concerns, qualifications

Presidential and vice presidential candidates for this week’s USG election debated the proper direction of student government at Frist Campus Center on Sunday.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

DiBerardino ’11, Jia ’10 win Rhodes; Agrawal ’11 wins Mitchell

Nick DiBerardino ’11 and Mark Jia ’10 received Rhodes Scholarships to study at Oxford, and Mohit Agrawal ’11 was awarded a Mitchell Scholarships to study at the National University of Ireland, Galway.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

Yaroshefsky ’12: Incumbent eager to build on record

USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 is attempting to become the first two-term USG president in 16 years. After defeating two juniors to win last year’s election as a sophomore, Yaroshefsky is now in the ironic position of facing a sophomore in order to retain his position. Running a classic reelection campaign, Yaroshefsky’s platform builds on his present work to address issues affecting students’ academic and social lives.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

Korbel ’13: Challenger criticizes USG establishment

Polly Korbel ’13 has set out to defeat incumbent USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, who she says has been generally effective at leading the USG. The problem, she argues, is in the institution itself — a student group that is “fundamentally flawed” due to its isolation from the broader student body it is charged with representing.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

After 11th-hour appeal, hummus referendum removed from ballot

Due to a last-minute turn of events, the Sabra hummus referendum, which would ask Dining Services to provide an alternative hummus brand in retail locations, will not appear on this week’s USG elections ballot. It could instead be up for a vote next week, beginning Monday, Nov. 29, pending the submission of a new petition.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

Wilson College holds 50th anniversary celebration

Wilson College celebrated its 50th anniversary with a nearly five-hour celebration. More than 130 alumni, past and present faculty, and current students attended the event, which included an alumni panel discussion moderated by USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, a reception and welcome toast by President Shirley Tilghman, and a dinner featuring a keynote address by English professor emeritus John Fleming GS ’63.

NEWS | 11/21/2010

U. receives $11 million from BP

The University has accepted an additional $11 million from BP to support the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, adding to the $19 million it has received over the last decade through CMI’s partnership with the oil company.

NEWS | 11/18/2010

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